专辑简介

Among the best-known music manuscripts produced at the Habsburg-Burgundian court of the Netherlands, the "Occo Codex" was created under the supervision of the celebrated scribe Alamire for the Amsterdam banker Pompeius Occo.

On the basis of paleographical and historical evidence, the book can be newly dated to c. 1515-17 and associated with use in the Amsterdam chapel of the Sacrament known as the Heilige Stede (Holy Place), where Occo served as churchwarden at the same time.

Nw beautifully set to music by the Barbers & Bishops this CD is a fine testament to the musical life of the Early Modern Netherlands.