Peter Paul Rubens lived precisely within one of the most exciting periods of the history of music, one that stretched from the summit of Renaissance polyphonic style to the beginnings of the Baroque period and of opera. Released in connection with the exhibition Rubens and his Heritage (Bozar, Brussels from 29 September 2014 to 4 January 2015), this CD presents examples of the major musical genres that Rubens would have heard during his visits to Brussels, London, Rome, Venice, Mantua, Madrid and Paris.

Artists

Guy Penson, Capilla Flamenca, Karl Ernst Schröder, Paolo da Col, Odhecaton (early music ensemble), Enrico Parizzi, Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali (early music ensemble), Ensemble La Fenice (early music ensemble), Bernard Foccroulle (organ), Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Henri Ledroit, Siebe Henstra, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea, Ensemble Clematis, Patrick Denecker, La Caccia, Quito Gato, Marie Bournisien, Andrea De Carlo, Mariana Flores, Stéphanie de Failly, Arno Johchem, Roberto Falcone, François Fernandez, Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Ensemble Mare Nostrum (early music ensemble), Susan Hamilton

Vox Luminis, Christina Pluhar, Jean-Marc Aymes, Jean Tubéry, Philippe Pierlot, Leonardo García Alarcón, Vincent Dumestre