He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, observed nature with scientific understanding and helped mankind with his visionary ideas to advance towards a number of innovative technologies. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most important polymaths of all time – and a man who lived at a time of tremendous upheaval. That is apparent from the music that surrounded him: on 39 tracks the double album The Da Vinci Sound captures the sound of the Renaissance – with masses and motets, with songs, dances and madrigals.

Artists

Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Hopkinson Smith (lute), The Hilliard Ensemble (vocal ensemble), Ricercare-Ensemblefür Alte Music Zürich, Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Hanni Widmer (organ), King's Singers (vocal ensemble), Christopher Hogwood (organ), Wim Becu, Paul Nicholson, Alan Wilson, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Early Music Consort of London, Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich, Consort of Musicke, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Taverner Choir, Taverner Consort, Dominique Vellard, David Munrow, Paul Hillier, Anthony Rooley, Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Parrott