This new 7 CD box set from Etcetera Records, available at the special price of 2CDs presents ‘Music from the era of Pieter Bruegel ‘.
Pieter Bruegel I (ca. 1525-1569), commonly known as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, was the greatest member of a large and important southern Netherlandish
family of artists active for four generations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
A longtime resident of Antwerp, the centre of publishing in the Netherlands and a vibrant commercial capital, Bruegel brought a humanising spirit to traditional
subjects and boldly created new ones. He travelled all over Europe and after a specif trip to Italy, formed a long-standing association Hieronymus Cock.
This specially priced 7CD set provides a musical backdrop to what he would have heard as he worked and travelled across Europe. Featuring a plethora of musicians including the Egidius ensemble, Utopia, Currende, Huelgas and many others, this compilation has become a great overview of the music in the 16th century. Each CD is themed to represents different aspects of life in the 16th Century Low Countries.
