Henry VIII: Taunder naken

“Harry our King”, the new CD of the well-known German ensemble Capella de la Torre, is a fairytale-like interpretation of music from the court of King Henry VIII Tudor of England.

King Henry was a well-educated and creative art lover, who played and composed music himself and gathered at his court artists and scholars from all over Europe. On this vibrant new recording songs and dances of Henry VIII and his contemporaries are made into a musical caleidoscope of courtial life with all its aspects of love, leisure and religiousness. Famous tenor Charles Daniels with his unique Old English pronounciation makes this music very much alive!

Members of Mezzaluna plays on copies of the most complete group of surviving Renaissance recorders which today are to be found in the Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum.

A wonderful collection of songs and dances that includes works by Dowland, Byrd, Holborne, Johnson and King Henry VIII himself. Performed by Flautando Köln with guests.

Superb singing from one of England's exceptional new vocal ensembles, alongside music for lute and clavichord, in a programme of music from the court of Henry VIII, brings to life the pages of a musical manuscript which belonged to the King himself, and which includes many of his own compositions.