Gramophone Magazine
October 2019
Editor's Choice

Per-Sonat, Sabine Lutzenberger

Senfl: Kain höhers lebt noch schwebt
Engoulesme
Isaac: Zwischen perg und tieffe tal
La basse danse de Cleves
Ockeghem: D’ung aultre amer
Isaac: Kein frewd hab ich uff erd
La basse danse du roy d‘Espaigne
Willaert: Kein Adler in der Welt so schön
D’ung aultre amer / Dun uatre mer
Senfl: Kein Freud’ ohn‘ dich
La douce amour
Févin: O pulcherrima mulierum
La Portingaloise
Isaac: Mein Freud allein in aller Welt
La Margerite
Neusidler, H: Ach lieb mit laid
Despres: Proch dolor

The 500th anniversary of the death of Emperor Maximilian I this year is the occasion for several exhibitions and also for the programme of the ensemble Per-Sonat’s new CD.

Maximilian, who was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1508, was a great patron of the arts in addition to his warlike activities. Here the music was in his special interest and he brought the most important musicians of his time to his court: Heinrich Isaac, Josquin des Pres, Paul Hofhaimer and Johannes Ockeghem. The artistic sacred music for Emperor Maximilian has already been widely published.

The ensemble Per-Sonat, directed by Sabine Lutzenberger, consists exclusively of leading heads of the early music scene and now turns to secular music at Maximilian’s court: the songs, chansons and dances that document the emperor's love of music in a new way.