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.

Contents:
Antwerpen
1. Roland de Lassus: Suzanne un jour
Vox Luminis

2. Susanne van Soldt: Susanna Vungjour
Guy Penson (virginal)

3. Tielman Susato: Salve quae rosco
Capilla Flamenca

4. Amanuel Adriaenssen: Fantasia prima
Karl Ernst Schroder (lute)

Mantova
5. Claudio Monteverdi: Missa in illo tempore (Agnus Dei)
Odhecaton

6. Salomone Rossi: Sonata in dialogo detta la Viena
La Fenice

7. Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice (Pianto d'Orfeo)
Scherzi Musicali

Venice
8. Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata prima a 8
La Fenice

9. Lodovico da Viadana: O Domine
Henri Ledroit (countertenor), Ricercar Consort

10. Claudio Merulo: Toccata
Siebe Henstra (harpsichord)

Roma
11. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Exultate a 5
Odhecaton

Madrid
12. Matheo Romero: Laudate Dominum
La Fenice, Choeur de Chambre de Namur

13. Matheo Romero: Ay, que me muero de zelos!
Capella Mediterranea

Roma
14. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata
Bernard Foccroulle (organ)

Brussels & Antwerpen
15. Gery de Ghersem: Agnus Dei
La Caccia

16. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Se l'aura spira
Clematis

17. Biagio Marini: Sonata seconda
La Fenice

Paris
18. Michael Praetorius: Passemeze a 5
Ricercar Consort

19. Anthoine Boesset: Je meurs sans mourir
Le Poeme Harmonique

20. Etienne Moulinie: Premiere Fantaisie
Mare Nostrum

Londres
21. Alfonso Ferrabosco II: Fantasia on the Hexachord
Ricercar Consort

22. Thomas Tomkins: Pavan for these distracted times
Guy Penson (virginal)

The dead of Marie de Medicis
23. Gilles Henry Hayne: Libera me
La Fenice, Choeur de Chambre de Namur