For Emperor and Pope. Music for a Renaissance Court
The Song Company plus Tommie Andersson, luteClassical, Early Music
ABC Classics 481 1091
Reviewed by John Weretka, January 2nd, 2015
The extraordinary figure of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I lies behind part of the programme for the Song Company’s latest CD, For Emperor and Pope. One of the extraordinary cultural patrons of the Renaissance, among Maximilian’s less felicitous ideas was that of offering himself seriously as a candidate for the papacy. But his marriage… continue reading »
