Messen

Grand Master We know little about the biography of Pierre de Manchicourt, and recordings of his music are also rare. The vocal ensemble beautyfarm takes up the cause for this Franco-Flemish master of the Renaissance, who is still known to only a few specialists. The album sheds representative light on the sacred music of this composer, who was indeed chapel master of Philip II in Madrid in the last years of his life. Four masses - including the first recording of the Missa de Domina - demonstrate that Manchicourt was one of the grand masters of vocal polyphony.