(2007) Philippus de Monte; Motets, madrigals & chansons nbr_cd:1 these songs capture beauty and

these songs capture beauty and joy as well as doubt and affliction

A keen lover of chamber music – he performs all over the world with the Schweizer Klaviertrio – the young musician from Neuchâtel is diving straight into the deep end here with Beethoven's 5 Sonatas

Renonçant à toute virtuosité

experimented with the order of sections

and with whom he performs regularly in Switzerland and abroad

(2007) Philippus de Monte; Motets, madrigals & chansons nbr_cd:1 these songs capture beauty andPhilippe de Monte was 47 years old in 1568 when he succeeded his Flemish compatriot Jacobus Vaet as Kapellmeister at the court in Vienna. At this age most composers were already at the end of their career; if not already deceased. No one at the time could have imagined that he would remain in this position for 35 years; first under Maximilian II; then under Rudolf II as of 1576; who then moved the court to Prague in 1580. De Monte did not pass away