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The Brabant Ensemble is an Oxford-based early music group directed by Stephen Rice.
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Morales CD Nominated for Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2009
The Brabant Ensemble's CD Cristobal de Morales: Magnificat, Motets, Lamentations is on the shortlist of three for the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards, in the Early Music category. This is the third consecutive nomination for The Brabant Ensemble, following our Crecquillon and Gombert discs in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
Latest CD Release:
Phinot: Missa Si bona suscepimus
The young Oxford choir turns its immaculate ensemble, lucid diction and faultless tuning to an exciting find: a hugely neglected composer from the 16th century. Relatively little is known about Dominique Phinot's life - there is a suggestion that he was executed for homosexual practices, cutting short a productive and impressive composing career. Phinot's output consists of over a hundred motets, two Masses, and settings of Vesper Psalms and the Magnificat, as well as two books of French chansons and two Italian madrigals.
2009