Two of the works on this album, 'Europa' and 'Aeneas and Dido', are masques commissioned as companion pieces to Montéclair's cantata 'Europa' and Purcell's opera 'Dido and Aeneas'.
Performer Biography
Soprano Suzie LeBlanc, featured on this album, is a highly acclaimed early music performer, recognized with a GRAMMY award and appointed to the Order of Canada.
Performer Biography
The Toronto Consort, an ensemble on this album, is internationally recognized for its excellence in medieval, renaissance, and early baroque music, and has produced music for historical TV dramas like 'The Tudors' and 'The Borgias'.
Composer Biography
James Rolfe, the composer, has received numerous awards and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music.
Compositional Technique
The works on this album combine traits of early music with contemporary rhythms, harmonies, and even borrowings from a funk band.
Composer's Artistic Vision
James Rolfe's compositions on this album highlight the purity, warmth, and intimacy of the human voice, drawing on the sonic idiom of early music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer James Rolfe and his librettists draw inspiration from Greco-Roman mythology, using its archetypal themes and characters for two of the works on this album.
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