Trombone Grande: Music for Bass Sackbut around 1600

Featuring

Wim Becu
Oltremontano
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Giovanni Battista Fontana
Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Claudio Monteverdi
Mikołaj Zieleński
Francesco Rognoni Taeggio
Giovanni Martino Cesare
Giovanni Paolo Cima
Gioseffo Guami
Antonio de Cabezón

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Performer Biography

Wim Becu, the founder of Oltremontano, has performed with many prestigious early music figures and has recorded approximately 200 CDs throughout his career.

Album & Artwork

The ensemble Oltremontano is named after the 'oltremontani' or 'those from across the mountains,' a term used in Italy for the Flemish polyphonists who dominated European music in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Instruments

The sackbuts (early trombones) used on this recording are reproductions of historical instruments, some based on models from the 17th century.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in January 2012 at the Elzenfeld Chapel in Antwerp, Belgium.

Instruments

The organ on this recording is tuned to a mean-tone temperament at A=465 Hz, making it ideal for European organ music from the Renaissance to early Baroque.