Paul Guinery presents a portrait of one of the most significant Flemish composers from the first half of the 16th century.
Nicolas Gombert was a pupil of Josquin Despres and spent the greater part of his career in the court of Charles V of Spain.
He was a profilific composer of motets and liturigcal settings. This programme includes specially recorded performances by the BBC Singers and Bo Holten of the last of Gombert's eight Magnificat settings, a free-standingeight-part Credo and a sequence of motets.