Music for Windy Instruments

Celebrating their 25th anniversary, illustrious period brass group The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble joins Resonus Classics with an illuminating recording of works that would have been heard at the court of England’s James I. Taken from an extant set of part books from this period of the Royal Music, now housed in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, ECSE’s programme explores the repertoire known to have been performed in the royal household, including many composers from the European continent. The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument ensemble with a host of distinguished recordings to it’s name. Since it’s formation in 1993, ECSE has performed at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad. The group has appeared on numerous albums, one of which recently won the prestigious 2015 Gramophone Award for Early Music.