RICHAFORT / Requiem

We possess many works by Jean Richafort, but very little biographical information on the composer. In the sixteenth century, he was the object of veneration and admiration. The great Ronsard himself spoke of him in the most enthusiastic terms, and most of his contemporaries - including Mouton, Morales, Gombert and Palestrina - based Masses of their own on Richafort's music. On this reissue, Paul Van Nevel leads the Huelgas-Ensemble in a warm, rich and beautifully paced performance of the composer's Requiem.