Album Description2010 two CD set. Between 1576 and 1612, during the reign of Rudolf II, the court at the Hradany in Prague was one of the European arts centers. The cultivation of music affected all aspects of life at court and three of the musicians named on this production were themselves active as musicians at the court in Prague: Philippe de Monte (the Emperor`s court Kapellmeister), Jacob Regnart (choir boy, praeceptor, second Kapellmeister) and Carl Luyton (choir boy, chamber musician, court organist and composer). On this production Leo Meilink conducts an ensemble (Dialogo Musicale) of solo singers and instrumentalists performing on historical instruments. Ars Musici.