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the rats of the old world is an international formation that consists of unique voices and instruments from all over europe.
​it brings highly refined profane music to the podia of the biggest concert halls. ratas del viejo mundo equally honours music from instrumental and oral folk traditions as well as the most respected polyphonic compositions.

BUSNOIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED 15TH-CENTURY COMPOSERS OF SECULAR CHANSONS. HE IS THE LEADING FIGURE OF THE LATE BURGUNDIAN SCHOOL AFTER THE DEATH OF GUILLAUME DUFAY. ´RIGHT FROM THE FIRST NOTES YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A GROUP THAT WILL REMAIN IN YOUR EARS FOR A LONG TIME. SO BEAUTIFUL.´ - (APH)/DE STANDAARD, BELGIUM. PREMIERE AT THE NÆSTVED EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL - DENMARK IN OCTOBER 2020. ​
FABRIZIO BUILDS A SOLID REPUTATION AS AMAZING LUTE VIRTUOSO AND HIS UNOFFICIAL ´NAPOLITAN SCHOOL´ COMES TO LIVE CONTAINING SINGERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS WHO IMITATE HIS STYLE. RATAS DEL VIEJO MUNDO PERFORM IN THIS CONCERT PROGRAM THE MADRIGALS AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC THAT MADE FABRIZIO SO FAMOUS. ´THERE IS SOME WONDERFULLY EXPRESSIVE, AS WELL AS ENERGETIC AND AGILE, SINGING HERE, AND SOME FINE MUSIC MAKING ALL ROUND.´ - GARY HIGGINSON/WWW.MUSICWEB-INTERNATIONAL.COM. PREMIERE AT UTRECHT EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019. RELEASE = END OF 2019.​
DE MONTE WROTE MORE MADRIGALS THAN ANY OTHER COMPOSER OF HIS TIME. THE RATS WENT THROUGH MORE THAN 1200 MADRIGALS AND SELECTED THE MOST TOUCHING ONES. ´THE RATS SHOW OFF AN EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO REWORK THE SCORES THOROUGHLY AND MUSICALLY.´ - MASSIMO ROLANDO ZEGNA/AMADEUS MAGAZINE, ITALY. RELEASE = MAY 2021 DURING A CONCERT AT THE LUNALIA FESTIVAL IN DE MONTE´S HOMETOWN MECHELEN.​
JEAN BOYER. MASTER OF BALLET DE COUR, AIR DE COUR, CHANSON À BOIRE & CHANSON À DANSER. THE RATS PLUNGED INTO HIS SPECTACULAR, GROOVY AND UNDERRATED MUSIC. ´YOUR EARS ARE BATHED IN SONG. IT’S IMPRESSIVE, RESONANT, PERHAPS OVERLY RICH, AS IF THE SINGERS ALL SAT IN A LARGE CISTERN AND YOU POKED YOUR HEAD DOWN TO HAVE ALL THE POLYPHONIC SOUNDS FLOAT UP. IT PROVIDES FOR ONE ASPECT OF THE UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE OF WHAT IS A DECIDEDLY ATMOSPHERIC RECORDING.´ - JENS F. LAURSON/CLASSICS TODAY. RELEASE = MARCH 2021 THROUGH THE RAMÉE LABEL.​
AN INTIMATE AND KALEIDOSCOPIC MICROCOSMOS OF REPERTOIRE FROM THE BURGUNDIAN AND PARIS SCHOOLS. ´FRENCH CHANSONS PERFORMED BY THOSE WEATHERED RATS GET A MOVING DEPTH. IT SOUNDS LIKE VAGABONDS GATHERING AROUND A FIRE: LIGHT IN A DARK FOREST. WITH VIRTUOSIC STRINGS ADDING TO THE MELANCHOLIC AND FROM TIME TO TIME RAW VOICES.´ - (APH)/DE STANDAARD, BELGIUM. RIONS NOIR WOULD NEVER BE ALIVE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM ​ORELIA, WILDE WESTEN, SCHOUWBURG KORTRIJK, PROVINCE OF WEST FLANDERS & BIECORFF.
A SELECTION OF ABSOLUTELY TOUCHING MADRIGALS ABOUT LOVE AND AFFLICTION THAT REPRESENT THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS OF THEIR COMPOSERS, INTERSPERSED WITH SOME INSTRUMENTAL PIECES. ´THE BEAUTY ON THIS CD IS OFFERED PER LINEAR METER AND YOU MUST BE MADE OUT OF STEEL TO REMAIN UNMOVED WITH THIS AGE-OLD MUSIC.´ - DANI HEYVAERT/ROOTSTIME, BELGIUM. RATAS DEL VIEJO MUNDO WAS ABLE TO PUT OSSESSO ONTO CD WITH THE MUCH APPRECIATED SUPPORT FROM ​ORELIA & BIECORFF.​
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