New Arts International

Pre-sale: available ca. April 10th 2013.
An unique collection of Music from the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14) which was endend by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
Issued to celebrate 300th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Utrecht - u deluxe digibook with 80 pages with lots of interesting historical detail and beautiful illustrations.
Gives a great inside to how "ordinary" people lived though times of war and peace with song and dance.
The songs are placed in chronological order, so they give you an overview of the events during the war and the peace negotiations that followed.
Shows how international and politically aware Europeans were in the 18th century, and it made the provincial town of Utrecht all of a sudden the gathering place for noblemen from all over Europe.
Another fantastic release from the Dutch group Camerata Trajectina (in fact Trajectina is the Roman name for the city of Utrecht) unrevelling the past.

Camerata Trajectina has found a surprising amount of music written for the Peace of Utrecht and the War of the Spanish Succession which it concluded: elated songs of triumph and lively dances on the occasion of successful sieges and battles, merry marches for popular generals and brilliant marshals. Cheerful baroque music presented in a pleasant variety of voices and period instruments.

The Peace of Utrecht / De Vrede van Utrecht