In this 2-CD set the celebrated Dufay Ensemble of Freiburg in Germany presents a complete recording of the Septem Psalmi Poenitentiales (Seven Psalms of Penitence) by the great Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso.

This recording is very much a legacy of the Dufay Ensemble’s director Eckehard Kiem whose sudden and unexpected death occurred shortly after it had been completed. The Dufay Ensemble was founded by him in Freiburg in the early 1990s. In his capacity as professor of music theory, it was his concern to sift largely undiscovered or rarely performed music of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and make it accessible to the listening public. The group has produced six recordings to date of works by Josquin Desprez and Jacobus Vaet, two of which have been award winners.