When Isabella d’Este of Ferrara married Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua it was like a Kennedy marrying a Bush. Together, they turned Mantua into the musical zenith of Europe. Hear the music from their court, with works by Cara, Tromboncino, Marenzio, Monteverdi, and the first prominent Jewish composer, Salamone Rossi.

FEATURING Deborah Fox on Renaissance lute, Baroque guitar, and theorbo, Sarah Stone, cello, and Sarah Brailey, Kate Maroney, Jonas Budris, Mark Laseter, Paul Guttry, and Steve Hrycelak