Liban Jerzy of Legnica - Opera Omnia
"Jerzy Liban of Legnica (1464 - after 1546) occupies an important and lasting position in the Polish culture of the Renaissance. An outstanding and versatile humanist, he was a philologist skilled in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, a theorist of music, teacher, publisher and composer. He probably came from a German family named Weihrauch, meaning "incense" and "libanos" in Greek.{...} From 1949 he studied at the Cracow Academy and he continued his studies in Cologne. He spent the rest of his life in Cracow.{...}
This album for the first ever brings to life all the preserved compositions of Jerzy Liban.
The recorded music proves Jerzy Liban was an outstanding composer, skilful in employing homophony, or nota contra notam, as well as imitation and polyphony.{...} Opera omnia, all the muusic works by Jerzy Liban known at the present time, which reflect the artistry of the polyphonic period, should be permanently incorporated into the treasure of polyphony of the Polish and European Renaissance."                                                                             Jan Węcowski