The grandeur of the Italian Renaissance polyphonic school does not need an introduction, but this release forcuses on the work of a very little known and performed composer from Bologna: Camillo Cortellini. The complete collection of his masses gives listeners a correct understanding of the historical reassessment of the Bologna music school (as compared to the celevrated Roman or Venetian schools). The "Messa Bolognese" by Cortellini will in fact, be an important link between the late Renaissance and the Baroque. The edition of this album was made possible thanks to the participation of Bolognese choirs and other highly qualified Italian choirs that completed this huge work with great variety of organic sound.