The emper­or Charles always set the bar high, on both a polit­i­cal and a cul­tur­al lev­el: his court chapel boast­ed the best musi­cians of his times, includ­ing Josquin des Prez, Orlandus Lassus, and Fernando de las Infantas. The Ensemble Plus Ultra jux­ta­pos­es work by these com­posers with the sump­tu­ous Missa L’homme armé by Cristóbal de Morales, an exact con­tem­po­rary of the emperor.