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    1. Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara / La Boz Galana
    2. Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara / La Boz Galana
    Brilliant Classics

    Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara / La Boz Galana

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    La Boz Galana, Sebastian Leon
    Released
    Mar 06, 2020
    The Manzanares flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama and passes through Madrid, on its way to join the Jarama river, which in turn becomes swallowed by the mighty Tagus. On the banks of the Manzanares – ‘‘Los Ecos de Manzanaras’ – the young Madrileños of the 1700s would sunbathe and drive horses into the water. The river was as characteristic of the city’s life as the theatre, the nightlife, the guitar and the folía (Spanish dance). Under the leadership of Philip IV, Spain was a place of dreams and ambitions, with the New World just over the horizon. The king himself was a great lover of music and dance, and he cultivated a court of singers who could accompany themselves on the guitar. They were led for a period by Alvaro de los Rios (1580-1623) who attracted musicians from across the Iberian Peninsula and farther afield to enhance the cosmopolitan vibrancy of Philip’s court. The music included on this recording is representative of the transition from Renaissance polyphony to the new Baroque style: on one hand, there are madrigal-like pieces, with elaborate contrapuntal and melodic imitation, and on the other, completely homophonic compositions based on lively rhythms, dance patterns and poems of a popular nature, such as the seguidillas. The secular songs have been taken from a little-known collection, the Cancionero de la Sablonara composed for the Royal Court of Madrid during the first two decades of the 17th century. The collection features many names little known to us now, making the album full of exciting discoveries for lovers of the early Baroque. The songs are interspersed with contemporary instrumental pieces, played here by guitar, chittarone and Spanish double harp.
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  • Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara / La Boz Galana

    Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara / La Boz Galana

    Brilliant Classics Mar 2020
    1 disc
    CD
    $13.99
    • Por los Montes de Conares, Music & Erotism in the Spanish Go
    Brilliant Classics

    Por los Montes de Conares, Music & Erotism in the Spanish Go

    CD · 1 disc

    $9.99 $12.99 Save 23%
    Composer
    Alonso de Alba, Juan Aranes, Juan Blas de Castro, Juan del Enzina, Diego Pisandor, Antonio de Ribera
    Artist
    Amystis, La Chimera Consort
    Released
    Mar 21, 2025
    Saucy songs of sex, love and life in the Spanish Golden Age, revived and performed with relish by a native early-music ensemble. Of the 10 composers featured on this entertaining new album, only two have any claim to fame: Juan del Encina (1468-1529) and Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). The others will be discoveries for even the most assiduous collectors of early music: the likes of Luis de Briceno, Diego Pisador, Juan Bon and Juan Aranes. This rarity value, appealing in itself, is perhaps less germane to the character of the album than the bawdy and boisterous character of the whole. Many of the melodies may have originated as settings of sacred texts, but they became attached to decidedly profane verses: one song to the tune of another, as it were. The booklet essay exposes the many double-entendres latent within both texts and settings. Several are couched in explicitly anti-clerical vein, mocking the clergy for their hypocrisy and priapism. Other texts rejoice in the pleasures of hedonism, for both men and women, inviting the listener to enjoy by proxy the prospect of threesomes and happy endings. In the nature of such songs, the music swaps sophistication for good, simple fun, based on strong Spanish rhythms, rooted in chaconne and folia ground basses. Several of them were originally sung as verses and chorus, with everyone present joining in. There are also seguidillas of a more erotic and sensual nature, but the texts still appeal to the listener with a dirty mind. These reconstructions accordingly seek to recapture the rough and tumble of a late-night session at a grimy bar in 17th-century Burgos. Not, perhaps, an album for those who like their music on the straight and narrow. Led by Jose Duce Chenoll, Amystis has a track record of success in unearthing both sacred and profane musical treasures from Golden-Age Spain. 'Chenoll has an endearing way of letting his singers express the music with a natural flow free of effects.' (Fanfare on works by Joan Bautista Comes, 95231). - This highly interesting and original concept album presents vocal works from 16th century Spain dealing with eroticism in all it's forms. - In this music we find the vivid expression of the amorous, sexual, private and at the same time playful life of a society which gave expression to it's impulses and passions, thus describing a vivid sound tapestry of Spain's Golden Age of Juan del Encina, Garcilaso, Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Gongora. - Presented are works by many, nowadays forgotten, composers. The excellent, comprehensive and scientific liner notes explain the text of each song, illustrating the often double meaning of certain words and phrases. - The title of the CD takes up the title of a poem by an anonymous Spanish poet ("Through the mountains of Conares - Sung by the Amystis solo vocalists and played by a rich instrumental group including viola da gamba, recorders, vihuela and percussion, everything under the direction of Jose Duce Chenoll.
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  • Por los Montes de Conares, Music & Erotism in the Spanish Go
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    Por los Montes de Conares, Music & Erotism in the Spanish Go

    Brilliant Classics Mar 2025
    1 disc
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    • Passion Flower: For Doris Duke [Box Set]
    SUNNYSIDE

    Passion Flower: For Doris Duke [Box Set]

    CD · 6 discs

    $45.59
    Composer
    0
    Artist
    Joe, Castro
    Released
    Nov 20, 2020

    Sunnyside Records presents the second boxed set of recordings from the archive of pianist Joe Castro, a diverse collection featuring incredible and never heard performances from legends like Paul Bley, Paul Motian, Leroy Vinnegar, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones and many more. // The initial Joe Castro boxed set, Lush Life - A Musical Journey (Sunnyside, 2015), provided an insight into the world of the pianist's early meetings with the greats of jazz at home recorded sessions. These recordings included Buddy Collette, Chico Hamilton, Teddy Wilson, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Lucky Thompson. The box also included a couple of sessions recorded for potential release on Castro and Duke's Clover label, including a Castro Big Band and the Teddy Edwards Tentet. // The second boxed set of recordings from Joe Castro's collection, Passion Flower - For Doris Duke, highlights his collaborations with a vast array of incredible musicians. There are fine home recordings of jam sessions, studio recordings of Castro's Atlantic Records releases, recordings of projects of friends and productions that were done under the aegis of Clover Records, the label that Duke and Castro founded and briefly ran.

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  • Passion Flower: For Doris Duke [Box Set]

    Passion Flower: For Doris Duke [Box Set]

    SUNNYSIDE Nov 2020
    6 discs
    CD
    $45.59