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Ecos del Parnaso: Spanish Madrigals / Chenoll, Coro Amystis
Brilliant Classics

Ecos del Parnaso: Spanish Madrigals / Chenoll, Coro Amystis

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Details

Composer
MORALES NAVARRO ORTIZ
Artist
Coro Amystis, Chenoll
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 20, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95905
UPC
5028421959054

About

Gibbons, Monteverdi and Willaert represent the high watermark of madrigal writing in England, Italy and the Netherlands respectively. Their subtle marriage of music and text has produced enduring miniature masterpieces of love lost and found and pastoral humour. And there are no shortage of distinguished contemporaries in those countries. But Spain, the home of golden-age polyphony, also had a lively tradition of madrigal composition, too little of which is known beyond native shores. This fine new recording should address that shortcoming. In fact Spain already had a flourishing culture of secular songs in the form of villancicos when Italian composers arrived at royal courts and chapels during the 16th century and bringing with them their own traditions of popular music. Mateo Flecha ‘The Younger’ was a Catalan, Carmelite monk who showed himself adaptable to this Italian influence in his own book of madrigals, eventually published in Venice and excerpted here. Joan Brudieu (1520-1591) was a Frenchman also living in Catalonia who published madrigals in Spanish and Catalan (both languages represented in this collection). Even less familiar is the name of Pedro Valenzuela – his dates are lost to us – but he uses a sophisticated harmonic vocabulary with acute sensitivity to text in a trio of Italian-texted madrigals. He had emigrated to Italy as a singer at St Mark’s in Venice, and he was followed by Sebastián Raval, while Stefano Limido travelled in the other direction. Thus as a whole the collection illustrates a stimulating cross-fertilisation of Spanish and Italian styles in consort music. The performances are both polished and authoritative, attentive to original sources and grounded in a thorough understanding of madrigalian style. Founded by its director José Duce Chenoll in 2010, the Amystis ensemble already has an impressive catalogue of recordings to its name. ‘Fervently committed readings,’ remarked Sir Nicholas Kenyon in The Observer of their complete Cabanilles collection.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Ditimi o si o no 02:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ditimi o si o no
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Cristóbal de Morales
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  2. 2 Giorno felice 02:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    Giorno felice
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Diego Ortiz
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  3. 3 1a parte - Ma voluntat amb la raho s'envolpa 03:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    1a parte - Ma voluntat amb la raho s'envolpa
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Joan Brudieu
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  4. 4 2a parte - Plena de seny 02:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    2a parte - Plena de seny
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Joan Brudieu
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  5. 5 1a parte - Pues no se puede hazer 02:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    1a parte - Pues no se puede hazer
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Joan Brudieu
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  6. 6 2a parte - Amor me tiene olvidada 03:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    2a parte - Amor me tiene olvidada
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Joan Brudieu
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  7. 7 Ojos hermosas 03:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ojos hermosas
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Rodrigo Ceballos
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  8. 8 Ay de mi, sin ventura 03:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ay de mi, sin ventura
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Juan Navarro
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  9. 9 Recuerde el alma dormida 03:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    Recuerde el alma dormida
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Juan Navarro
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  10. 10 ¡Ay de mí que'n tierra agena! 05:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    ¡Ay de mí que'n tierra agena!
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    el Joven, Mateo Flecha
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  11. 11 Solcai già mar crudele 02:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Solcai già mar crudele
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Sebastián Raval
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  12. 12 Questo cor e quest'alma 03:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    Questo cor e quest'alma
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Sebastián Raval
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  13. 13 Tu vuoi dolci i sospiri 02:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tu vuoi dolci i sospiri
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Sebastián Raval
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  14. 14 Mentre vieni o mio sole 03:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Mentre vieni o mio sole
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Pedro Valenzuela
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  15. 15 Voi volete ch'io muoia 04:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    Voi volete ch'io muoia
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Pedro Valenzuela
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  16. 16 La verginella 03:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    La verginella
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Pedro Valenzuela
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  17. 17 En este fértil monte 03:40
    Track
    17
    Title
    En este fértil monte
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Pedro Rimonte
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  18. 18 Amargas horas de los tristes días 05:08
    Track
    18
    Title
    Amargas horas de los tristes días
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Stefano Limido
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll
  19. 19 Estáis en essa Cruz Christo enclavado 02:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    Estáis en essa Cruz Christo enclavado
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Stefano Limido
    Ensemble
    Amystis
    Conductor
    Jose Duce Chenoll