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Journeys to the New World / The Queen's Six
Signum Classics

Journeys to the New World / The Queen's Six

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
The Queen'S Six
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Aug 21, 2020
Catalog #
SIGCD626
UPC
635212062623

About

This is a musical trip from the mid-sixteenth century to around 1700, involving music in Late Renaissance style, carrying Spanish Catholicism across the Atlantic to supplant an Indigenous culture. Once the invasion had taken root with the conquest of Tenochtitlán and its transformation to Mexico City, the country became the target of fervent friars and preachers. Franciscans were first in 1523, then Dominicans, all fired with Christian zeal to convert the native population. From the outset they used music to great effect. The accounts that survive show how successful they were in teaching singing and playing, training choirs to perform liturgical music. By the mid-century it was claimed that standards had reached that of Charles V’s chapel. Churches and cathedrals were established throughout the rapidly expanding New Spain. Conquest and Christianity imposed an almost exact replica of Old Spain. Liturgical books, prints of plainchant and polyphony were shipped in throughout the century. In this recording the singers present music by eight composers. Four of them never went to the New World; their music did. Three of them were born in Spain and were trained in music there; they held appointments in Spain and later emigrated to the new colonial cities. One more became the first composer-choirmaster to be born there of Spanish parents, thus criollo.

REVIEW:

Much of the program has the dark hue and deliberate pace characteristic of the Spanish repertory, and there are some very powerful examples: try the stark, riveting motet In horrore visionis of Francisco López Capillas. There are also some brighter pieces, and although the musical universe of the Mexican cathedrals rivaled that of Spain, there is a trend toward a brighter New World simplicity evident in some of the music, and The Queen's Six makes effective use of the contrast...the singing is beautiful and expressive in an idiomatic way.

– All Music Guide (James Manheim)

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Regina caeli à 6 04:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Regina caeli à 6
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Cristóbal de Morales
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  2. 2 Salve Regina 09:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Salve Regina
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Hernando Franco
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  3. 3 Vidi speciosam 05:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Vidi speciosam
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Tomás Luis de Victoria
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  4. 4 Trahe me post te 04:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Trahe me post te
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Francisco Guerrero
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  5. 5 Versa est in luctum 04:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    Versa est in luctum
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  6. 6 Circumdederunt me dolores 04:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Circumdederunt me dolores
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  7. 7 In horrore visionis nocturnæ 04:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    In horrore visionis nocturnæ
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Francisco López Capillas
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  8. 8 Versa est in luctum cithara 03:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Versa est in luctum cithara
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  9. 9 Tantum ergo 01:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tantum ergo
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Francisco López Capillas
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  10. 10 O quam suavis est, Domine 04:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    O quam suavis est, Domine
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  11. 11 Christus factus est 02:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    Christus factus est
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Manuel de Zumaya
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  12. 12 O sacrum convivium 04:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    O sacrum convivium
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Cristóbal de Morales
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  13. 13 O quam gloriosum est regnum 02:20
    Track
    13
    Title
    O quam gloriosum est regnum
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Tomás Luis de Victoria
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  14. 14 Beatus Achacius 07:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Beatus Achacius
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Francisco Guerrero
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six
  15. 15 Laudate Dominum 02:06
    Track
    15
    Title
    Laudate Dominum
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Miguel Mateo de Dallo y Lana
    Ensemble
    The Queen's Six