Las Huelgas Codex, Vol. 1
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Las Huelgas Codex, Vol. 1

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Details

Composer
Anonymous
Artist
Armoniosoincanto, Franco Radicchia, Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino, Enrico Miaroma, Gruppo Vocale Gard
Format
CD
Discs
2
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 17, 2025
Catalog #
BRI96619
UPC
5028421966199

About

One of the most important sources to be copied in the 14th century, the Codex of Las Huelgas is an anthology of chants from the 13th century that are prime examples of the Ars Antiqua. It includes many original pieces, as well as some that can be found elsewhere in various Spanish sources, and others that originally came from the Notre-Dame school. Two specialist Italian vocal groups share in the epic project of recording the entire Codex, with these two discs constituting the first instalment.

The performing styles of Armoniosoincanto and the Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino are tonally different but share similarities in their approach to interpreting the various pieces. The young voices of the Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino offer a luminosity and a rhythmic effect that creates a brilliant, precise vocal quality, always expressive and communicative. Armoniosoincanto presents interpretative impulses that are more reflective and controlled – partly in response to the texts, and partly due to the group’s vocal timbre, which is more mature in certain respects. That is not to say that this timbre is any less brilliant where required, nor any less mellow in the psalmodic formulations.

These performances are based on the transcriptions published by the Codex’s first editor, Higinio Anglès, in El CoÌdex Musical de Las Huelgas (Muìsica a veus dels segles XIII–XIV) (1931) and on Juan Carlos Asensio’s work El Códice Polifonico de Las Huelgas: aspectos codicológicos y notacionales – La Música en el Monasterio de Las Huelgas en tiempos de su Códice Polifònico (Editorial Apuerto, 2001).

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie, rex virginum [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 04:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie, rex virginum [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  2. 2 Conditor kyrie [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 04:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Conditor kyrie [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  3. 3 Kyrie, fons bonitatis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 06:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Kyrie, fons bonitatis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  4. 4 Kyrie eleison [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Kyrie eleison [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  5. 5 Kyrie eleison [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 02:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Kyrie eleison [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  6. 6 Gloria in excelsis, spiritus et alme [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 06:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    Gloria in excelsis, spiritus et alme [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  7. 7 Benedicta et venerabilis, virgo dei genitrix [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 04:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Benedicta et venerabilis, virgo dei genitrix [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  8. 8 Iam nubes dissolvitur - Iam novum sydus oritur - Solem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Iam nubes dissolvitur - Iam novum sydus oritur - Solem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  9. 9 Ave verum corpus - Ave, vera caro Christi [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 01:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ave verum corpus - Ave, vera caro Christi [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  10. 10 Ave gloriosa - Salve, virgo regia mater [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 02:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ave gloriosa - Salve, virgo regia mater [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  11. 11 Celi solem imitantes [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:14
    Track
    11
    Title
    Celi solem imitantes [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  12. 12 Confessorum agonia modulata symphonia [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Confessorum agonia modulata symphonia [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  13. 13 Virgines egregie, virgines sacrate [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    Virgines egregie, virgines sacrate [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  14. 14 Iocundare plebs fidelis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 04:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Iocundare plebs fidelis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  15. 15 Salve porta regem gloriae - Salve salus gencium - Salve sancta parens 01:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    Salve porta regem gloriae - Salve salus gencium - Salve sancta parens
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Armoniosoincanto
    Conductor
    Franco Radicchia
  16. 16 Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave ff [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:24
    Track
    16
    Title
    Verbum bonum et suave personemus illud ave ff [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  17. 17 Flavit auster flatu [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 04:44
    Track
    17
    Title
    Flavit auster flatu [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  18. 18 Angelorum laude digna, virgo [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 05:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    Angelorum laude digna, virgo [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  19. 19 Eterni numinis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 07:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    Eterni numinis [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  20. 20 Salve, sancta Christi parens, salve, virgo - Salve, virgo singularis, salvatorem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 05:24
    Track
    20
    Title
    Salve, sancta Christi parens, salve, virgo - Salve, virgo singularis, salvatorem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  21. 21 Eya mater fidelium - Ave regina gloriae [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 09:16
    Track
    21
    Title
    Eya mater fidelium - Ave regina gloriae [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  22. 22 In virgulto gratie arbor pudiciti - Circumsepta surculus exornatur flosculus [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 02:51
    Track
    22
    Title
    In virgulto gratie arbor pudiciti - Circumsepta surculus exornatur flosculus [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  23. 23 Stabat juxta Christi crucem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 07:40
    Track
    23
    Title
    Stabat juxta Christi crucem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  24. 24 Promereris summe laudis tu que Deum - Nam, ut Gabrielem audis te salvantem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:34
    Track
    24
    Title
    Promereris summe laudis tu que Deum - Nam, ut Gabrielem audis te salvantem [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  25. 25 Nobis cedunt vetera [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 07:00
    Track
    25
    Title
    Nobis cedunt vetera [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma
  26. 26 Maria, virgo virginum, ora pro nobis - Fundamentum ecclesiae, fons ipsa sapientie [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries] 03:43
    Track
    26
    Title
    Maria, virgo virginum, ora pro nobis - Fundamentum ecclesiae, fons ipsa sapientie [Codex Las Huelgas, Spain, 13th-14th centuries]
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino
    Conductor
    Enrico Miaroma