Mexican Baroque Music for Christmas

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Label
CPO
Release Date
January 30, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francisco Corselli, Jose de Nebra, Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella, Manuel de Sumaya
    • PERFORMER
      Michael Alexander Willens, Kolner Akademie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      761203574223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555742-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Rompa la esfera

      Composer: Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    2. Albricias mortales que viene la aurora

      Composer: Manuel de Zumaya

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    3. Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe: Quem terra pontus sidera

      Composer: Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    4. Dixit Dominus

      Composer: Francisco Courcelle

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    5. Juravit Dominus

      Composer: Francisco Courcelle

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    6. Gloria Patri

      Composer: Francisco Courcelle

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    7. Sicut erat in principio

      Composer: Francisco Courcelle

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    8. Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe: Responsorio: Elegi et sanctificavi

      Composer: Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    9. Celebren, publiquen

      Composer: Manuel de Zumaya

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    10. Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe: Responsorio: Quae est ista, quae ascendit

      Composer: Ignacio Jerusalem y Stella

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    11. Angélicas milicias

      Composer: Manuel de Zumaya

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    12. Kyrie eleison

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    13. Christe eleison

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    14. Kyrie

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    15. Gloria

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    16. Et in terra pax

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    17. Laudamus te

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    18. Domine deus

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    19. Qui tollis peccata mundi

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    20. Quoniam tu solus

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    21. Cum Sancto Spiritu, Amen

      Composer: José Nebra

      Ensemble: Chor der Kölner Akademie, Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens


Christianity, in all it's forms, excels through it's high degree of adaptability. We encounter one of the more fascinating examples of adaptation in Latin American Catholicism that developed in the colonies of "New Spain." Not least did the veneration of Mary find an especially receptive genius loci here, whose musical disposition soon wedded to an artistic concept that was the non plus ultra for the rulers of the Old World. For some composers, the transatlantic regions thus had such appeal that they abandoned their traditional sphere of activity. One of them was the Italian Ignacio de Jerusalem, who worked at the cathedral in Mexico City; he was joined by the Mexican "home-grown talent" Manuel de Sumaya, as well as two Spanish musicians who were known and beloved in the land of the Aztecs only for their printed works. This yields a truly exquisite mix for Christmas.