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Milán & Narváez: Spanish Renaissance Music / Chiaramonte
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Milán & Narváez: Spanish Renaissance Music / Chiaramonte

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Details

Composer
Luys Milan, Luys de Narvaez
Artist
Giuseppe Chiaramonte
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jun 24, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96217
UPC
5028421962177

About

In 2020, Giuseppe Chiaramonte starred in a SKY TV documentary about the solo-guitar fantasias of the 19th-century Hungarian composer Johann Kaspar Mertz. These pieces formed the subject of his debut in Brilliant Classics (95722), for an album which won acclaim in the specialist-guitar press for the warmth of Chiaramonte’s sound, the palette of his tonal colors and his adventurousness in reviving the music of a composer deservedly once known as the ‘Liszt of the guitar’. Mertz’s 16th-century equivalent was undoubtedly Luys Milán (1500-1560), who referred to himself without false modesty as ‘El Maestro’ and a second Orpheus. Published under his name in 1536, El maestro is the first printed collection of music for the vihuela; the earliest Spanish collection of solo instrumental music and accompanied songs; and the first printed example of guitar tablature in Spain. The six pavans in Milán’s collection resemble the dances of the same name from further north in Europe, though less afflicted by melancholy. They illuminate in turn the more intricate polyphony of the fantasias and tientos composed by a shorter-lived contemporary, Luys de Narváez, who died in 1550, barely into his mid-20s. Thus deprived of further experience, Narváez was still writing in a more restrained idiom than Milán, though no less affecting in its way. It was largely thanks to these two composers that the vihuela attained such popularity in 16th-century Spain, and modern audiences may appreciate the poetry of their music once more thanks to the inspired advocacy of Giuseppe Chiaramonte, who introduces the life and work of both composers in a detailed booklet essay accompanying the album.

REVIEW

This CD concentrates...on music for the vihuela and the good news is that, while the music is played on the modern guitar (common, though not universal, practice today), it is played with real insight and sympathy. The programme is made up of pieces by two major composers for (and players of) the vihuela. Indeed, the contents are taken from the first two books of music for the vihuela to be printed in Spain: Milán’s Libro de música de vilhuela de mano intitulado El Maestro, printed in Valencia in 1536 and Narváez’s Los seys libros de Délphin de música de cifras para tañer vihuela, published in Valladolid in 1538.

Part of the appeal of this new CD is that we are able to hear a substantial number of pieces by both composers (18 by Milán and 9 by Narváez), enough to get a fuller idea of each composer and, perhaps to make a preliminary comparison of the two.

[Chiaramonte] is clearly a guitarist with the ability to produce fine (in some ways revelatory) performances of music well beyond the usual guitar repertoire, with intelligence, perception and skill – which is not to say that he cannot play the instrument’s ‘mainstream’ repertoire to a very high standard too. I look forward to hearing more of his work.

--MusicWeb International (Glyn Pursglove)

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 Fantasia No. 21 02:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasia No. 21
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  2. 2 Fantasia No. 10 02:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasia No. 10
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  3. 3 Fantasia No. 1 01:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasia No. 1
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  4. 4 Pavana No. 1 01:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    Pavana No. 1
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  5. 5 Fantasia No. 11 03:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fantasia No. 11
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  6. 6 Fantasia No. 2 01:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fantasia No. 2
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  7. 7 Pavana No. 2 01:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pavana No. 2
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  8. 8 Fantasia No. 12 03:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fantasia No. 12
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  9. 9 Fantasia No. 3 01:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Fantasia No. 3
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  10. 10 Pavana No. 3 02:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    Pavana No. 3
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  11. 11 Fantasia No. 4 01:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Fantasia No. 4
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  12. 12 Pavana No. 4 01:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Pavana No. 4
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  13. 13 Fantasia No. 5 02:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Fantasia No. 5
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  14. 14 Pavana No. 5 01:04
    Track
    14
    Title
    Pavana No. 5
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  15. 15 Fantasia No. 14 01:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Fantasia No. 14
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  16. 16 Fantasia No. 8 02:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    Fantasia No. 8
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  17. 17 Pavana No. 6 01:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    Pavana No. 6
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  18. 18 Tiento No. 4 06:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Tiento No. 4
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Luys Milán
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  19. 19 Fantasia No. 2 01:27
    Track
    19
    Title
    Fantasia No. 2
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  20. 20 La cancion del Emperador 03:55
    Track
    20
    Title
    La cancion del Emperador
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  21. 21 Fantasia No. 3 02:25
    Track
    21
    Title
    Fantasia No. 3
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  22. 22 Diferencias sobre Conde Claros 04:33
    Track
    22
    Title
    Diferencias sobre Conde Claros
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  23. 23 Fantasia No. 5 01:38
    Track
    23
    Title
    Fantasia No. 5
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  24. 24 Fantasia No. 6 01:26
    Track
    24
    Title
    Fantasia No. 6
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  25. 25 Diferencias on Guardame las vacas 01:57
    Track
    25
    Title
    Diferencias on Guardame las vacas
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  26. 26 3 diferencias por otra parte 02:11
    Track
    26
    Title
    3 diferencias por otra parte
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte
  27. 27 Baxa de contrapunto 01:37
    Track
    27
    Title
    Baxa de contrapunto
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Luys de Narváez
    Performer
    Giuseppe Chiaramonte