The Secrets of Andalusia

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
January 24, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Anonymous, Traditional, Juan Aranes, Hernando de Cabezon, Pierre-Francisque Caroubel, Roberta Diamon
    • PERFORMER
      Lux Musicae London
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 24, 2025
    • UPC
      5060216344157
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR157
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Durme, durme ijiko de madre (Sleep, sleep mother's little son) (arr. V. Couper and I.L. Monteverde for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    2. Spagnolette

      Composer: Pierre-Francisque Caroubel

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    3. Luz y norte musical: Españoletas (arr. V. Couper and I.L. Monteverde for baroque harp)

      Composer: Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz

      Performer: Aileen Henry

    4. Tres morillas m'enamoran en Jaén (I fell in love with three Moorish girls in Jaén) (arr. V. Couper and I.L. Monteverde for voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    5. A la una yo nací (At one o'clock I was born) (arr. V. Couper and I.L. Monteverde for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    6. Yo m'enamorí d'un aire (I fell in love with an illusion) (arr. I.L. Monteverde for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, Konstantinos Glynos

    7. Susanne un jour (arr. for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    8. A la una nací yo (At one o'clock I was born) (arr. V. Couper, K. Glynos and I.L. Monteverde for voice, kanun and oud)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    9. Poema harmonico: Passacaglia de 7 tono

      Composer: Francisco Guerau

      Performer: Toby Carr

    10. Ojos, pues me desdeñáis

      Composer: José Marín

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    11. Dindirin, dindirin (arr. for voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    12. Nani Nani

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Roberta Diamond

    13. Con qué la lavaré la tez de la mi cara? (With what shall I wash the skin of my face?)

      Composer: Juan Vasques

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper

    14. Trattado de glosas: Recercada No. 2

      Composer: Diego Ortiz

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    15. Samai andalus (arr. I.L. Monteverde for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    16. Tears have betrayed my secrets in a valley

      Composer: Roberta Diamond

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    17. Canzoni fantasie et correnti da suonar: Vestiva i colli passegiatto

      Composer: Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    18. Pueblo blanco

      Composer: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

      Performer: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    19. Qué me queréis, caballero? (What do you want from me, sir?) (arr. for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper

    20. Cuándo, cuándo podré lograrte, idolo de beldad? (When, when will I be able to attain you, idol of beauty?)

      Composer: Juan Bonet de Parades

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

    21. Una sarao de la chacona, "A la vida bona" (arr. for voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Juan Arañés

      Ensemble: Lux Musicae London

      Performer: Victoria Couper, Konstantinos Glynos


We know that key influences on Flamenco date back to Islamic Iberia or the Al-Andalusian era of Spain between the 8th-15th centuries. Yet the first mention of Flamenco by name is not until 1774, where it appears in an epistolary novel, Cartas Marruecas, by the playwright and soldier, Jose de Cadalso y Vazquez. In collaboration on with soprano Victoria Couper, kanun player, Konstantin nos Glynos, and oud/Flamenco guitarist, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, this album seeks to explore this question by tracing the influences on Flamenco through Arabic music alongside Sephardic song and the Spanish composers of the late-16th to 18th centuries. What happened in these intervening centuries?