Accademia del Piacere; Fahmi Alqhai; Quiteria Munoz - Spain On Fire - Divine and Human Passions in the Spanish Baroque [CD]

Cat. no: CC720018
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917200188
Release Date: 18 Apr 2025
Genre: Classical

This new recording by Accademia del Piacere focuses on the work of improvisation, ornamentation, embellishment on famous Baroque tunes of the Spanish baroque in accordance with 17th Century style and practice

The rise and splendour of the Spanish Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries spread Spain's cultural wealth and diversity far and wide, embracing musical traditions whose roots mixed Christian, Muslim, Jewish and American infuences. This transformed cultural and musical fashions throughout Europe. The original scores were basic skeletons, to which the musicians added a plethora of personal interpretation: arrangements, glosses and a world of ornamentation. Accademia del Piacere and Fahmi Alqhai have spent years working on this Spanish approach in order to revive this spirit through improvisation, bringing this music back to life.

Tracks: Henry de Bailly: Yo soy la locura / Carles Blanch: Tarantela & Canarios / Luis de Briceno: Ay, amor loco / Giovanni Battista Vitali: Glosa en canon sobre el Passa Galli de Vitali / Antonio de Cabezon: Diferencias sobre el canto llano del cavallero / Carles Blanch: Folias gallegas / Fahmi Alqhai: Folias de Espana / Luis de Briceno:La bella Celia que adora / Alonso de Mudarra: Glosa e improvisacion sobre Conde Claros / Jose Marin: Nina, como en tus mudanzas / Antonio Martin y Coll: Bayle del Gran Duque / Antonio Martin y Coll: Flores de musica Pasacalles / Mateo Flecha the Elder: La Negrina Florida estava la rosa / Mateo Flecha the Elder: La Negrina San Sabeya, gugurumbe / Himno Pange Lingua 'More Hispano' y su glosa (Anon)