Vidi Speciosam - A Lady Mass from the 16th Century

Capella de la Torre - Tiburtina Ensemble

Released on 20/04/2018 by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Main artists: Capella de la Torre
Genre: Sacred Vocal Music

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If we are to believe the archives of the Inquisition – and they knew a thing or two about partying – music played too big a role in a number of convents in the early Renaissance. Of course, plain-chant had always been a part of the liturgy, but it seems that the nuns were overstepping the mark and getting into playing all manner of contemporary music. This should hardly come as a surprise, as well-bred young women enjoyed a broad culture on the one hand, and their religious duties didn't take up so much time, leaving them with a lot of time to dedicate to less-holy activities on the other. These concerts were given in convent schools; but they were big draws. There was a limit to their musical possibilities: no male voices, of course, so the nuns had no choice but to give the tenor and bass parts to deeper instruments, which they would play themselves, such as bassoons or trombones. This album contains the movements that make up the full mass, mostly from the works of Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611). But this is not an attempt to reproduce a particular mass: the documentation in those days wasn't precise enough to allow that. Rather, it is an "imaginary mass" from Renaissance Spain, with responses and plainsong interspersed among richly polyphonic movements. Of course, we only hear women's voices, as well as some purely-instrumental pieces. The album closes with Adorámoste Señor by Francisco de la Torre (1483-1507), which is almost a century older than the pieces by Victoria de la Torre from whom the ensemble Capella de la Torre took its name. © SM/Qobuz

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Vidi Speciosam - A Lady Mass from the 16th Century

Capella de la Torre

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Pavan, VdGS No. 1 (Augustin Bassano)

Pavan, VdGS No. 1 (Instrumental)

00:02:47

Capella de la Torre (Birgit Bahr, Alto Shawm - Falko Munkwitz, Tural Ismayilov, Sackbut - Regina Hahnke, Dulzian/Curtal - Martina Fiedler, Organ) - Katharina Bäuml, Shawm & Conductor - Augustin Bassano, Composer - (Andreas Fischer, Recording Engineer - - Jürgen Rummel, Engineer - Thorsten Preuß, Executive Producer)

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Antiphon "Asperges me", ITV 11 (Tomás Luis de Victoria)

Antiphon "Asperges me", ITV 11

00:02:50

Tiburtina Ensemble (Tereza Havlíková, Ivana Bilej Brouková, Renata Zafková, Sopranos - Anna Chadimová Havlíková, Mezzo-Soprano - Bernadette Beckermann, Daniela Cermáková, Altos) - Barbora Kabátková, Conductor - Capella de la Torre (Birgit Bahr, Alto Shawm - Falko Munkwitz, Tural Ismayilov, Sackbut - Regina Hahnke, Dulzian/Curtal - Martina Fiedler, Organ) - Katharina Bäuml, Shawm & Conductor - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - (Andreas Fischer, Recording Engineer - - Jürgen Rummel, Engineer - Thorsten Preuß, Executive Producer)

(P) 2018 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio Franken under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

Introitus "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino" (Gregorian)

Introitus "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino"

00:02:08

Tiburtina Ensemble (Tereza Havlíková, Ivana Bilej Brouková, Renata Zafková, Sopranos - Anna Chadimová Havlíková, Mezzo-Soprano - Bernadette Beckermann, Daniela Cermáková, Altos) - Barbora Kabátková, Conductor - Capella de la Torre (Birgit Bahr, Alto Shawm - Falko Munkwitz, Tural Ismayilov, Sackbut - Regina Hahnke, Dulzian/Curtal - Martina Fiedler, Organ) - Katharina Bäuml, Shawm & Conductor - Gregorian chant, Composer - (Andreas Fischer, Recording Engineer - - Jürgen Rummel, Engineer - Thorsten Preuß, Executive Producer)

(P) 2018 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio Franken under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

Missa "Vidi speciosam", ITV 91 (Tomás Luis de Victoria)

I. Kyrie

00:03:23

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II. Gloria