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Fire Burning in Snow, the third volume in Ex Cathedra's series of Baroque music from Latin America, is strong testimony to the vitality of the musical scene in South America in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The bulk of this album is devoted to the sacred and secular choral music of Juan de Araujo (1648-1712), who was born in Spain, but whose family moved to South America when he was a child. He lived in Peru and Panama, but spent most of his adult life in La Plata, Bolivia, where he was the organist at the cathedral. The music recorded here is notable for its almost Monteverdian range of styles and expressiveness. This selection of Araujo's strongly rhythmic work includes a rigorously polyphonic motet for triple choir; a simple, lovely lullaby for women's voices; and many stylistically diverse choral villancicos. The standout work on the CD, though, is "Hanacpachap cussicuinin," a 20-verse Peruvian hymn in the Quechua language that was the first example of choral polyphony published in the Americas in 1631. It's broken into four sections of five verses each and performed with ensembles of differing sizes and varying accompaniments. The anonymous hymn has a startling grandeur, and even with 20 verses it's so compelling that it never wears out its welcome. Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble sing and play with high spirits and polish. Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore is to be commended for bringing this repertoire, much of which has never been recorded, to light, and for delivering such lively realizations and energetic and full-bodied performances. This CD should be of strong interest to anyone who loves Renaissance and Baroque polyphony, and fans of choral music with a Latin flavor.
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Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Natalie Clifton-Griffith, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Skidmore, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Lucy Ballard, Alto, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Grace Davidson, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Skidmore, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Julia Doyle, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Lucy Ballard, Alto, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Grace Davidson, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Natalie Clifton-Griffith, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Julia Doyle, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Amy Wood, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Lucy Ballard, Alto, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Natalie Clifton-Griffith, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Venner, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Amy Wood, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Arranger, Work Arranger - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Diego José de Salazar, Composer
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Juan de Araujo, Composer - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Skidmore, Conductor, MainArtist - Ex Cathedra, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
Fire Burning in Snow, the third volume in Ex Cathedra's series of Baroque music from Latin America, is strong testimony to the vitality of the musical scene in South America in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The bulk of this album is devoted to the sacred and secular choral music of Juan de Araujo (1648-1712), who was born in Spain, but whose family moved to South America when he was a child. He lived in Peru and Panama, but spent most of his adult life in La Plata, Bolivia, where he was the organist at the cathedral. The music recorded here is notable for its almost Monteverdian range of styles and expressiveness. This selection of Araujo's strongly rhythmic work includes a rigorously polyphonic motet for triple choir; a simple, lovely lullaby for women's voices; and many stylistically diverse choral villancicos. The standout work on the CD, though, is "Hanacpachap cussicuinin," a 20-verse Peruvian hymn in the Quechua language that was the first example of choral polyphony published in the Americas in 1631. It's broken into four sections of five verses each and performed with ensembles of differing sizes and varying accompaniments. The anonymous hymn has a startling grandeur, and even with 20 verses it's so compelling that it never wears out its welcome. Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble sing and play with high spirits and polish. Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore is to be commended for bringing this repertoire, much of which has never been recorded, to light, and for delivering such lively realizations and energetic and full-bodied performances. This CD should be of strong interest to anyone who loves Renaissance and Baroque polyphony, and fans of choral music with a Latin flavor.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:23
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2008 Hyperion Records Limited
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