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Alonso Mudarra was a lutenist and composer active in Seville in the middle of the sixteenth century. The Tres Libros de Música from which the pieces heard on this disc are extracted come from the early years of music publishing in Spain, and they mix original compositions by Mudarra with vihuela intabulations of works by other composers. Both vocal and instrumental, the pieces recorded here offer a delightful variety; Mudarra seems to have tried simply to offer a cross-section or greatest hits of the musical world at the time in his publication. There are a few sacred pieces; Triste estava el rey David, track 5, is a setting of the biblical text recounting the sorrow of King David upon learning of the death of his son Absalon. This tragic work (curiously designated as a "romance," which seems here to mean a song that tells a story) rubs shoulders with examples of the reliably sexy villancico -- track 9, Gentil Cavallero, is an especially pungent one, with its image of the knight who picks lemons in the nuns' garden -- and other secular pieces, some of them in Italian. The instrumental works mostly consist of fantasias and tientos, the latter smaller in scale than the well-known examples of this prelude-like Spanish genre from the following century. All this is explained well in the booklet (in English, French, and German). What's not so clear is why the German-based group Private Musicke performs the music the way it did. Some of the pieces feature viols instead of vihuela or lute, which seems to run counter to the whole idea of recording an anthology of vihuela music. The voice of Spanish soprano Raquel Andueza, however, is a major attraction, light and coquettish in the villancicos but always hinting at the depths that are kept in reserve. She's reason enough to buy this album all by herself, and excellent, no-fuss sound and the fabulous El Greco portrait on the cover offer added bonuses. Even dedicated lovers of the Spanish Renaissance will find something new here, in many cases beautifully performed.
© TiVo
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3 Libros de musica en cifras para vihuela, Book 1 (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Claros y frescos ríos (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Private Musicke, Ensemble - Juan Boscán, Lyricist
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Si me llaman a mi llaman (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Fantasía I (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Triste estava el rey David (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
La vita fugge (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Pavana de Alexandre (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Gallarda (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Gentil cavallero (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Para quien crie yo los cabellos (Antonio de Cabezón)
Antonio De CABEZON, Composer - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Tiento del segundo tono (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Israel, mira tus montes (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Claros y frescos ríos (Anonymous)
Anonymous, Composer - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Recercada (Diego Ortiz)
Diego Ortiz, Composer - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Tiento VIII (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Fantasia XXV (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
O gelosia d'amanti (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Private Musicke, Ensemble - Jacopo Sannazaro, Lyricist
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Guardame las vacas (Luys de Narvaez)
Luys de Narvaez, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
O gelosia d'amanti (Luys Milan)
Raquel Andueza, Performer - Luys Milan, Composer - Private Musicke, Ensemble - Jacopo Sannazaro, Lyricist
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Libro de musica de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro: Fantasia No. 10 (Luys Milan)
Luys Milan, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
El Parnasso: Quien te hizo Juan pastor (Esteban Daza)
Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Esteban Daza, Composer - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Romanesca, "Guardame las vacas" (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Isabel perdiste la tu faxa (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Por asperos caminos (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Garcilaso de la Vega, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Fantasia V (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Pierre Pitzl, Performer
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Si viese e me lavasse (Alonso de Mudarra)
Alonso Mudarra, Composer - Raquel Andueza, Performer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Private Musicke, Ensemble
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
Album review
Alonso Mudarra was a lutenist and composer active in Seville in the middle of the sixteenth century. The Tres Libros de Música from which the pieces heard on this disc are extracted come from the early years of music publishing in Spain, and they mix original compositions by Mudarra with vihuela intabulations of works by other composers. Both vocal and instrumental, the pieces recorded here offer a delightful variety; Mudarra seems to have tried simply to offer a cross-section or greatest hits of the musical world at the time in his publication. There are a few sacred pieces; Triste estava el rey David, track 5, is a setting of the biblical text recounting the sorrow of King David upon learning of the death of his son Absalon. This tragic work (curiously designated as a "romance," which seems here to mean a song that tells a story) rubs shoulders with examples of the reliably sexy villancico -- track 9, Gentil Cavallero, is an especially pungent one, with its image of the knight who picks lemons in the nuns' garden -- and other secular pieces, some of them in Italian. The instrumental works mostly consist of fantasias and tientos, the latter smaller in scale than the well-known examples of this prelude-like Spanish genre from the following century. All this is explained well in the booklet (in English, French, and German). What's not so clear is why the German-based group Private Musicke performs the music the way it did. Some of the pieces feature viols instead of vihuela or lute, which seems to run counter to the whole idea of recording an anthology of vihuela music. The voice of Spanish soprano Raquel Andueza, however, is a major attraction, light and coquettish in the villancicos but always hinting at the depths that are kept in reserve. She's reason enough to buy this album all by herself, and excellent, no-fuss sound and the fabulous El Greco portrait on the cover offer added bonuses. Even dedicated lovers of the Spanish Renaissance will find something new here, in many cases beautifully performed.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : DDD - Enregistré du 25 au 27 mai 2008 au Monastère chartreux de Mauerbach en Autriche - Notes en français, anglais et allemand avec les textes chantés en espagnol avec traduction dans les trois langues
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pierre Pitzl
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Accent
- Area: Espagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Baroque Music
2009 Accent 2009 Accent
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