Fuenllana: Vihuela Music

On this CD:

1. La Bomba, ensalada
Composed by Mateo (i) Flecha

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

2. Paseávase el rey moro
Composed by Luys de Narvaez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

3. Buscad de oy mas
Composed by Mateo (i) Flecha

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

4. Morenica, dame un beso
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

5. Duo de Fuenllana "Tant que vivray"
Composed by Miguel de Fuenllana

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

6. Vos me matastes
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

7. O felici occhi miei, for string consort
Composed by Diego Ortiz

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

8. No se que me bulle
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

9. Tant que je vivrai, chanson
Composed by Claudin de Sermisy

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

10. Fantasia de redobles, for vihuela
Composed by Miguel de Fuenllana

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

11. La Girigonça
Composed by Matheo (ii) Flecha

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

12. Madona mia
Composed by Vicenzo Fontana

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

13. Como quereys, madre
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

14. Con qué la lavaré
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

15. O que bonica cancion
Composed by Matheo (ii) Flecha

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

16. Duelete de mi, señora, song
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

17. De los álamos vengo, madre, song
Composed by Juan Vasquez

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

18. Missa "Mille regretz" Benedictus
Composed by Cristobal de Morales

Conducted by Jose Miguel Moreno

Tracks:

El rossinyol
El testament d'Amelia
Adios meu homino
Mina nay por me casare
Tengo que subir
Ahi tienes mi corazon
La vi llorando
Ya se van los pastores
Campanas de Belen
Jaeneras que yo canto
A dormir ahora mesmo
Granadinas
Hincarse de rodillas
Cancion de trilla
Parado de Valldemosa
Nik baditut
Andregaya
Din, dan, boleran
Mariam matrem
Ay, triste vida corporal!
Que es mi vida, preguntais?
Porque es, dama, tanto quereros?
No me llames segalaherba
Ay, luna que reluces
En esta larga ausencia
Molinillo que mueles amores
Confiado jilguerillo
Seguidillas religiosas
Cancion de cuna
El jilguerillo con pico de oro
El canape

Tracks:

Ah, el novio no quiere dinero
Coma la rosa en la guerta
Estavase la mora
Aquel rey de Francia
Damos gracias a ti, Dios
Sobre Baca estaba el rey
Ay que non hay!
Rosa das rosas
Maravillosos e piadosos
Tres moricas m'enamoran
Paseabase el rey moro
Dime a do tienes las mientes
Si no's huviera mirado
Dexo la venda
Puse mis amores
Aqui me declaro su pensamiento
Pues que me tienes
Gentil dama, non se gana
Mi querer tanto vos quiere
Una hija tiene el rey
Una matica de ruda
Si la noche se hace oscura
Pastorcico, non te aduermas
Ay triste que vengo
No soy you quien la descrube
Pase el agua, Julieta
Aquel caballero, madre
Duelete de mi, Senora
De Antequera salio el Moro
De los alamos vengo, madre
Enfermo estaba Antioco
Dame acogida en tu hato
Morenica, dame un beso
Senora, si te olvidare
De donde venis, amore?

Tracks:

La rosa enflorece
Ven querida
Adio, querida
Durme, durme, hermozo hijico
Paxaro d'hermosura
Avrix, mi galanica
Irme quiero, la mi madre
Ya viene el cativo
Yo m'enamori d'un aire
Una matica de ruda
Anda, jaleo
Los cuatro muleros
Las tres hojas
Los mozos de Monleon
Las morillas de Jaen
Sevillanas del siglo 18
El cafe de Chinitas
Nana de Sevilla
Los pelegrinitos
Zorongo
Romance de Don Boiso
Los reyes de la baraja
La tarara
El combat del somni: Damunt de tu, nomes les flors
A l'ombra del Lledoner: Canco de grumet
Canciones negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
Seis canciones castellanas: No quiero tus avellanas
Seis canciones castellanas: Jota
Panxolina
Tu pupila es azul
Cantos populares espanolas: Malaguena
Cantos populares espanolas: Granadina
Cantos populares espanolas: El Vito
Cantos populares espanolas: Pano murciano
Clavelitos
Adios, Granada
Madrigal

Tracks:

Coleccion de tonadillas: Amor y odio
Coleccion de tonadillas: Callejeo
Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo discreto
Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo olvidado
Coleccion de tonadillas: El majo timido
Coleccion de tonadillas: El mirar de la maja
Coleccion de tonadillas: El tra la la y el punteado
Coleccion de tonadillas: La maja de Goya
Coleccion de tonadillas: Las currutacas modestas
Tres majas dolorosas: Oh muerte cruel!
Tres majas dolorosas: Ay majo de mi vida
Tres majas dolorosas: De aquel majo amante
Goyescas: La maja y el ruisenor (Rosario)
'La vida breve': Vivan los que rien! (Salud - Act 1)
'La vida breve': Alli esta! Riyendo! (Salud - Act 2)
'Acis y Galatea': Confiado jilguerillo
El tripili
Llorad, corazon
Iban al pinar
No lloreis, ojuelos
Mananica era
Mira que soy nina
Gracia mia
El pano moruno
Seguidilla murciana
Asturiana
Jota
Nana
Cancion
Polo
'La Tempranica': Zapateado (La tarantula e un bicho mu malo)

Customer Reviews:

The most noble voice.......2004-05-28

Victoria de los Angeles' voice not only has a silken quality and fascinating glow to it but it is one of the most regal, noble sounds you'll ever hear. She illuminated those moments of quietness, gentleness and noble, feminine pride and elegance like no other soprano before and after her. This release of her "Spanish Songs" has never been surpassed. The songs of her homeland seem to have been written for her beautiful instrument alone, she fills every piece with special beauty and charm, religious flair and beautiful, noble simplicity. Buy this recording and see why Victoria is one of the best sopranos ever having come from Spain.

PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN.......2002-01-08

FOR A LONG TIME "SONGS OF SPAIN" HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE ALBUM OF CLASSICAL, POPULAR, SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS (CHRISTIAN AND SEPHARDIC) SPANISH SONGS. DE LOS ANGELES DEFIES A RIVAL IN THIS GENRE. DE LARROCHA, SORIANO AND ZANETTI PROVIDE UNEQUALED ACCOMPANIEMENTS. THE RECORDINGS ARE SECOND ONLY TO LIFE PERFORMANCES. I UNDERSTAND THAT EMI INTENDS TO TAKE THIS SET OUT OF PUBLICATION. PURCHASE THIS JEWEL WHILE YOU CAN! I JUST PURCHASED MY THIRD SET FROM AMAZON AND I TREASURE IT AS MUCH AS MY FIRST!

luminous artistry from a genius.......2000-12-26

the vocal artist of vocal artistsdisplays her absolutely gorgeous voice and musical understanding of spanish feeling with a warmth that is unmatched anywhere.the only thing better was to hear her in person!

A special Dignity and an Unfailing Beauty of Voice........2000-09-17

This set offers four generously-filled CDs comprising almost 140 Spanish songs from Victoria de los Angeles' repertoire. To all of them she brings a special dignity and an unfailing beauty of voice. The earliest recordings date from 1950 and the last is the items she sang at the opening of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Yes, you will find the ubiquitous "Clavelitos!" here, and a later version of "La maya el ruisenor" from "Goyescas". The enclosed booklet provides illuminating notes by Lionel Salter, who also translated many of the texts which are also included. Accompanists include Gerald Moore and Alicia de Larrocha, and Victoria de Los Angeles provides a guitar accompaniment herself in one song. The last track of all, a zapateado from a zarzuela, recorded live in New York, must almost have brought the house down.

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Cancionero Musical de Palacio
Milán, Narváez: Music for Vihuela
Sephardic Romances
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ASIN: B0000013UY
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

Fa-La-La-Lan-Le-Ra
Who Has Made You, Juan Pastor
Fant
I Am The Dark Girl
I Am A Mountain Girl
Guardame Las Vacas
The Moor Leaves Antequera
Fant I
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Customer Reviews:

Nice.......2007-03-09

Delightful album in a small way. A good companion to her Music of the Italian Renaissance (which I thought had a litle more oomph).

The voice of an angel.......2002-12-21

Just listen to the samples. Shirley Rumsey is truly gifted.

Great CD at any price.......2001-06-04

This is one of my favorite CDs, out of a large collection of early vocal music. Shirley Rumsey has a wonderfully pure and clear voice, which compliments the elegant simplicity of the arrangements (single lute and voice). Certainly, this is not likely to be absolutely true to the original -- some of the more lively songs are still performed in a measured, almost somber tone. Yet this does not take away from the quality of the CD as a whole. There are numerous recordings of many of the same pieces, each with its own merits, and this interpretation is certainly one worth owning -- certainly at this price!

Pleasant music.......2001-02-11

I liked the music, the songs, and the voice. I give it 4 stars because of the slight English accent that the singer has (we're talking about Spanish songs!)

Accomplished one-woman show.......1999-07-11

Shirley Rumsey accompanies her singing with accomplished lute playing, and gives a good cross-section of Spanish renaissance solo pieces. Some of this material will probably be familiar to some listeners from the many programmes of Spanish solo music featuring Montserrat Figueras, and won't be surprised to hear that Rumsey's singing lacks the genuine Spanish feel of Figueras - but then Figueras doesn't accompany herself! This is Rumsey's second disc for Naxos and a companion to her equally good Italian Renaissance disc (Naxos 550615).

While we are on the subject, credit is due to Naxos for making this kind of repertoire available at budget price and anyone who likes this will also enjoy these releases:
(1) Cancionero Musical de Palacio / Wimmer, Ensemble Accentus / Music of the Spanish Court / Audio CD / Released 1996 / Spanish texts and English translations. 553556
(2) Early Music - Sephardic Romances / Wimmer, Ensemble Accentus / Released 1997 / Spanish texts and English translations. 553617
(3) Royal Songbook / Thorby Musica Antiqua London / Recorded 1995 / But be warned - No texts or translations with this one. 553325

Tracks:

Rejoice Unto The Lord
Diferencias Sobre El Canto
Fantasia
Morenica Dame
Browning A 3
The Carman's Whistle
Gome To Me, Grief, For Ever
Recercada Segunda 'Sobre Canto Llano'
Susana Un Jur
Fantasia De Redobles
In Angel's Weed
Dulce Memoria
Diferencias Sobre La Gallarda Milanesa
Recercada Tercera
Pour Down, You Pow'rs Divine No Grief Is Like To Mine
Fantasia A 4
Quiente Hizo
In Nomine A 5

Tracks:

Almain: The Honeysuckle
Pavan: Paradizo
Coranto: The Fairie-Round
Fantasy A 5 'Two In One'
M. Bucton His Galiard
Captaine Digorie Piper His Galiard
Fantasy A 4
Pavan: Lachrimae Antiquae
M. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
In Nomine A 5
In Nomine A 5
Fantasy A 4 For The 'Great Dooble Base'
Aire: Pavan Of Alfonso
Aire: Almaine Of Alfonso
A Fancie in C
Fantazy
Paven
Almaine

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-03-08

This is indeed a good representation of music from England and Spain and it is a bargain to get 2 cds for this price, CD 1 includes music by:William Byrd,Elway Bevin,Antonio de Cabezon,Hernando de Cabezon,Esteban Daza,Miguel de Fuenllana,Lopez,Diego Ortiz, Robert Parson,Picforth,Robert White. But please know that Michael Chance sings only 6 songs on CDl and none on CD 2. And only 4 of the 6 are "new", so know that before you purchase this disc if you are buying it only to hear him. Of course, the 4 new songs are quite interesting and I probably would buy it at this price to get them in my collection. The new songs are: "In Angel's Weed; "Pour Down,You pow'rs divine";"Morenica dame"; and "Quiente hizo". The 2 known songs (to Me) "Rejoice unto the Lord" and "
come to me Grief Forever". CD 2 includes music by: John Bull,William Byrd,John Dowland,Alfonso Holborne, William Lawes. The tunes that Chance sings are very attractive and he sings them with his usual expertise. Moreover, Fretwork is a talented experienced performing group, so when you combine them with the "golden" voice of Michael Chance, you know you have good listening in store.

Excellent and Pleasurable.......2001-01-31

This album contains the work of a great many composers, mostly from Spain and England, spanning several genres and two musical periods. For all that, the works complement one another extremely well, there are no jarring transitions, and nothing sticks out unpleasantly. The liner notes leave much to be desired, however. Still, this 2-disc set is a bargain. Fretwork is a masterful ensemble and all of the pieces are skillfully performed. You won't be disappointed by this pleasant listen.

Songs of the Spanish Renaissance, Vol. 1

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Montserrat's voice casts a seductive spell,Viva Diva!!!!
'Spirit and music, song and instrument...'
"Great" she may be, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT in this repertory!!

Songs of the Spanish Renaissance, Vol. 1

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Isabel, Perdiste La Tu Faxa
Recuerde El Alma Dormida
Dindirindin
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Arded Corazon Arded
Falai Mina Amor
Morenica, Dame Un Beso
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La Bella Mal Maridada
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Con Que La Lavare
Aquel Cavallero, Madre
Triste Estava El Rey David
Durandarte

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Montserrat's voice casts a seductive spell,Viva Diva!!!!.......2006-04-06

Montserrat Caballe is the voice of all ages.She continues to bring joy to millions around the world.This latest recording finds caballe in lovely voice,with plenty of lush pianissimos.While I was listening to this album I felt immersed into a very spiritual atmosphere,that nearly carried me out of my body.I realised this peaceful music with caballe's ethereal singing was levitating me closer to the pearls of spanish mysticism.
I will treasure this 24 bit recording for the rest of my life!

Beautiful singing from Caballe's later years.She was in her late 60s during the recording of this beautiful little gem of spanish renaissance songs!Highly reccomended to all who love the ethereal voice of montsy and/or intrigued by early spanish music!

'Spirit and music, song and instrument...'.......2005-05-22

The heart of this collection of Spanish Renaissance canciones is the enduring musical presence of Montserrat Caballe, whose vivifying art spans the second half of the twentieth century like a colossus. I can think of few artists who better exemplify the humility required to consistently reveal art as an essential component of human progress. Caballe, among them all, is the complete humanist, the complete artist. Who can afford not to be grateful for these things?

She sings accompanied only by the intriguing vihuela de mano, masterfully played by Manuel Cubedo. Fittingly used for these musical gems of renaissance Spain, this stringed instrument possesses a complex intonation conformed to the human voice. The CD notes hold another gem - an essay (printed in three languages) by Cesar Rodriguez Campos, called "The Enraptured Spirit: Song and Vihuela de mano in the 16th Century", an informative addition to a compelling disc. The Spanish text of each song is also provided.

Caballe's genial musical majesty pervades every track. Those elements of her art that inform and transcend the operatic canon, are present here, refined to mystical simplicity and pleasure: the artist in her native tongue, lissome ornamentation, serious preparation and scholarship. What emerges is a portrait of the artist as carriage of the spiritual. So, this is a transforming recording. You can say this is Montserrat after opera. I think the arc of her art extends even to these delicacies. Only one whose gifts replenished the operatic art's true conformation, as being one that must rest upon the human voice alone as on an unchangable foundation, could create a recording as revealing as this one. Recommended.

"Great" she may be, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT in this repertory!!.......2005-05-07

I'm really not sure what this recording (or should I say this series) is getting at...

Presumably, Montserrat Caballe had either lost enthusiasm for playing endless operatic divas, felt she had lost her youthful agility and technique (resorting to "easier"[?] music), or perhaps even wanted to exhibit a sense of patriotism by showing that - yes - Spain had an equivalent to the German Lieder tradition (albeit an earlier one).

But just who is this recording aimed at...? Are seasoned Caballe fans really interested in music from 15th and 16th century Spain...? Are passionate early music listeners - familiar with this repertory from the numerous infinitely superior recordings available - really wanting to hear a fruity and unashamedly operatic interpretation of this repertoire...? Indeed the most irritating feature of this recording is the sheer arrogance with which these performances are presented. No performer, no matter how great or experienced, is appropriate for every type of music. Would Emma Kirkby be a suitable Carmen in Bizet's renowned Opera...? Would Ella Fitzgerald be appropriate for a recital of Wolf's 'Italienisches Liederbuch', or Michael Jackson for Schubert's 'Die Winterreise'...? I think not. Suffice to say that there is not a single scrap of evidence which could be called upon to justify Caballe's wobbly style in this music...

And of course, it would all perhaps be infinitely more acceptable if both she and her accompanist could at least attempt to sing and play in tune. Caballe's intonation is decidedly unreliable; indeed, she is often flat as a pancake, and in certain tracks completely off-key (try track 19 for starters). Perhaps this is partially the result of her dire accompanist, who is quite simply one of the most abysmal vihuela players I've EVER heard (and not a patch on exponents like Rolf Lislevand, Jose Miguel Moreno and Xavier Diaz-Latorre). If you're looking for a recording to shatter the myth that opera singers are better than early music singers, THIS most definitely is it. Personally, I believe she should stick to her dying diva roles. Indeed, looking at the photograph on the back of the CD (in which she wears pastiche "Elizabethan" frocks), one could believe she has just walked out of a production of Donizetti's 'Maria Stuarda' - she certainly sounds like she has...

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Trois Siecles de Melodies Espagnoles = Three Centuries of Spanish Song
Anonymous , Juan del Encina , Miguel de Fuenllana , Antonio Literes , Vicente Martin y Soler , Luis de Milan , Luis Mison , Traditional , Enriquez de Valderrabano , Juan Vasquez , Isabel Garcisanz , and Jean-Patrice Brosse
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Canto del Cavallero: Works on Vihuela by Luys Venegas de Henestrosa / Miguel de Fuenllana / Diego Pisador / Hernando de Cabezón / Enriquez de Valderrábano / Luys Milán - José Miguel Moreno

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José Miguel Moreno (Vihuela)
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