English lutenist and singer Shirley Rumsey earned high marks, both critically and artistically, for Music of the Italian Renaissance, her debut on Naxos. Rumsey's second go-round with Naxos was Music of the Spanish Renaissance, recorded in 1991. It pulls together some of the "hits" common during the second phase of the Iberian inquisition, a ...
Cancionero: Music for the Spanish Court (1470 -- 1520) is the first release by the Dufay Collective for the Avie Records label, which acts as a clearinghouse for artist-made recordings. Cancionero was made in 1997 on the Dufay's own dime after its relationship with the Chandos label reached the point of no return. That the Dufay Collective went ...
With El arte de fantasía, Andrew Lawrence-King and his Harp Consort have once again put together an album that is attractive to hear even as it introduces audiences to an esoteric repertoire. Any lover of harp music might enjoy the pristine sounds and graceful ornaments of Lawrence-King's Spanish double harp and Renaissance harp. The selections ...
Anyone who has been through Howard Mayer Brown's voluminous Instrumental Music Printed Before 1600 can tell you that one of the most interesting volumes listed in the book is the 1647 Silva de Sirenas: Libro de Music de Vihuela by Spanish composer Enríquez de Valderrábano. It is packed with topical pieces, such as biblical paraphrases on the ...
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