Villancicos de Portugal: Songs from Evora Collections
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Label: Glossa - Cabinet
Cat No: GCDC80030
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 30th July 2021
Contents
Works
A la villa voyEu e vos, meu doce emprego
Pavana
Sentada ao pe de hum rochedo
Suspenda toda a armonia
Lundu da corte
Ponteio barroco
Dime como he de portarme
Ya las sombras de la noche
O que assombro
Ameacas o morrer
Amante Deus
Mas no ay que admirar
Artists
A Corte MusicalConductor
Rogerio GoncalvesWorks
A la villa voyEu e vos, meu doce emprego
Pavana
Sentada ao pe de hum rochedo
Suspenda toda a armonia
Lundu da corte
Ponteio barroco
Dime como he de portarme
Ya las sombras de la noche
O que assombro
Ameacas o morrer
Amante Deus
Mas no ay que admirar
Artists
A Corte MusicalConductor
Rogerio GoncalvesAbout
The so-called “Portuguese school” developed at the city’s Gothic cathedral, from which many important musicians emerged who also worked in Spain and in the colonies of the New World.
The cathedral archives, which contain numerous musical treasures, bear eloquent witness to this. Rogério Gonçalves and A Corte Musical have recorded a selection of sacred and secular villancicos from this source on CD.
A colourful instrumental accompaniment, including Spanish harp and guitar, strings and percussion, forms the foundation on which the four singers present this stirring music.
The villancico was originally a polyphonic Spanish song with a secular subject, but it was soon adopted into the Christian liturgy and frequently used on high feasts or other religious holidays.
The Évora archives contain villancicos with Spanish but also with Portuguese texts, which is a rarity. The alternation between vocal and instrumental music and the contrast between secular and sacred works shows very well the cultural versatility, individuality and expressivity of Portuguese music of the (early) Baroque.
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