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King's Singers, The: Fire-Water: Renaissance Spain

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The King's Singers serve up a healthy dose of Spanish bravado with this collection of 15th and 16th Century "ensaladas" and "quodlibets" - mixtures of musical styles made popular during the time by composers such as Mateo Flecher the Elder. Often dramatic, always allegorical, these sometimes-lengthy choral pieces with light instrumental accompaniment (in this case, harp, guitar and drums) served as a sort of comic relief for serious, courtly music. The songs are all in Spanish, often utilizing vocal impressions of instruments, as in "La Bomba," where they imitate an out-of-tune guitar. The long pieces by Flecha are interspersed with shorter, more traditional tunes filled with beautiful melodies, imitative polyphony, and perfectly tuned chords. Mostly a cappella, some accompaniment. (70:53 2000)

Song List:
Vuestros son mis ojos (Anon. fl.1500)
Enemiga le soy, madre (Anon. fl.1500)
Aquel pastorçico, madre (Gabriel de Texerana)
Por las sierras de Madrid (Francisco Peñalosa)
Benedictus (Cristóbal de Morales)
Otro tal misacantano (Anon. fl.1500)
La bomba (Mateo Flecha the Elder)
Dindir´n dindir´n (Anon. fl.1500)
Rodrigo Martinez (Anon. fl.1500)
Antes que comáis a Dios (Francisco Guerrero)
El fuego (Mateo Flecha the Elder)
Diferencias sobre "Las vacas" (Antonio de Cabezón)
Aleph, quomodo sedet sola civitas (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla)
La viuda (Mateo Flecha the Elder)
¡Oh, qué bien que baila Gil! (Anon. fl.1600)
Zarambeques (Santiago de Murcia)
Hoy, Gil, en conçejo abierto (Anon. fl.1600)
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