Dorian Sono Luminus

DSL-90801

Adio España
Romances, Villancicos & Improvisations from Spain circa 1500

The Baltimore Consort

This program takes us on a musical journey through the fascinating intercultural history of late 15th and early 16th century Spain. For nearly eight centuries, Muslims and Christians lived together on the Iberian Peninsula through alternating periods of peace (convivencia) and conflict. There were large Jewish communities in the Christian kingdoms of Castille, Aragon, and Navarre, as well as in the Moorish caliphates of al' Andalus. Paintings from the court of Alfonso X depict Christian, Jewish, and Arabic musicians playing together.

The marriage of Isabella, Heiress to the Kingdom of Castile, and Ferdinand, Prince of Aragon and Catalonia and King of Sicily, in 1469, would put an end to this marriage of cultures. Any opposition to their policies was eliminated in 1476 when they created a national police force, the Hermandad, to decrease the power of the independent nobility. With the sanction of the Papacy and the Inquisition, Ferdinand and Isabella undertook the forcible conversion or ethnic cleansing of Spain to create a unified Christian nation. Their military campaign to Christianize Spain culminated in the defeat of the Moors in 1492. In that one cataclysmic year, which we normally associate with Columbus' discovery of the New World, Christians recaptured Granada and the Alhambra and expelled all of Spain's Jews from the region. Despite promises of religious tolerance, the Muslim expulsion followed a mere ten years later. Ferdinand and Isabella's focus could then turn to converting and colonizing the peoples of the New World.
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Mark Cudek

Mary Anne Ballard - treble, tenor, and bass viols
Mark Cudek - Renaissance & Baroque guitars, recorder, crumhorn, bass viol, and percussion
José Lemos - countertenor
Larry Lipkis - tenor and bass viols, recorders, crumhorn
Ronn McFarlane - lute
Mindy Rosenfeld - flutes, fifes, recorders, crumhorn

PROGRAM LISTING

1. Morena me Ilaman Anonymous, Sephardic 5:21
2. Avrix mi galanica Anonymous, Sephardic 1:33
3. La mañana de Sant Juan Diego Pisador, Libro de música de vihuela 1552 3:00
4. Recercada La Spagna Diego Ortiz, Trattado de Glosas 1553 0:58
5. Danza Alta Francisco de la Torre, Cancionero de Palacio, ca. 1505 2:04
6. Tiento Alonso Mudarra, Tres libros de musica en cifra para vihuela 1546 0:38
7. Triste 'stava el rey David Alonso Mudarra, Tres libros de musica en cifra para vihuela 1546 1:41
8. Ríu, ríu, chiu Anonymous, Villancicos de diversos autores… 1556 2:14
9. Tres Morillas Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio 1:14
10. Di, perra mora Pedro Guerrero, Cancionero Medinaceli, ca.1569 2:14
11. Quinta pars (sobre Ruggiero) Diego Ortiz, Trattado de Glosas 1:37
12. Recercada primera (sobre el passamezzo antiguo) Diego Ortiz, Trattado de Glosas 1:59
13. Recercada segunda (sobre el passamezzo moderno) Diego Ortiz, Trattado de Glosas 3:10
14. ¿Qu'es de ti, desconsolado? Juan del Encina (1468-1529), Cancionero de Palacio 3:46
15. Levanta, Pascual Juan del Encina, Cancionero de Palacio 2:16
16. Morenica, dame un beso Miguel de Fuenllana, Libro de Música… Orphénica lyra 1554 1:26
17. Una sañosa porfía Juan del Encina, Cancionero de Palacio 7:04
18. Sagaleja del Casar Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio 1:22
19. Cucú, cucú, cucucú Juan del Encina, Cancionero de Palacio 1:54
20. Calabaça, no sé, buen amor Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio 1:59
21. Tu madre cuando te parió Anonymous, Sephardic 4:31
22. Yo me soy la morenica Anonymous, Villancicos de diversos autores… 1556 2:35
23. Ay, triste que vengo Juan del Encina, Cancionero de Palacio 1:40
24. Oy comamos y bebamos Juan del Encina, Cancionero de Palacio 2:43
25. Baila, nena Anonymous, Galician 2:19

Total Run Time 61:18

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