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Christmas did not have the same importance in the official ecclesiastical calendar of the Catholic Church in previous centuries as it has today. This CD represents the characteristic of Spanish Christmas songs of the Renaissance, Polyphonic melodies known as “peasant songs” which were predominant in musical manuscripts of the period. Although many of the compositions are by the well known composer ‘Anon’, most were popular tunes of their day. Handel even used one of these carols, Quando nascette nino in the Messiah (1742) in the aria He shall feed his flock.
Anonymous: Dadme albricias
Dadme albricias
Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Ostinato vo seguire
Ostinato vo seguire
Anonymous: Yo me soy la morenica
Yo me soy la morenica
Anonymous: Bella de vos som amoros
Bella de vos som amoros
Anonymous: Vos virgen soys nuestra madre
Vos virgen soys nuestra madre
Anonymous: No la devemos dormir
No la devemos dormir
Anonymous: Un nino nos es nascido
Un nino nos es nascido
Anonymous: Verbum caro factum est
Verbum caro factum est
Francisco Guerrero: Ave virgo sanctissima
Ave virgo sanctissima
Anonymous: Reyna muy esclarescida
Reyna muy esclarescida
Anonymous: Alte Reina soberana
Alte Reina soberana
Sebastiano Festa: Vergine sacra
Vergine sacra
Anonymous: Senores el qu'es nascido
Senores el qu'es nascido
Anonymous: A los maytines era
A los maytines era
Anonymous: Que bonito Nino chiquito!
Que bonito Nino chiquito!
Anonymous: Falalalan falalera
Falalalan falalera
Traditional: Quando nascette nino
Quando nascette nino
Anonymous: Que farem del pobra Joan
Que farem del pobra Joan
Francisco Guerrero: A un nino llorando
A un nino llorando
Anonymous: Rey a quien reyes adoran
Rey a quien reyes adoran
Pedro de Escobar: Virgen bendita sin par
Virgen bendita sin par
Francisco Guerrero: Pastores si nos quereis
Pastores si nos quereis
Anonymous: Riu, riu chiu
Riu, riu chiu
Francisco Guerrero: Los Reyes siguen la'strella
Los Reyes siguen la'strella
Rossino Mantovano: Lirum bilirum lirum lirum
Lirum bilirum lirum lirum
Francisco Guerrero: Al resplando d' una estrella
Al resplando d' una estrella
Anonymous: E la don don
E la don don
Christmas 2009
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“Renaissance Spain's 'popular', non-liturgical celebration of Christmas was a distinctly jolly business, if this perky, toe-tapping CD is anything to go by. There is tenderness, too, amid the general buoyancy…”
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