Guerrero: Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales

The third release in this series from Enchiriadis of the complete works of Francisco Guerrero first published in Venice in 1589 under the name “Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales.” Following the high critical and public acclaim established with Volumes 1 & 2 this release, featuring 22 more of Guerrero’s sacred and secular vocal compositions, promises to be every bit as stimulating and revealing.

(Also available Vol 1 EN2014 & Vol 2 EN2018)

Guerrero is the only composer of the ‘Spanish Golden Age’ to gather together his works under the title of ‘Villanescas’. This is simply a group of songs. It has been written that “although Guerrero’s Masses, Magnificats and motets are the equal but not superior to those of Morales and Victoria in terms of their quality and consistency, his villanescas of 1589 reveal his unquestionable superiority over any other Iberian composer of the XVIth century when it came to setting vernacular poetry to music.” These are irresistible performances of these beautiful part-songs.