El camino de Alia Musica might be labeled a recording for chant freaks only, but it's quite an unusual example of the genre, and there are a lot of chant freaks around these days. Alia Musica is a Spanish group devoted to new interpretations, both creative and research-grounded, of medieval music from that part of the world. The 17 tracks on this album are in the nature of a sampler, inventively excerpted from earlier recordings by the ensemble. They are divided into three groups: "Tradición litúrgica judeoespañola" (Judeo ...
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El camino de Alia Musica might be labeled a recording for chant freaks only, but it's quite an unusual example of the genre, and there are a lot of chant freaks around these days. Alia Musica is a Spanish group devoted to new interpretations, both creative and research-grounded, of medieval music from that part of the world. The 17 tracks on this album are in the nature of a sampler, inventively excerpted from earlier recordings by the ensemble. They are divided into three groups: "Tradición litúrgica judeoespañola" (Judeo-Spanish liturgical tradition), "Tradición mediterránea" (Mediterranean tradition), and "Tradición litúrgica cristiana en la España medieval" (Liturgical tradition in Christian medieval Spain). These headings aren't fully illuminating. But the music is fascinating, for it presents offshoots from the main traditions of chant as they have come down to us. The Spanish-Jewish pieces show the origins of chant in the musical traditions of the Near East, both Jewish and Islamic. Indeed, Alia...
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