Les Sacqueboutiers is a group from Toulouse that has an established history in the early music field as a period wind band. While the group maintains a busy concert schedule, mostly in Europe, and maintains an impressive retinue of themed programs, most of its recording activity has been as an element within a larger body, such as supporting William Christie's Les Arts Florissants. Nevertheless, the group has recorded at least five CDs on its own for the Ambroisie label, of which El Fuego is the fifth, and in such settings ...
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Les Sacqueboutiers is a group from Toulouse that has an established history in the early music field as a period wind band. While the group maintains a busy concert schedule, mostly in Europe, and maintains an impressive retinue of themed programs, most of its recording activity has been as an element within a larger body, such as supporting William Christie's Les Arts Florissants. Nevertheless, the group has recorded at least five CDs on its own for the Ambroisie label, of which El Fuego is the fifth, and in such settings Les Sacqueboutiers draws around itself such additional instruments as needed for the repertoire involved, in this case an organ, a Baroque guitarist who doubles on vihuela and theorbo, and a vocal quartet. The repertoire is Spanish and centers around the work of middle-Renaissance composer Mateo Flecha "the Elder," who was the master of the ensalada -- yes, it means salad -- a kind of quodlibet that pulled together elements from both court music and popular tunes of his day, usually...
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