Villancicos y Danzas Criollas (2004)

For the uninitiated, the music on Jordi Savall's new Villancicos y danzas criollas disc is a revelation, gleefully crossing lines between sacred and secular, artistic and popular, and, most strikingly, European, African, and Amerindian. The selections included originated between the early 1500s and the early 1700s, and, unlike those on the Harp Consort's similar Missa Mexicana disc, come from Spain as well as the New World. Indeed, the two recordings together offer a perfect introduction to this fascinating, unfailingly ... Read More

For the uninitiated, the music on Jordi Savall's new Villancicos y danzas criollas disc is a revelation, gleefully crossing lines between sacred and secular, artistic and popular, and, most strikingly, European, African, and Amerindian. The selections included originated between the early 1500s and the early 1700s, and, unlike those on the Harp Consort's similar Missa Mexicana disc, come from Spain as well as the New World. Indeed, the two recordings together offer a perfect introduction to this fascinating, unfailingly enjoyable and often comic repertory. Where the Harp Consort's Andrew Lawrence-King focused on a single Mexican composition and its musical surroundings, Savall offers a wide-ranging survey, traveling from Montserrat to Mexico to the Peruvian Andes, including pieces in Quechua and Nahuatl, and also making clear that the African influence in this repertory had Old World origins. The percussion section of Savall's group is larger than the Harp Consort's, and Savall turns his percussionsts... Read Less

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2004, Alia Vox UPC: 400000000916 CD See All

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