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MINISTRILES REALES Ménestrels Royaux - Royal Minstrels |
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instrumentale aux Siècles d'Or (1450-1690) Instrumental music of the Golden Age (1450-1690) |
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Reviewer: Peter
Loewen
On the acclaimed recordings where these works originally appeared, instrumental works were nestled among vocal ones. So we hear them here extracted from their original contexts. The compiled music is largely of Spanish and Flemish origin, dating from the Renaissance and early baroque. Disc 1 includes villancicos and dances, while fantasias, differencias, and batallas appear on the other disc. I like the way the producers have alternated string ensembles with winds. They seem also to have been interested in juxtaposing vigorous hautes dances with the more meditative basses dances and courtly villancicos, For example, we hear the gentle anonymous villancico 'Estas Noches a Tan Largas' after the rousing 'Danza Alta' of Francisco de la Torre.
Hearing this rich collection of instrumental music reminds me how much I have enjoyed listening to this group over the years. When the ensemble of Montserrat Figueras, Hopkinson Smith, Lorenzo, Alpert, and Jordi Savall first emerged in 1974, from their training with Ars Musicae and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, they were considered innovators. Their pioneering exploration of music composed en the Iberian Peninsula set a high standard for early music performance practice.
33:1 (Sept/Oct 2009) |
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Reviewer: J.F.Weber This is the fourth release on this label in the “Musicas Reales” series but the first one to be compiled from previous releases. The instrumental selections have been drawn in most cases from vocal programs where they served as interludes. The arrangement is chronological from 1450 to 1530 on the first disc and 1530 to 1690 on the second. The “royal minstrels” of the title, a term that arose in Aragon early in the 14th century, were instrumentalists who served at the royal courts on the Iberian Peninsula. The original recordings go back as far as 1978, but the Super Audio engineering of the originals makes the entire program sound superb. Unlike some compilations on this label, the original issues are not identified. In
addition to original instrumental music, many of these selections
are arrangements of chansons, motets, and villancicos. Savall and
his players, among them Andrew Lawrence-King and Ton Koopman, have
made this music their own. The notes in the lavish 92-page booklet
are informative. Since hardly any of this material originally
appeared in Super Audio, the new transfers have that much more
realism, the players spread out effectively. This generous package
may appeal especially to collectors who prefer instrumental music.
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