Spanish Secular Cantatas
Cristina Bayón Álvarez (soprano), Noelia Reverte Reche (viola da gamba), Diego Leverić (archlute), Federico Del Sordo (harpsichord)
Ably performed by soprano Cristina Álvarez, who has a bright and clear voice. She is able to negotiate the sometimes strophic vocal line with ease, and the coloratura is done smoothly and integrally...
Spanish Secular Cantatas
Cristina Bayón Álvarez (soprano), Noelia Reverte Reche (viola da gamba), Diego Leverić (archlute), Federico Del Sordo (harpsichord)
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Ably performed by soprano Cristina Álvarez, who has a bright and clear voice. She is able to negotiate the sometimes strophic vocal line with ease, and the coloratura is done smoothly and integrally...
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- An original and enterprising program of Secular Cantatas by three Spanish composers from the Baroque, an era in which this genre was dominated by their Italian contemporaries.
- The three composers are Emanuel Rincón d’Astorga 1680-1757, Juan de Lima Serqueira c.1655-c.1726 and José de Torres c.1670-1738.
- The peculiarity of these cantatas consists in the fact that they are equipped with a text in Spanish and an (alternative) text in Italian, the meaning of which, however, as Rincón d’Astorga himself says, does not always coincide exactly with that of the Spanish text. The cantatas, all of amorous and courtly-pastoral themes, are tripartite (aria -recitative - aria) or quadripartite (recitative - aria - recitative - aria), according to a custom that we find in other Italian authors of the same period.
- The album presents as solo singer the acclaimed Cristina Bayón Álvarez (who, for Brilliant Classics, has already successfully recorded a CD dedicated to Juan Frances de Iribarren BC95859); the instrumental part is entrusted to the viola da gamba player Noelia Reverte Reche, the archlutist Diego Leverić and the harpsichordist Federico Del Sordo (all members of the Ensemble Il Narvalo which has already made several successful productions for Brilliant Classics).
Contents and tracklist
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
- Cristina Bayon Álvarez, Noelia Reverte Reche, Diego Leverić, Federico Del Sordo
Awards and reviews
Jan/Feb 2024
Ably performed by soprano Cristina Álvarez, who has a bright and clear voice. She is able to negotiate the sometimes strophic vocal line with ease, and the coloratura is done smoothly and integrally with the continuo.