Andalucía en la Música Judeo-Española

Alia Musica

Conductor: Miguel Sánchez

ANDALUCÍA EN LA MÚSICA JUDEOESPAÑOLA   En su acepción estricta, el término sefardí se aplica para designar a los judíos oriundos de España, es decir, los descendientes de los expulsados a finales del siglo XV que han conservado a lo largo del tiempo rasgos culturales hispánicos. En el reducido ámbito del hogar familiar o en las reuniones y celebraciones festivas, sociales y religiosas, ha ido tomando cuerpo, después de la expulsión y fuera de la Península, el repertorio que hoy conocemos como m&u...+ info

Missa Mille Regretz

The Hilliard Ensemble

The "Mille Regretz" Mass by Morales   There are three printed sources of this Mass. The oldest is dated 1544 and comes from Rome; the second, printed in 1545, from Lyon and finally, that of 1568 is from Wittenberg. There is also a manuscript of the work in the Sistine Chapel in Rome which appears to coincide with the Wittenberg edition. Here, the "Mille Regretz" mass is attributed to the composer Thomas Crecquillon. In Spain there are five ancient copies of this Mass. They can be found in Barcelona (Cataluña and Orfeón Catalán Libraries), Madrid (Medinaceli Libra...+ info

La Música de Al-Andalus

Ensemble Al-Ruzafa

Conductor: Hames Bitar

Aleppo: custody of the musical tradition from the Orient.   Aleppo is an important trading city and communication cross-point where the most pure traditions of Arabic chant have been preserved. The most characteristic expression of this chant is the vocal improvisations or layali, through which the complete doctrine of maqam was developed into a form of choral music, the qad (alqudud in plural), related to the muaxaha genre, very well-known in Al-Andalus.   From the eighteenth century onwards, the muaxaha expanded through the Mid-Orient, particularly in Aleppo, where it is known ...+ info