A Spanish Nativity

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19.99

Artist: Stle Antico
Format:CD
Released:25th October 2019
Catalogue No:HMM902312
Barcode:3149020939314

Description:

The Spanish Golden Age witnessed an astonishing musical flowering, worthy of Spains new-found preeminence on the world stage. Focusing on works for Christmas and Epiphany, Stile Antico explores this glittering musical treasury, drawing together an irresistible mix of sumptuous polyphony and infectiously joyful folk dances. The centrepiece of the disc is the superbly rich and luminous Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria by Alonso Lobo. Interspersed between its movements are motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero and Cristóbal de Morales, an exuberant ensalada by Mateo Flecha, and classic villancicos – Spains answer to the traditional carol.