Orphenica Lyra - Musica en el Quijote

MÚSICA EN EL QUIJOTE
Romances, songs, instrumental pieces
GCD 920207

Performer

ORPHÉNICA LYRA

Nuria Rial, soprano
Raquel Andueza, soprano
Jordi Domenech, countertenor
Eligio Quinteiro, Renaissance guitar
Fernando Paz, recorders
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba
Álvaro Garrido, percussion

José Miguel Moreno, vihuela & director

Production details

Playing time: 72’30

Recorded in Cuenca (Iglesia de San Miguel) in November 2004
Engineered by Isidro Matamoros
Produced by Carlos Céser

We stand before Glossa’s distinct and definitive contribution to the 4th centennial celebration of the Quixote: this is no ‘music in the times of…’, nor an association of a composer to the myth on the sole basis of their coincidence in time, nor a work inspired by the novel, but precisely that which everybody felt to be missing: a kind of ‘soundtrack’ for the Quixote, in which the musical references which pepper Cervantes’ great work and some of his Novelas Ejemplares are collected and lovingly performed. Romances and songs alternate with dances such as chaconnes, folías and jácaras, creating a beautiful and accurate musical landscape in which the reader will easily locate our hero’s adventures.

This disc also marks the reencounter of José Miguel Moreno with his renewed group, Orphénica Lyra, after some rather quiet years on the discographic front. Nuria Rial, with a voice that soars to sublime heights of beauty, sensitivity, and agility, shares the scene with a surprising Raquel Andueza, and both sopranos are joined by the voice of Spain’s probably best countertenor of the day, Jordi Domenech. On the instrumental level, an ensemble that knows how to convey the taste of an era like no other: Eligio Quinteiro, Fernando Paz, Fahmi Alqhai, and Álvaro Garrido, conducted from the vihuela by a Moreno in full command of his powers.

Program:
01 Luys MILÁN: Pavana VI
02 ANÓNIMO: Al alva venid
03 Juan ARAÑÉS: Chacona
04 Luys MILÁN: Romance de Durandarte
05 Alonso MUDARRA: Gallarda
06 Francisco GUERRERO: Prado verde y florido
07 ANÓNIMO: Qué me queréis, caballero
08 ANÓNIMO: Romance de Don Gayferos
09 Antonio MARTÍN Y COLL: Canarios
10 ANÓNIMO: Madre, la mi madre
11 ANÓNIMO: Ay luna que reluces
12 ANÓNIMO: Jácaras
13 Alonso MUDARRA: Fantasía X, sobre la folía
14 Luys MILÁN: Romance de Valdovinos
15 Antonio MARTÍN Y COLL: Villanos
16 ANÓNIMO: Qué bonito niño chiquito
17 Alonso MUDARRA: Beatus ille
18 Antonio de RIBERA: Romance de Cardenio
19 Diego ORTIZ: Recercada segunda
20 GABRIEL: De la dulce mi enemiga
21 ANÓNIMO: Romance del Marqués de Mantua
22 Diego PISADOR: Flérida, para mí dulce
23 ANÓNIMO: Al villano se la dan
24 Luys de NARVÁEZ: Romance de Conde Claros
25 Diego ORTIZ: Recercada octava
26 Juan ARAÑÉS: Chacona: A la vida bona