Galícia i les Cantigas de Santa María d'Alfons X

The repertoire about Alfonso X has been the subject of numerous recordings and is one of the most well-edited-and therefore known-of medieval music. It is also one of the most controversial.

The most discussed issue is that of musical rhythm. These melodies are to be interpreted rhythmically or, on the contrary, they must be lacking. Although there are other aspects such as the melodic transcription, the semitone, or the pronunciation of texts on which interpreters and musicologists have not yet unanimously agreed.

This recording has been based on performing a work that had original elements and that somehow were new, with the risk that entails when dealing with a repertoire so interpreted and so well known.

Disc 01:

1. Santa Maria, Strela do dia (CSM nº 100) 7:54
2. Da que Deus mamou o leite do seu peito (CSM Nº 077) 10:19
3. Mui gran razon é que sábia dereito (CSM Nº 026) 13:22
4. Quena Virgen ben servirá a Parayso irá (CSM Nº 103) 9:06
5. A Madre de Deus tant' á en ssi gran vertude, (CSM Nº 184) 8:53
6. Aquela en que Deus carne / prendeu e nos deu por lume, (CSM Nº 340) 6:04
7. Fuga Mundi de Alfonso X: Non me posso pagar tanto (18:26) 3:19

Disc 2:

1. Fremosos miragres mostra / a Madre da fremosura (CSM nº 352) 12:18
2. Nunca ja pod' aa Virgen / ome tal pesar fazer, (CSM nº104) 8:46
3. Por dereito ten a Virgen, / a Sennor de lealdade, (CSM nº 175) 7:40
4. Mui gran poder á a Madre de Deus (CSM nº 22) 9:15
5. Mal ss' á end' achar / quen quiser desonrrar Santa Maria. (CSM nº 317) 9:24
6. Ave, maris Stella (Himno mariano); De vergonna nos guardar punna todavia (CSM nº 094) 13:03
7. Damas, cabaleiros e cortesia na corte del rey (Antoni Rossell) 3:51

-Eras qan vei verdeiar (392,4) RAIMBAUT DE VAQUEIRAS

-Pois naci nunca vi Amor (106,14) NUNO FERNANDEZ.

-Vayamos, irmana, vayamos dormir (38,8) FERNAND’ ESQUIO

Antoni Rossell: director

Antoni Rossell: voice

Mercedes Peón: voice and percussions

Pascal Caumont: voice

Eliseo Parra: voice and percussions

Sonia Reborido: voice

Ana Fernández Lavandeira: voice

Maria Incoronata Colantuono: voice

Clara Hernàndez: viola

Iban Costa: bagpipe y buzzard

Antonio Sánchez Barranco: percussions

Xavi Lozano: wind instruments and percussions

Henrique Peón: voice and percussions

Jorge del Río: voice

Julio César Amaro: voice

Belén Mato Corral: voice

Carlos de Hita: sound and atmosphere