Manuel Minguillón & Carlos Mena – Per voi ardo (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:51 minutes | 817 MB | Genre: Classical
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Per voi ardo præsenterer et stort antal italienske madrigaler i den form, de er bevaret i Spanien i vihuela bøger af Enríquez de Valderrábano (1547), Diego Pisador (1552) og Miguel de Fuenllana (1554). De suppleres af indstillinger af Alonso Mudarra, originale kompositioner som Milnns, ved hjælp af italienske tekster af samme smag og med akkompagnementer, der parallelt med de arrangerede madrigaler på mange måder. Nogle soloværker af Mudarra og Fuenllana tilbyder korte øjeblikarrangementerne af Valderr .bano, Pisador og Fuenllana følger på den anden side nøjagtigt præcedens for 1536 collectionillaert-Verdelot-samlingen. Det er tabulaturarrangementer af madrigalerne uden ændringer, der synges på nøjagtigt den måde, som Verdelot og .illaert planlagde. I mangel af parallelle kilder i Italien, de er ikke kun vigtige som dokumentation af udbredelsen af denne praksis, at Spanien, men også som den vigtigste skriftlige beviser, der bekræfter en fortsat praksis med at synge arrangementer af 1530s madrigaler for årtier efter, at de første dukkede op.
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Disfonik Orchestra and Carlos Mena – Under the shadow (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 49:33 minutes | 851 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The hauntingly beautiful voice of countertenor Carlos Mena is featured here on the Mirare début of the Disfonik Orchestra. The group’s music blends jazz and classical with other influences to produce a sound that is both unique and captivating. Under the Shadow includes a selection of some of the most beautiful works in the classical repertoire, delicately arranged for jazz band.
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Carlos Mena – Antonio Literes: Sacred cantatas for alto (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:16 minutes | 1022 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 1700 Classics
“Don Antonio Literes, composer of the First Order, and perhaps the only one who has managed to combine all the majesty and sweetness of ancient music with the bustle of modern”. With these words Father Feijoo in his Teatro crítico universal (1726) referred to one of the most important Spanish composers of the eighteenth century: Antonio Literes Y Carrión. Born in 1673 in the Mallorcan town of Artá, Literes moved around 1686 to Madrid, where he entered the Royal School of Singing Children, an institution in which he became acting music teacher between 1692 and 1694. In 1693 he was appointed “violin musician” of the Royal Chapel, a position he held until his death in 1747. From 1709, three years after the master Sebastián Durón was exiled to France, Antonio Literes and José de Torres were entrusted with the composition of music for the Royal Chapel, a work that Literes continued to perform after Torres ‘ rise in 1720 to the Magisterium of that institution.
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