Albert Recasens, La Grande Chapelle - Música para la catedral de Santiago (2022)

Tracklist

01. Assumpta est Maria, motete a la Asunción a 8
02. Senex puerum, motete a la Purificación a 8
03. Interveniat pro nobis, motete a los Dolores de la Santísima Virgen a 8
04. Domine ne in furore, salmo de difuntos a 8 (1674)
05. O crux, ave spes, motete de Pasión a 4
06. Incipit Lamentatio... Aleph. Quomodo sedet, lamentación I de Jueves Santo a 8
07. Iod. Manum suam, lamentación III de Jueves Santo a 6 con vihuelas (1, 2, 3)
08. Miserere, salmo a 10 para Jueves Santo
09. Laudate Dominum, salmo para las vísperas de octavo tono a 12
10. Viri Galilaei, motete a la Ascensión a 8 (1687)

Situated on the very western edge of Europe, Santiago de Compostela has been a spiritual and artistic centre since the Middle Ages. In the seventeenth century, its cathedral enjoyed a golden age that led to the transformation of its Romanesque structure into a Baroque landmark. There, a polychoral style was abundantly cultivated, giving both solemnity and grandeur to religious ceremonies. Among the maestros that served the Compostela cathedral, José de Baquedano stands out. A Navarran composer who perfected his artform with Matías Ruiz at the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation in Madrid, he left a notable vocal legacy in Spanish and Latin after three decades of practice. Therein, his pieces written for Holy Week are especially remarkable. This recording offers a novel anthology of Baquedano's Latin work, with a selection of motets, psalms and lamentations written for two and three choirs, revealing the magnificent talent of this composer from Finisterre.

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