Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens - ¡Feliz Navidad! - Mexican Baroque Music for Christmas (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Rompa la esfera
02. Albricias mortales
03. Quem terra pontus sidera
04. Dixit Dominus: I. Dixit Dominus
05. Dixit Dominus: II. Juravit Dominus
06. Dixit Dominus: III. Gloria Patri
07. Dixit Dominus: IV. Sicut erat in principio
08. Elegi et sanctificavi
09. Celebren, publiquen
10. Quae est ista quae ascendit
11. Angélicas milicias
12. Polychoral Mass in G Major: Ia. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
13. Polychoral Mass in G Major: Ib. Kyrie. Christe eleison
14. Polychoral Mass in G Major: Ic. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison
15. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIa. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis
16. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIb. Gloria. Et in terra pax
17. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIc. Gloria. Laudamus te
18. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IId. Gloria. Domine deus
19. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIe. Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi
20. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIf. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus
21. Polychoral Mass in G Major: IIg. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu, Amen



Christianity in all its forms excels through its high degree of adaptability. We encounter one of the more fascinating examples of adaptation in Latin American Catholicism that developed in the colonies of New Spain. Not least did the veneration of Mary find especially receptive genius loci here, whose musical disposition soon wedded to an artistic concept that was the non plus ultra for the rulers of the Old World. For some composers, the transatlantic regions thus had such appeal that they abandoned their traditional sphere of activity. One of them was the Italian Ignacio de Jerusalem, who worked at the cathedral in Mexico City; he was joined by the Mexican home-grown talent Manuel de Sumaya as well as two Spanish musicians who were only known and beloved in the land of the Aztecs only for their printed works - this yields a truly exquisite mix for Christmas.

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