Ensemble BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari - con afecto (2025)

Tracklist

01. In te Domine speravi
02. O vos omnes
03. Domine vim patior
04. Crucem tuam
05. Dies magna
06. Ecce enim
07. Tibi soli peccavi
08. Salid del Averno
09. Entre golfos de dulzuras
10. ¿Qué es lo que me niega Amor?
11. Mas, ay de mí
12. Composicion Enharmonica para Instrumentos de Arco
13. Yo que el aplauso
14. Ay de la pena
15. Fulcite me floribus
16. Lauda Sion
17. Elevacion o Ascencion, Gradación y Descenso
18. Peccantem me quotidie
19. Dulce lignum
20. Erravi sicut ovis
21. Laudate Dominum
22. Plorans ploravit
23. Et unam sanctam catholicam
24. Benedictus
25. Composicion chromática
26. Victimae paschali laudes



fiery - Desperate insults are not an invention of our time: Francesc Valls - who lived at almost the same time as Bach - had to endure them at the beginning of the 18th century: Around 80 articles have survived on the occasion of the controversia de Valls, which was sparked off by bold dissonances in his Missa scala aretina. In the latest recording with his BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari shows that Valls could go much further. One listens and is always amazed: the Catalan did not even shy away from quarter tones..

diverse - Valls achieved great recognition with the Mapa armónico práctico, in which he compiled compositional models in condensed form. They often only comprise a few bars - and yet they open up an immense cosmos of musical expression and constantly offer new musical surprises that never cease to amaze.

clairaudient - There are magnificent and expansive echo effects, chromatic reverberations to depict bitterness, almost endless chains of preludes make love languish in longing, or unpredictable harmonic progressions attract attention - watch out! says the text..

large-scale - Valls also has no need to hide behind his contemporaries as a contrapuntal composer, as the canon Ecce enim veritatem impressively demonstrates in a polychoral setting. The three-dimensional sound of the high-resolution Super Audio CD brings out the spatial effect of this magnificent composition particularly well - an exciting baroque listening feast for music lovers who love to explore!

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