El Mundo & Richard Savino - The Kingdoms of Castille (2011)

Artist: Richard Savino, El Mundo
Title: The Kingdoms of Castille
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Dorian
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 1:14:28
Total Size: 382 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Kingdoms of Castille
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Dorian
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 1:14:28
Total Size: 382 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. El Mundo & Richard Savino – Symphonia para Empezar (Symphonia to Begin) (02:39)
2. Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Nell Snaidas, Paul Shipper, Richard Savino & El Mundo – Acceso Mio Core (02:36)
3. Richard Savino, Jennifer Ellis Kampani & El Mundo – No se emendara jamas, HWV 140, "Cantata spagnuola": Aria: No se emendara jamas (02:34)
4. El Mundo, Jennifer Ellis Kampani & Richard Savino – No se emendara jamas, HWV 140, "Cantata spagnuola": Recitative: Si del quereros es causa (00:51)
5. El Mundo, Jennifer Ellis Kampani & Richard Savino – No se emendara jamas, HWV 140, "Cantata spagnuola": Aria: Dicente mis ojos (02:08)
6. Richard Savino, El Mundo & Nell Snaidas – Sdegno Campion Audace (02:37)
7. Richard Savino, Paul Shipper & El Mundo – Coracon Que En Prision (03:33)
8. Adam Lamotte & Richard Savino – Folia [Biblioteca Nacionale in Madrid, 17th Century] (07:05)
9. Richard Savino, El Mundo, Nell Snaidas & William Skeen – Esperar Sentir Morir (03:24)
10. Richard Savino & El Mundo – Il primo libro di canzone: Ciaconna (02:57)
11. Nell Snaidas, Richard Savino & El Mundo – No Se Yo Como Es (03:53)
12. El Mundo & Richard Savino – Brando Dicho El Melo (01:48)
13. El Mundo & Richard Savino – Il primo libro di canzone: No. 9. Corriente dicha la cuella (01:14)
14. El Mundo & Richard Savino – Il primo libro di canzone: No. 14. Corriente dicha la Mota, echa por Don Pedro de la Mota (01:11)
15. El Mundo, Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Richard Savino & Nell Snaidas – Ausente Del Alma Mia (05:08)
16. Richard Savino, Nell Snaidas & El Mundo – Oxygan una Xacarilla (04:49)
17. Richard Savino, El Mundo, Nell Snaidas & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – A del dia, Our Lady of Copacabana: Aria: A del dia de la fiesta (03:03)
18. Richard Savino, El Mundo, Nell Snaidas & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – A del dia, Our Lady of Copacabana: Recitative: Y pues oi en su solio asi se ofrece (00:37)
19. Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Richard Savino, El Mundo & Nell Snaidas – A del dia, Our Lady of Copacabana: Aria: En la sed pues el empeno (04:35)
20. Paul Shipper, El Mundo & Richard Savino – Parten La Galeras (05:19)
21. El Mundo, Richard Savino & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – San Ignacio de Loyola: Symphonia (01:33)
22. Richard Savino, Jennifer Ellis Kampani & El Mundo – San Ignacio de Loyola: Act I: Aria: Ay! ay! que tormento (00:58)
23. El Mundo, Richard Savino & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – San Ignacio de Loyola: Act I: Aria: Oh, vida, cuanto duras! (05:01)
24. El Mundo, Richard Savino & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – San Ignacio de Loyola: Act I: Aria: Oh, que contento (00:44)
25. El Mundo, Richard Savino & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – San Ignacio de Loyola: Act I: Aria: Cuanto fui, soy y sene (03:07)
26. El Mundo, Richard Savino & Jennifer Ellis Kampani – San Ignacio de Loyola: Act I: Aria: Oh, que contento (00:50)
Early Baroque music was dominated by the virtuoso violinists and composers of Italy, though the Spanish influence held sway for two centuries in the regions under Castilian rule, including not only Spain itself, but also Naples and colonies in Latin America. The Spanish style in vocal and instrumental music, which grew out of the Renaissance and was infused with the cultural strains of Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Gypsy music, as well as folk elements found in the New World, is the subject of this album by Baroque guitarist Richard Savino and the period ensemble El Mundo. While a good portion of the program is devoted to Spanish musicians of the Hapsburg court, such as José Marín and Juan Hidalgo, a few unexpected figures appear in their company. Domenico Scarlatti and George Frederick Handel both composed music in the Spanish style, and they are included, along with a handful of Italians, such as Francesco Manelli, Luigi Mazzochi, and Andrea Falconieri, as well as Peruvian composer José de Orejón y Aparicio, and Jesuit missionary Domenico Zipoli. To cover so much ground and to sample the changing styles of the 17th and 18th centuries necessitates a cursory sampling, and this album doesn't go deeply into any of the different areas it surveys. But El Mundo's polished playing and idiomatic vocals provide enough of the period's flavors to give the curious listener a helpful opening into a rich field of Baroque music that is increasingly being explored by early music groups. The reproduction is clean and focused, and the recording is well-balanced throughout, with relatively even volume levels.