Guerrero Hispalensis
Guerrero’s motets and catchy villancicos performed by his young compatriots
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Composer or Director: Francisco Guerrero
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Almaviva
Magazine Review Date: 10/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 65
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: DS0143
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Vamos al portal |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Virgen sancta |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Hombres victoria, victoria |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: De donde vienes, Pascual? |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Sabes los que heziste? |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Zagales sin seso vengo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Claros y hermosos ojos |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Quando's miro mi Dios |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Los Reyes siguen lá strella |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Juicios sobra una estrella |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Mi ofensa's grande |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: O celestial Medicina! |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: A un niño llorando al yelo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Apuestan zagales dos |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: La Tierra se está gozando |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Acaba de matarme |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Oh qué mesa y qué manjar. |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Al resplandor d'una estrella |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer La Trulla de Bozes La Trulla de Bozes |
Composer or Director: Francisco Guerrero
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Enchiriadis
Magazine Review Date: 10/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 59
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: EN2009
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Dicebat Iesus |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| In illo tempore |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Alma Redemptoris Mater |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Regina caeli |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Salve Regina |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Pater Noster |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Magnificat |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Ave Maria |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Libera me, Domine |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Sancta Maria |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Quae est ista formosa? |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Ave Regina caelorum |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Francisco Guerrero
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Enchiriadis
Magazine Review Date: 10/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 62
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: EN2014
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Todo quanto pudo dar |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Niño Dios d'amor herido |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Vamos al portal |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Pues la guía d'una estrella |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Si tus penas no pruevo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Baxóme mi descuydo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Par divino, graçioso |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Qué buen año es el del çielo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: A un niño llorando al yelo |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Oy Joseph |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Pastor, quien madre virgen |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Oh qué mesa y qué manjar. |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: De amores del Señor |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Antes que comáis a dios |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Qué te daré Señor? |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Prado verde y florido |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Qué se puede desear? |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
| Canciones y Villanescas espirituales, Movement: Es menester que se açierte |
Francisco Guerrero, Composer
Ensemble Fontegara Francisco Guerrero, Composer Musica Ficta Raúl Mallavibarrena, Conductor |
Author: Fabrice Fitch
Guerrero’s discography receives a significant boost with these discs, and the promise of more to come. The Spanish ensemble Musica Ficta has a selection of his motets, singing one-to-a-part, with no instruments. The approach is less studiedly choral than one finds elsewhere, since other anthologies from the likes of the Tallis Scholars, Westminster Cathedral Choir and Hesperion XX are for larger forces under a conductor. The recording ambience is very different, too, with the microphones placed some little distance from the singers. This sometimes favours the higher voices at the expense of the bass, and the clarity of detail is not absolutely optimal, given Guerrero’s meticulous craft.
The interpretations are secure and generally well managed, with soprano tones capable of taking wing during long melismas (try the Alma redemptoris mater); they may lack the final degree of polish (particularly in the longer selections), but the approach taken is sympathetic and clearly heartfelt.
It is good in any case to hear native Spanish voices tackling this repertory. Unlike Morales and Victoria, with whom his name is so often linked, Guerrero published secular pieces in Spanish during his lifetime. He wrote many of these villancicos early in his career, but when he issued them much later, in 1589 (apparently at the request of friends and patrons), he took the precaution of substituting devotional texts (albeit in the vernacular) for their worldly originals. But it would have taken more than a change of words to disguise their infectious playfulness. You’d expect such a light touch here, and there’s plenty of scope for toe-tapping; but Guerrero brings to the genre a contrapuntal mastery that it rarely attains in the hands of the others.
Musica Ficta mix voices and instruments with variety and confidence, and their light tone matches the spirit of the music; in fact the quality of their individual voices is given greater play than on the motet recording. There is the odd blemish: on Pastor, quien madre virgen it seems as though the two sopranos and the accompanying lute have been tuned to a different pitch-standard. Nevertheless, this is probably the finest disc of the three.
Another Spanish group, La Trulla, presents selections of the same repertory with very little duplication (only four pieces are found on both discs). The approach is broadly the same as regards the different combinations of voices and instruments, though less deftly executed. But with La Trulla the tone is more reverential, as though the sacred texts were meant to attenuate the genre’s secular roots. I’m not quite sure that holds, and on this hearing Musica Ficta is anyway the finer ensemble. Nevertheless, the music is of such quality, and reveals such a different side to the composer, that it may well be worth hearing both.
The interpretations are secure and generally well managed, with soprano tones capable of taking wing during long melismas (try the Alma redemptoris mater); they may lack the final degree of polish (particularly in the longer selections), but the approach taken is sympathetic and clearly heartfelt.
It is good in any case to hear native Spanish voices tackling this repertory. Unlike Morales and Victoria, with whom his name is so often linked, Guerrero published secular pieces in Spanish during his lifetime. He wrote many of these villancicos early in his career, but when he issued them much later, in 1589 (apparently at the request of friends and patrons), he took the precaution of substituting devotional texts (albeit in the vernacular) for their worldly originals. But it would have taken more than a change of words to disguise their infectious playfulness. You’d expect such a light touch here, and there’s plenty of scope for toe-tapping; but Guerrero brings to the genre a contrapuntal mastery that it rarely attains in the hands of the others.
Musica Ficta mix voices and instruments with variety and confidence, and their light tone matches the spirit of the music; in fact the quality of their individual voices is given greater play than on the motet recording. There is the odd blemish: on Pastor, quien madre virgen it seems as though the two sopranos and the accompanying lute have been tuned to a different pitch-standard. Nevertheless, this is probably the finest disc of the three.
Another Spanish group, La Trulla, presents selections of the same repertory with very little duplication (only four pieces are found on both discs). The approach is broadly the same as regards the different combinations of voices and instruments, though less deftly executed. But with La Trulla the tone is more reverential, as though the sacred texts were meant to attenuate the genre’s secular roots. I’m not quite sure that holds, and on this hearing Musica Ficta is anyway the finer ensemble. Nevertheless, the music is of such quality, and reveals such a different side to the composer, that it may well be worth hearing both.
Guerrero Canciones y Villanescas espiritual
Guerrero Hispalensis
Guerrero Villanescas, Vol 1
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