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Hernando Franco, Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, Francisco Lopez Capillas
Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Salve Regina
2. Versicle And Response: Dues In Audiutorium
3. Palms For None: Mirabilla testimonium
4. Lamentatioin For Maudy Thursday
5. Alleluia: Dic nobis, Maria
6. Magnificat Quarti Toni
7. Salve Regina
8. O sacrum convivum

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CD Details

All Artists: Hernando Franco, Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, Francisco Lopez Capillas, Sebastian Lopez de Velasco, Antonio de Salazar, Andrew Watts, Iain Simcock
Title: Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hyperion UK
Release Date: 11/16/1993
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034571163307

Synopsis

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Following the conquest of what is now Mexico by Spanish explorers, soldiers, and churchmen, missionaries began to establish churches and missions in cities and remote outposts. It was inevitable that in time, musicians were imported from Europe to fill the churches' ongoing musical needs. As cathedrals were built, cathedral music and choirs to sing that music followed. The four composers represented on this disc lived during the 16th and 17th centuries, with only one of them, Francisco López Capillas, having been born in Mexico. The others came from Spain where they developed their compositional styles under the influence of masters such as Morales and Victoria. The most surprising thing about hearing this very sophisticated music is that it's not better known and more frequently recorded. --David Vernier

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CD Reviews

Saced music in colonial Mexico

02/23/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sacred music in the Spanish colonies was a tradicion brought from Europe,by the Spaniards who settled in the new world.The pieces in this recording were once part of religious celebrations in Mexican cathedrals,most notably those of Puebla and Mexico city.Among the composers featured in this recording are Hernando Franco who is one of the earliest composers among others to arrive to the New World,and Francisco de Padilla whom I concider the greatest composer of this period in the New World.Francisco de Padilla is also known today for some of his secular music.Another great composer in this recording was Antonio de Salazar who like Padilla also wrote secular music.In this recording Mr.O`Donell does an outstanding job the selections are wonderful,solemn,and beutiful.The chants are for different liturgical days of the year.This is indeed a five stars recording*****"

Beautiful, haunting melodies

08/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These selections rival any Baroque choral music written by the European masters. We owe James O'Donnell a debt of gratitude for making such a superb recording of pieces which might otherwise have remained unknown."

Not a Musicologist

D. E. Macias | San Antonio, TX | 08/12/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Beautiful and touching. This music is therapy. What a diamond in the rough is Mexican Polyphony. A great CD in every way -- sound, music, and performances."