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Glossa GCD923529
Release date: 11.2021
[59:00]
1. Nymphes, nappés / Circumdederunt me
2. Praeter rerum seriem
3. Kyrie, Missa Fortuna desperata
4. Mille Regretz (Canción del Emperador)
5. CRISTÓBAL DE MORALES. Benedictus, Missa Mille Regretz
6. Confiteor from Credo, Missa L'Homme armé
7. FRANCISCO DE PEÑALOSA. Kyrie, Missa Adieu mes amours
8. Pater noster
9. Ave Maria
10. Stabat Mater dolorosa
11. Vultum tuum deprecabuntur: O intemerata virgo
12. Nymphes des bois / Requiem
Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano
Jonatan Alvarado, tenor
Ariel Abramovich, vihuela
The vihuelist Ariel Abramovich teams up with the legendary soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr and the rising star, tenor Jonatan Alvarado, in producing a very special view on Josquin Desprez, with transcriptions of some of the composers most significant works. Their procedure follows the tradition of the 16th-century authors that built up the vihuela repertoire (Fuenllana, Narvaez,Pisador, etc.), often based on adaptations of the great polyphonic works of their time, in a unique approach that puts Josquin in an Iberian light.
Finely recorded in Spains Tui Cathedral and containing a new essay by scholar John Griffiths, this production adds an exquisite jewel to the already rich treasure trove of Desprez recordings.
Many have been produced in 2021, the 5th centenary of his death, by various great labels not the least Glossas two other contributions, by the ensembles Graindelavoix and Cantica Symphonia...