Cererols: Missa pro Defunctis & de Batalla

Joan Cererols
Missa pro Defunctis / Missa de Batalla
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir.
Astrée (Auvidis) E 8704 [CD]
Astrée (Naïve) "Musica Iberica " ES 9924 [CD]

Contents:

    Joan Cererols: Missa pro Defunctis

  1. Introitus: Requiem aeternam
  2. Kyrie
  3. Graduale: Requiem aeternam
  4. Sequentia: Dies irae
  5. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
  6. Sanctus
  7. Hei mihi
  8. Agnus Dei
  9. Communio: Lux aeterna
  10. Libera me

    11. Joan Cererols: Missa de Batalla

  11. I. Kyrie
  12. II. Gloria
  13. III. Credo
  14. IV. Sanctus
  15. V. Agnus Dei

Playing time: 67' 17"

Performers:
[1]-[10] La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Montserrat Figueras (soprano solo - choir I), Joan Cabero (tenor solo - choir I), Josep Cabré (baritone solo - choir I), Maite Arruabarrena (soprano - choir II), Lambert Climent (tenor - choir II), Jordi Ricart (baritone - choir II), Daniele Carnovich (bass - choir II), Jordi Savall (treble viol), Eunice Brandão (alto viol), Sergi Casademunt (tenor viol), Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornet), Daniel Lasalle (tenor sackbut), Wim Becu (bass sackbut), Claude Wassmer (bassonet), Alberto Grazzi (bassonet), Katharina Arfken (basson), Josep Borras (basson), Lorenz Duftschmid (violone), Michael Behringer (organ)
Jordi Savall, dir.
[11]-[15] La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Montserrat Figueras (soprano solo - choir I), Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano solo - choir I), Livio Picotti (counter-tenor solo - choir I), Josep Cabré (baritone solo - choir I), Maite Arruabarrena (soprano - choir II), Laurence Bonnal (alto - choir II), Lambert Climent (tenor - choir II), Joaquim Marti (bass - choir II), Maria Dolors Cortes (mezzo-soprano - choir III), Joan Cabero (tenor - choir III), Jordi Ricart (baritone - choir III), Daniele Carnovich (bass - choir III), Jordi Savall (treble viol), Sergi Casademunt (alto viol), Eunice Brandão (tenor viol), Paolo Pandolfo (bass viol), Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornet), Daniel Lasalle (alto sackbut), Wim Becu (tenor sackbut), Bernard Fourtet (bass sackbut), Claude Wassmer (bassonet), Alberto Grazzi (bassonet), Katharina Arfken (bassoon), Josep Borras (bassoon), Rolf Lislevand (theorbo), Nuria Llopis (harp), Lorenz Duftschmid (violone), Michael Behringer (organ), Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Jordi Savall, dir.

Excerpts:
[7] Alia Vox AVSA 9889 [SACDx2] Montserrat Figueras: La voix de l'émotion – The Voice of Emotion
[10] Fontalis (Auvidis) "Portrait" ES 9906 [CD] Offertorium - La Capella Reial de Catalunya
[12] Fontalis (Auvidis) ES 9902 [CD] Vox Æterna: XIème siècle - XVIIIème siècle
[12] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8500 [CD] España - Anthologie de la Musique espagnole - Anthology of Spanish Music
[12] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8600 [CDx7] España XVe-XXe - Six siècles de musique espagnole

Compilation:
Astrée (Auvidis) E 8600 [CDx7] España XVe-XXe - Six siècles de musique espagnole
Astrée (Naïve) ES 9983 Musica Æterna

Recording site and date:
Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona (Cataluña) [11/1987];
Rel.: 1988 (E), 1999 (ES)

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 340-117 (july/august 1988) - Diapason d'Or
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from CD

Pierre-F. Roberge

Joan Cererols (1618-1680) was one of the composers to bring the Baroque to Spain, even if it was strongly mediated by the older style which remained strong there.

Other recordings of music by Cererols:

Cererols: Missa pro defunctis / Vespers
Ensemble Vocale Currende - Erik Van Nevel
Accent 94106
Cererols: Missa de Batalla / Missa de Gloria
Ars Musicæ de Barcelona - Ireneu Segarra
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77057
Cererols: Vespers of the Virgin Mary
Ars Musicæ de Barcelona / Capella Escolania de Montserrat - Ireneu Segarra
Koch Schwann 316312

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