Ruiz de Ribayaz

Ruiz de Ribayaz: Spanish Dances
Selections from Luz y Norte (Madrid 1677)
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472-77340-2
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77810
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 68361

Contents:

  1. Pasacalles (improvised baile)
  2. Xacaras por primer tono (Spanish urban baile)
  3. Gallardas (Gallant Spanish danza)
  4. Zarambeques (Mexican negro slave baile)
  5. Chaconas y Marionas (Argentinian & Spanish bailes)
  6. Preludio o Capricho Arpeado (Gaspar Sanz, 1640-1710)
  7. Folias (Italianised danza)
  8. Pabanas (16th cent. danza)
  9. Españoletas (16th cent. danza)
  10. Achas & Buelta del Hacha (formal danza with torches)
  11. Paradetas (danza with "stop-time" paradas)
  12. Zarabandas (South American baile)
  13. Rugero (the knight's danza)
  14. Bacas (the cow-herd's baile)
  15. Villanos (baile of the peasants)
  16. El Turdeon (16th cent. French danza)
  17. Canarios (baile from Gran Canaria)
  18. Fantasia (improvisation after Ludovico)
  19. Galeria de Amor & Buelta (16th cent. Italian danza)
  20. Torneo (jousting danza with lances)
  21. Preludio y Fantasia con mucha Variedad de falsas, para los que se precian de Aficionados (Sanz)
  22. Tarantela (baile for those bitten by spiders)
  23. Matachenes (baile with wooden swords)
  24. Gaytas (baile in imitation of bagpipes)
  25. El Gran Duque & Baylete (16th cent. Florentine danza)

Playing time: 71' 45"

Performers:
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King, dir.
Paul O'Dette (guitar, lute, archlute, banduria, theorbo), Pat O'Brien (guitar, banduria), Thomas Ihlenfeldt (guitar, theorbo), Steve Player (guitar, dancer), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Jane Achtman (viola da gamba), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Andrew Lawrence-King (harps, psaltery, organ, harpsichord)

Recording site and date:
Valkkoog, The Netherlands [09/1994];
Rel. 1995

Comments:
Information from Jorge Salazar.

Lucas Ruiz de Ribadayaz (b.c.1650) was a guitarist and harpist from Burgos. His published collection of 1677 illustrates all of the dance forms current in the Spanish Baroque.

Other recordings by this ensemble:

Les Travailleurs de la Mer
Ancient songs from a small island
Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Harmonia Mundi USA 907330
Coincy: Miracles of Notre-Dame
Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Harmonia Mundi USA 907317
Luis Venegas de Henestrosa: El arte de fantasía
Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Harmonia Mundi USA 907316
Missa Mexicana
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Harmonia Mundi USA 907293
Torejon y Velasco: La purpura de la rosa (1701)
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77355 (2 CDs)
Italian Concerto
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77366
Carolan's Harp
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77375
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77384
Ludus Danielis
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77395
Spanish Gypsies
Celtic and Spanish Music in Shakespeare's England
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77516
Musick's Hand-Maid
Purcell: Theatre Music
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Astrée 8564
Exquisite Consorts
Lawes / Purcell
The Harp Consort - Andrew Lawrence-King
Berlin Classics 00 1155 2

And some harp recordings from Andrew Lawrence-King:

Harp Music of the Italian Renaissance
Andrew Lawrence-King
Hyperion 66229
The Harp Luduvico
Andrew Lawrence-King
Hyperion 66518
The Royal Harp
Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77371
His Majesty's Harper
Andrew Lawrence-King
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77504

Finally, a similar-motivated program of somewhat later music:

Jácaras!
18th Century Guitar Music of Santiago de Murcia
Paul O'Dette / Andrew Lawrence-King / Pedro Estevan / Steve Player / Pat O'Brien
Harmonia Mundi USA 907212

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