Caballeros

Caballeros - Knights - Chevaliers
Cantigas de Alfonso el Sabio (1221-1284)
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua, dir.
Sony "Hispánica" SK 63018 [CD]
Pneuma « Colección Cantigas » PN-490 [CD]

Contents:

    Honor, Love, Vengeance and Conversion

    Alfonso el Sabio (attr.): Cantigas de Santa María
  1. CSM 158: Caballero preso "De muitas guisas los presos solta a mui groriosa" (instr.)
  2. CSM 207: La venganza del caballero "Se ome fezer de grado pola Virgen algun ben"
  3. CSM 195: El Tomeo "Quena festa e o dia"
  4. CSM 233: Caballeros de otro mundo "Os que bõa morte morren e son quitos de peccados"
  5. CSM 341: Caballero celoso "Com á gran pesar a Virgen dos que gran pecado fazen"
  6. CSM 152: La escudilla de plata "Tantas nos mostra a Virgen de mercees e d'amores"

    7. Falconry, Procuresses and the protection of our Lady

  7. CSM 216: Pacto con el demonio "O que en Santa [María] de coraçon confiar" (instr.)
  8. CSM 232: El azor perdido "En toda-las grandes coitas á força grand' e poder"
  9. CSM 363: Caballero trovador "En bon ponto vimos esta Sennor que loamos"
  10. CSM 22: Le labrador de Armenteira "Mui gran poder á a Madre de Deus"
  11. CSM 64: Los zapatos de cordobáan "Quen mui ben quiser o que ama guardar"

Playing time: 70' 36"

Performers:
Música Antigua [Paula Vega (soprano & choir), Patricia Paz (soprano & choir), Luis Vincent (counter-tenor, choir, canno (square psaltery)) Cesar Carazo (tenor, choir, fiddle), Germán Torrellas (bass & choir), Wafir Sheik (lute), Rafael Martin (hurdy-gurdy), Marta Arias (sacabuche), Felipe Sánchez (vihuela de peñola, bandurria medieval), Jaime Muñoz (axabeba tuned to C and F, kaval, chalumeau), Enrique Almendros (charra flute (three-hole flute), bagpipe tuned to C, chorus (dulcimer), drum), Luis Delgado (citole, citole bass, ditar (two-string lute), santur, viola with keys, trumpet marine, añafil (straight trumpet), cántara, drum, tembril, pandoura, wooden-ring sistrum), Eduardo Paniagua (psaltery, trumpet marine, añafil, tenor medieval recorder, alto medieval recorder, fahl (metallic Arab flute), shepherd's flute, darbuga, drum, tembril, tar, horn sistrum, cymbals, rattles)] - Eduardo Paniagua, dir.

Recording site and date:
Unknown [12/1996 & 01/1997];
Rel.: 1998

Excerpts:
[1]-[2], [7] Sony Classical "Hispánica" S2K 60 580 [CDx2] Obras Maestras de las Cantigas - Masterpieces of the Cantigas: Alfonso X el Sabio 1221-1284
[2]-[3] Pneuma PN-900 [CD] España del Cid: Caballeros y Guerreros - Música de los siglos XI al XIII
[5] Pneuma PN-600 [CD] Lo mejor de las Cantigas - The best of the Cantigas of Holy Mary. Pneuma Colección: Cantigas de Alfonso X el Sabio, 1221-1284.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 474-66 (October 2000)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y/#-p): 1998/3-59 (1998)

Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge