Dorian Recordings

DOR-93249

Navidad Ibérica
Spanish Christmas Music and Villancicos from the Renaissance

Ensemble Corund
Stephen Smith, Director

DOR-93249 Cover

The end of the 15th century in Spain saw a consolidation of power and a resulting political stability. The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castille brought about a union of these two kingdoms in 1479. Granada, the last Muslim stronghold, was conquered in 1492, the same year in which Columbus set out on a voyage of discovery which took him to what would later be known as the Americas. Thus the Spanish Renaissance, the Siglo de Oro ("Golden Age"), and the period from which the pieces on this recording are taken, began with Spain at the height of political and military strength. …
- Felix Cox

From "Villancicos de diversos autores"
Venice, 1556 • Anonymous
1. Verbum caro factum est 1:09
2. No la deuemos dormir 1:16
3. Alta Reyna soberana 1:44
4. Yo me soy la morenica 1:47
5. Señores, el qu'es nascido 1:51
6. Riu, riu chiu 2:57
7. Dadme al bricias 1:22

From "Canciones y villanescas espirituales"
Venice 1589 • Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
8. O'yd, oáyd una cosa 2:03
9. Vamos al portal 3:24
10. Zagales, sin seso vengo 2:10
11. Virgen sancta 3:40
12. A un niño llorando 2:38

13. Canite tuba • Francisco Guerrero 2:25

14. Rorate caeli • Francisco Guerrero 2:20

15. Veni Domine • Cristobal de Morales
(c.1500-1553) 2:21

16. Ave Maria • Tomás Luis de Victoria
(1548-1611) 1:57

17. Ne timeas Maria • Tomás Luis de Victoria 4:09

18. Pastores loquebantur • Francisco Guerrero 3:21

19. Tria sunt munera • Juan Esquivel
(c.1565-after 1613) 1:41

20. O magnum mysterium •
Tomás Luis de Victoria 3:45

Missa O magnum mysterium • Tomás Luis de Victoria
21. Kyrie 1:52
22. Gloria 3:40
23. Credo 5:20
24. Sanctus/Benedictus 4:13
25. Agnus Dei 2:06

Total Program Length: 65:22

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