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Jordi Savall & Hesperion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astree-Auvidis E 8508}

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Jordi Savall & Hesperion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astree-Auvidis E 8508}

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astrée-Auvidis E 8508}
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© 1993 Auvidis / Astrée | E 8508
Classical / Medieval / Chamber Music

Jordi Savall, once more time, shares with us a beautiful program of instrumentals and chorals pieces from the middle age. Alfons X El Sabio Cantigas are the most popular music pieces about this period, but also really majestic. The sound of this album is really magic. A very good choice for a first approach…
The lack of direct evidence describing contemporary performances of the Cantigas means scholars must draw upon circumstantial evidence to ascertain possible performance practices - a treacherous minefield. From this, a number of plausible options seem to emerge (depending on context) including the one presented here by Jordi Savall: a sizeable ensemble with various instruments.

Alongside the Cantiga MSS illustrations of musicians (all art historians seem to regard the miniatures as 'real life' depictions), near-contemporary accounts survive of large pilgrim ensembles at Spanish shrines, most famously the 12th century Codex Calixtinus (although seemingly unrelated because of its earlier date, this describes a large multi-instrument pilgrim ensemble [like those depicted in some Cantiga illuminations] at the altar of St James at Compostella - a shrine mentioned in certain Cantigas, e.g. CSM 26 and CSM 253. Pilgrims and shrines feature in a number of Alfonso's Cantigas, like CSM 163 'Pode por Santa Maria' [track 8 here], CSM 49, CSM 167 etc…).

This may shed light on Alfonso X's will, which stipulates continued performance of the Cantigas in Seville Cathedral after his death. Additionally, CSM 8 (about a minstrel praising the Virgin) appears in Gautier de Coinci's 'Miracles de Nostre Dame' - the likely inspiration behind Alfonso's collection - where it is followed by a description of some sort of devotional music involving voices and instruments ('…la clere vois plaisant et bele, le son de harpe et de viele, de psaltere, d'orgue, de gygue…') [R.e. all the Cantigas de Loor are devotional.]

Neither Savall nor Jesus Martin Galan (author of the booklet notes) discuss performance practice, and the apparent plausibility of the results - at least, in a devotional context - is perhaps in part accidental (given some of Savall's performance decisions of 15th century Cancionero songs…).

Yet it is difficult to imagine the multi-force approach being better done. Improvisations are concise, and the interpretations 'European'. Alongside some wonderful singing (mostly tutti, but with noteworthy solos from Montserrat Figueras and Mercedes Hernandez [track 5], and Lambert Climent and Francesc Garrigosa [track 8]), the instrumental playing is superb and the line-up includes directors of other major early music ensembles (Andrew Lawrence-King [The Harp Consort], Pedro Memelsdorff [Mala Punica], Crawford Young [Ferrara Ensemble], Markus Tapio [Retrover] and Alfredo Bernadini [Zefiro]).
Jordi Savall & Hesperion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astree-Auvidis E 8508}


Personnel:
HESPERION XX
LA CAPELLA REIAL DE CATALUNYA
JORDI SAVALL
- direction

tracklist:
01 - Introduction (CSM 176)
02 - Santa Maria, strela do dia (CSM 100)
03 - Pero cantigas de loor (CSM 400)
04 - Instrumental (CSM 123)
05 - Muito faz grand'erro (SM 209)
06 - Por nos de dulta tirar (CSM 18)
07 - Instrumental (CSM 142)
08 - Pode por Santa Maria (SM 163)
09 - Miragres fremosos faz por nos (CSM 37)
10 - Instrumental (CSM 77-119)
11 - De toda chaga ben pode guarir (CSM 126)
12 - Pero que seja a gente (CSM 181)
13 - Conclusion (CSM 176)

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Jordi Savall & Hesperion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astree-Auvidis E 8508}

Jordi Savall & Hesperion XX - Alfonso X El Sabio - Cantigas de Santa Maria (1993) {Astree-Auvidis E 8508}


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