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Rescatando tesoros
(Rescuing treasures)
Diario Expansión, 17/02/2007 |
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"Ángel Recasens' work on recovering
the early Spanish repertoire is giving results that can only be
described as extraordinary.
[…] The care taken over the musical and liturgical aspects,
with a desire to be faithful to the discovered original, allows
us to relish in this authentic gem of our artistic heritage. An
absolutely exceptional recording".
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José de Nebra,
Vísperas de Confesores (Confessors'
Vespers)
Craig Zeichner
Goldberg Magazine, no. 44, February 2007, p. 94.
5 Stars Goldberg
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"This
recording of José de Nebra's sacred works sung a cappella is
a very pleasant surprise.
[…] psalmodies which have been carefully chosen by Asensio and
are well performed by Schola Antiqua.
[…] The Beatus vir offers the psalmody in alternatim with
polyphonic verses, sung with intensity by the four voices of La Grande
Chapelle.
[…] the Magnificat is marvellous, an austere series with
some glorious moments of vocal writing of very high quality. This
is beautiful and solemn music that, despite its dark colouring, contains
passages of priceless serenity". |
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José de Nebra.
Vísperas (Vespers)
Jorge de Persia
La Vanguardia. Culturas, 31/01/2007 |
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"[…] Vísperas de Confesores,
a jewel of the Spanish Baroque".
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Reconstruir el Barroco
español (Reconstructing the Spanish
Baroque)
Pablo J. Vayón
Diario de Sevilla, 27/01/2007
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"[…] this
new disc from Lauda Records offers us a different perspective on the
Aragonese composer.
[...] An unpublished repertory magnificently contextualised". |
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"Laudas"
à música antiga espanhola ("Laudas"
to early Spanish music)
Cristina Fernandes
Público. Mil Folhas. Música clásica, 29/12/2006,
p. 22-23.
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"[…]
solidly written music with great dignity of expression. Music designed
not for the concert hall, but for prayer and Baroque holy ceremonies,
offered here with a rigorous and introspective approach". |
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Sacre i profà
(Sacred and Profane)
Xavier Cester
Avui. Cultura i Espectacles, 24/12/2006 |
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"[…] an attractive
retrieval of our heritage […]".
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Clásica Navidad…discos
para regalar (Classical Christmas - discs
to give as gifts)
El Mundo. El Cultural,14/12/2006
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"A true sacred festival
[...] Extreme severity and penetrating emotion are the arms of this
performance, in which the Schola Antigua, under the baton of Juan
Carlos Asensio, participates with its proverbial decorum, in which
polyphonic fragments with a sublime counterpoint stand out. Excellent
overall direction by Ángel Recasens".
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Vísperas de
confesores (Confessors' Vespers)
Alberto González Lapuente
ABC. ABCD las Artes y las Letras, 2/12/2006 |
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"La
Grande Chapelle enjoys archaeology. […] We can divine therefore
that giving it life has not been easy. Reconstruction means taking
decisions. […] An agreeable surprise from 18th century
Spain". |
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La verdad de la pureza
(The Truth of Purity)
Arturo Reverter
El Mundo. El Cultural, 23/11/2006 |
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"[…] a true feast of sacred music
[…] within an extreme austerity, an emotion that permeates
[…] the polyphonic pieces, of a sublime counterpoint, entrusted
to four voices, in tune and tight, able to reach high degrees of
intensity when drawing the gentle melodic lines, to accentuate the
dissonances and the chromatisms that enrich the pentagrams, brought
together in a unitary and timeless stylistic whole. The use of the
falsobordone, with contrasting effects, and the inclusion of organistic
'verses', […] contribute to providing range, variety, and eloquence
to the reconstruction".
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Diario Expansión, 17/02/07
