El cielo y sus estrellas Camerata Antonio Soler & Javier José Mendoza

• David Pérez (1711 - 1778): Sinfonia in D Major “La tempestad del mar”:
• 1Pérez: Sinfonia in D Major “La tempestad del mar”: I. Allegro01:42
• 2Pérez: Sinfonia in D Major “La tempestad del mar”: II. Arco iris01:07
• 3Pérez: Sinfonia in D Major “La tempestad del mar”: III. Bailete01:46
• Ignacio Jerusalem (1707 - 1769): Si aleve fortuna:
• 4Jerusalem: Si aleve fortuna04:00
• Luis Misón (1720 - 1766): Sinfonia in B-Flat Major:
• 5Misón: Sinfonia in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro03:35
• 6Misón: Sinfonia in B-Flat Major: II. Andante01:39
• 7Misón: Sinfonia in B-Flat Major: III. Presto01:25
• Santiago Billoni (1700 - 1763): Por qué Pedro?:
• 8Billoni: Por qué Pedro?08:01
• Ignacio Jerusalem: Qué dolor, qué desconsuelo:
• 9Jerusalem: Qué dolor, qué desconsuelo13:14
• José Herrando (1680 - 1763): Sinfonia in D Major:
• 10Herrando: Sinfonia in D Major: I. Allegro02:56
• 11Herrando: Sinfonia in D Major: II. Andante02:10
• 12Herrando: Sinfonia in D Major: III. Allegro01:12
• Ignacio Jerusalem: Sube a gozar:
• 13Jerusalem: Sube a gozar12:19
• Esteban Salas y Castro (1725 - 1803): El cielo y sus estrellas:
• 14Castro: El cielo y sus estrellas08:48
• Total Runtime01:03:54

Info for El cielo y sus estrellas

For some years, I have been performing and recording eighteenth-century galant music from the viceroyalty of New Spain. This latest album with the Camerata Antonio Soler presents a sample of the instrumental soundscape, along with vocal works set to Spanish paraliturgical texts that were all performed in New Spain. Although some of the works included here were not written in the New World, every piece presented on this album is conserved in present-day Mexico and Cuba – they were undoubtedly a part of cathedral musical life. We have included works by Davide Perez, Luis Misón, and José Herrando; each having made their careers on the Iberian Penninsula. Also included are two Italians who served as chapel masters in present-day Mexico. Santiago Billoni and Ignacio Jerusalem worked in Durango and Mexico City respectively. Finally, Esteban Salas was born in La Habana, Cuba and worked at Santiago Cathedral.

In this album, the listener will find a snapshot of the rich artistic history and ceremonial life of New Spain. The texts dedicated to Mary and the birth of Christ paint fantastic pictures about pain, suffering, joy, and ecstasy. The range of emotions of these devotional works draw from the dramatic aesthetic of theatre works and secular music of the time: indeed, we have included three symphonies (or sinfonías) from the Iberian peninsula written in the tradition of the Italian opera overture. Together these works form a fine example of the musical activities of the cathedrals of New Spain. (Javier José Mendoza)

Molly Netter, soprano
Eleanor Ranney-Mendoza, soprano
Jose Hernandez Pastor, counter-tenor
David Trillo, tenor
Camerata Antonio Soler
Javier Jose Mendoza, direction

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