Cantigas de Castilla y León

Cantigas de Castilla y León - Cantigas of Castile and Leon
Alfonso X el Sabio 1221-1284
Música Antigua - Eduardo Paniagua, dir.
Pneuma CD-020 [CD]
Sony "Hispánica" SK 62265 [CD]
Pneuma « Colección Cantigas » PN-020 [CD]

Contents:

    Alfonso X el Sabio (attrib.): Cantigas de Santa María

  1. CSM 137: « Sempr' acha Santa Maria razon verdadeira » (instr.)
  2. CSM 282: (Segovia) « Par Deus, muit' á gran vertude na paravla comual »
  3. CSM 332: (León) « Atan gran poder o fogo non á per ren de queimar »
  4. CSM 229: (Palencia) « Razon é grand' e dereito »
  5. CSM 79: « Ay, Santa Maria, quen se per vos guya » (instr.)
  6. CSM 291: (Salamanca-Zamora) « Cantand' e en muitas guisas dev' om' a Virgen loar »
  7. CSM 63: (Soria) « Quen ben serv' a Madre do que quis morer »
  8. CSM 221: (Burgos) « Ben per está aos reis d'amaren Santa Maria »
  9. CSM 235: (Valladolid) « Como gradecer ben-feito é cousa que muito val »

Performers:
Música Antigua
Paula Vega (soprano & choir), Luis Vincent (countertenor & choir), Cesar Carazo (tenor, choir, fiddle), Wafir Sheik (arab lute), Jaime Muñoz (chalumeau, axabeba (reed transverse flute), kaval)), Luis Delgado (hurdy-gurdy, lute, dutar (two-string lute), trumpet marine, bendir, tar, square tambourine, ajorcas), Eduardo Paniagua (medieval recorders, shawm, salamilla (shepherd's flute made of reed), psaltery, campanil, darbuga, drum, tambourine, gongs, tar, rattles, triangle, castanets, uñas de cabra, ajorcas
Eduardo Paniagua, dir.

Playing time: 71' 41"

Recording site and date:
El Cometa, Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain [04-05/1995];
Rel.: 1995 (Pneuma), 1998 (Sony)

Compilation
Pneuma PN-730 [CD] Santa María, estrela del día - Pneuma Colección: Cantigas de Alfonso X el Sabio, 1221-1284

Excerpts:
[1]-[2], [5], [8] Sony Classical "Hispánica" S2K 60 580 [CDx2] Obras Maestras de las Cantigas - Masterpieces of the Cantigas: Alfonso X el Sabio, 1221-1284.
[6] 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.
[7] Pneuma PN-900 [CD] España del Cid: Caballeros y Guerreros - Música de los siglos XI al XIII

Reviewed in:
Goldberg (y/#-p.): 1997/1-51

Comments:
Information from CD and new Pneuna website. Names of instruments / voices are as they appear in the CD booklet.
Title may vary for Sony release: in spanish for release in Spain, in english when distributed elsewhere.

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Pierre-F. Roberge