Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria - Savall
Alia Vox Heritage AVSA9923
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Vocal
Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria
Hespèrion XXI
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Jordi Savall (director)
The 'Cantigas de Santa Maria' (Canticles of Holy Mary) are 420 poems with musical notation, written during the reign of Alfonso X The Wise (1221–1284) and often attributed to him. It is one of the largest collections of monophonic songs from the Middle Ages and is characterised by the mention of the Virgin Mary in every song.
The reissue in remastered multichannel sound of this 1993 landmark recording enables us to hear Jordi Savall and his ensembles at their best. Instrumental and vocal pieces alternate and paint a vivid picture of a repertoire, that contributed much to the birth of Western music.
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