Amor Divino

Track Listings

1. Sola Me Quede [Cumbia]

2. Amorcito de Mi Vida [Cumbia]

3. Quien [Cumbia]

4. Que Ella lo Pague [Cumbia]

5. Amor Divino

6. Lagrimas del Corazon [andIkiru] [Cumbia][*]

7. Caliente, Caliente [Cumbia]

8. Frio [Cumbia]

9. Me Estas Volviendo Loca [Cumbia]

10. Cumbia del Mar

11. Gotitas de Amor [Cumbia]

12. Mi Historia Entre Tus Dedos [andIkiru] [Cumbia][*]

Amor Divino,Los Llayras,Disa (Uni),Cumbia,Latin,Mexican,South American!,Tropical

Amor Divino

Tracks:

Chacona: A La Vida Bona
Danza Del Hacha - Hesperion XXI
Moresca: Di Perra Mora
Negrilla A 4: San Sabeya Gugurumbe
Ritual Formulario: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
Joto
Tono Humano: Ay Que Me Rio De Amor
Mestizo E Indio: Tleycantimo Choquiliya
Negra A 5: Antonya Flaciquia Gasipa
Cachua - Hesperion XXI
Rorro: Desvelado Dueno Mio
Negrilla: A Siolo Flasiquiyo
Juguete: Un Juguetico De Fuego
Juguete A 4: Convidando Esta La Noche
Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso
Villancico A 8: Serafin Que Con Dulce

Customer Reviews:

Perfect Performances.......2007-07-11

Villancicos y Danzas Criollas is a homage to the cultural traditions of Iberia and Ibero-America, showing the influence of European traditions in the Americas. The Villancico (also called Chanzoneta) is a form of poetry that was adopted for use in secular songs and, in the 17th century, for Christmas carols (the modern usage of the word denotes a carol). The secular songs were gradually replaced by the Romance while the Christmas carol form became more popular. The typical lyrics of villancicos have two or three stanzas followed by a refrain. The most religious-oriented villancico of this collection is Hanacpachap Cussicuinin (from Lima) where the author asks for their prayer to be answered.

The transmission of musical culture is a favorite (and fascinating) subject for Jordi Savall and this CD includes some beautiful and rousing music. The CD begins with four selections reflecting Iberian music that sets the stage of presenting a song (usually) followed by a dance. Following this introduction we are off the Americas and music from Peru, Guatemala and Mexico.

As pointed out in the booklet, the colonial expansion that took place during the 15th and 16th centuries widen cultural connections to include Africa, Asia and the Americas, which is reflected in this collection of music. One will discover a mixing of African dance rhythms and percussion with European polyphony. This is nicely demonstrated by the first selection with its strong use of drums and bold brass playing combined with a fast-paced dance melody and mixed voices. The second work, by an anonymous composer, is quite a contrast with its more restrained and courtly rhythms played by string instruments without the percussion or brass. The Hanacpachap Cussicuinin is scored for percussion, brass and voices sounding like a solemn funeral procession and is followed by a beautifully played piece for harp and percussion from Mexico. The incomparable Montserrat Figueras sings with peerless passion and beauty, particularly in the short Tono Hidalgo of Juan Hidalgo. One could go on and on extolling the wonderful music of this CD, suffice it to say that among my collection of early music discs this one is at the top.

As with all of Jordi Savall's recordings the performance is excellent and beautifully balanced with voices and instruments receiving equal emphasis. If you do not have this disc and love early music get it without hesitation.

Mucho me pesa la cabeza.......2007-07-02

Again and again we hear "Mucho me pesa la cabeza"..... "Much it pains my head."

This music is so ephemeral... so unique.... so mind massaging..... I love reading while it softly plays in the background in the room!

The massage is quite expansive!

Not a painful massage at all, but it does get inside your head!

Just Get it!.......2006-08-20

It's hard to pick out anything special on this disk... everything is top-notch. The opening 'La Chacona' is a delight and it just gets better and better and better. The second piece definitely is having some fun setting the listener up for 'something.' The ritual piece is majestic while the tone changes again with the harp solo... Hesprion XX/XXI are treasures in the ocean of music.
Gracias, Senores!

This is such a great recording.......2006-01-10

This recording is so great and so
breath taking that leaves me with
only this to say: since the day it
arrived to my doorstep back in mid
December, I have listen to it daily,
not just few tracks, but the whole
CD several times a day.....One
of the best works of Savall and
Hesperion XXI.....

ýCreoleý Songs and Dances from Old Spain to the New World.......2004-05-16

An astonishing collection of vocal polyphony and dance music, largely from Guatemala, Peru, and Mexico. Performed with flair and feeling by the preeminent Spanish early-music ensemble of our time. Not to be missed!

My translation of the album title, given above, is not exact. "Criolla" can refer to anything Latin American, and a "villancico" is first and foremost a Spanish poetic genre from the 15th and 16th centuries. The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia tells us that it was "originally derived from a medieval dance lyric and associated with rustic or popular themes." Certainly the rustic and popular loom large in this lively selection of Renaissance music. Hesperion XXI and its director Jordi Savall have often sampled folk styles in their imaginative reconstitutions of early performance tradition. So most of these selections get percussion accompaniment accentuating the dance element, while strumming guitars, castanets, maracas, and more are employed discreetly but effectively. Lusty and characterful vocal contributions come courtesy of La Capella Reial de Catalunya and soprano Montserrat Figueras, who takes a couple of fine solo turns. It's all recorded in a warm, resonant church acoustic.

In his liner notes, Prof. Rui Vieira Neri introduces the Spanish part of this collection by noting a long tradition of mixing high and low culture, not to mention Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultural elements in the art and music of the Iberian peninsula. And right away we get to hear a vocal chaconne (a dance imported from the Indies "by mail" according to Lope de Vega) and a Moresca "Di Perra Mora," with strong Arabic flavor and hints of 5/2 meter.

Of the New World selections, some of the most engaging combine indigenous languages with Netherlands musical style. The solemn processional hymn "Hancpachap cussicuinin," written by a native composer in the Quechua language of Peru, was also the first example of polyphony printed in the Americas. Gaspar Fernandes (1570-1629), chapel master at the Puebla cathedral, wrote a number of villancicos that mix Castilian with Nahuatl, the Aztec tongue, including "Tleycantimo choquiliua" on this recording. It is based on a local Indian dance, as is another Christmas villancico included here, "Ay que me abraso," which moves to the beat of the Mexican guaracha.

Bantu and Yoruba phrases crop up frequently in the refrains of the African-influenced numbers, so numerous in their day that they were customarily referred to in the old manuscripts as Negro, Negrilla, or Guineo. Savall includes three such pieces on this recording; they abound in the sort of rhythmic intricacies and call-and-response effects that Europeans already associated with Africa. Among the most infectious is "Antonya, Flasiquiya, Gasipá," in which the song's characters wake up after a long night of drinking and dancing in order to go to Bethlehem to pay homage to baby Jesus, where more carousing will be called for. Each refrain ends with the words "Mucho me pesa la cabeza": "Oh, my aching head."

Tracks:

South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening
'Il Turco In Italia': No si da
La ricordanza
'Andrea Chenier': Come un bel di di maggio
'Aroldo': Ciel, ch' io respiri!
Ave Maria
'Germma di Vergy': Eccomi sola alfine
New York Philharmoniker: Dich, teure Halle
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
Amor marinaro
'Aroldo': Ah, dagli scanni
'Turandot': Nessun dorma!
Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre del Liceu: Pel teu amor
'Poluito': Sfolgoro divino raggio
'Tristan And Isolde': Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod)
Guten Abend, gute Nacht

Average customer rating:

Excellent Rediscovery

Gaffi: La forza del divino amore

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002NRREM
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

I. Spiritosa E Staccata
II. (Andante)
III. Canzone
(Presto)
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Al Suon Guerrier'
Aria. Divine Love: 'Gia Suona La Tromba'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Debil Seno Che Il Ciel Non Armo'
Aria. St Teresa: 'Debil Seno Che Il Ciel Non Armo'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Alme Del Cielo Amiche'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Ecco Gia, Gia M'accingo'
Aria. Divine Love: 'Su Schiere Guerriere'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Rodrigo, Oh Dio Rodrigo'
Aria. Rodrigo: 'Senza Indugio Ecco Il Mio Piede'
Recitative. Rodrigo: 'Andiam, Che Troppo Tardi'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Quanto Gioisco, O Quanto' - Rodrigo: 'Sara Sempre Mio Vanto'
Aria. Divine Love: 'Su Schiere Guerrier'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'L'acciaro Amor Vi Da' - Duet. St Teresa And Rodrigo: 'Si Mora Per Giesu'
Aria. St Teresa: 'Piaceri Terreni'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Spine Produca Pur, Sia Di Tormenti' - Rodrigo: 'Se Per Cammin Spinoso'
Duet. St Teresa And Rodrigo: 'Su Dunque Assalite'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Scatenatevi Pure A Cento, Cento' - Rodrigo: 'Assalitemi O Pene A Mille A Mille'
Duet. St Teresa And Rodrigo: 'Andiamo, Andiamo, Si Si
I. (Allegro)
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Per Solitaria Via'
Duet. St Teresa And Rodrigo: 'O Quanto Soavi'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Rodrigo Eccone Giunti'
Aria. Rodrigo: 'Per Farne Sperare'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Oh Quanto Lieta Hor Fuori' - Rodrigo: 'Ricchezze, Vanita, Vi Fugge Il Piede'
Duet. St Teresa And Rodrigo: 'Van Piacer / Gioie Terrene'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Gia Dier Prove Bastanti'
Aria. Divine Love: 'Alme Fide Il Pie Volgete'
Recitative. St Teresa: 'Per Te Su Queste Arene - Rodrigo: 'Io Di Martiri, E Pene'..
Aria. Rodrigo: 'Cola Nell' Africa'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Basta, Basta non Piu'
Aria. St Teresa: 'Che Posso Dir Io'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Frena Il Pianto Teresa, Il Grato Odore'
Aria. Divine Love: 'Ei Non Vuol Che Ti Tolgan La Vita
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Su, Su Celest Choro'
Aria. St Teresa: 'Deh Pieta, Signor Merce'
Recitative. Divine Love: 'Su, Su, Celeste Choro'
Finale. All: 'A Intrecciar Le Corone Odorose'

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Rediscovery.......2004-10-21

As we had the chance to hear in concert in Italy twice in 2003, the excellent rediscovery of this oratorium by Antonio Frige' is a really must in any respectable baroque cd collection.
This oratiorio by the roman author Bernardo Gaffi is an interesting chain ring in between the ancient roman school and the beginning of the italian opera style: Gaffi seems to be a very cultivated composer, which knows very well counterpoint and who is capable of forging a style that looks towards the future, without forgetting the past.
The intersting realisation of the continuo part in the recitatives (a different instrument is accompained to any character) shows the use of ha Baroque harp as a plucked instrument (instead of the more common theorbo or lute) and gives to Divine Love (Amor Divino) a touch of heaven.
The vocal performance is interesting as well, due to the different characters of the voices: Leona Peleskova has a deep velvet voice (maybe a bit lyric-oriented), while Marivi Blasco shows a glazing baroque timbre that makes her able to fly over the instruments (and we have to notice even her care and fantasy in improvising cadenzas and embellishments). Sergio Foresti is surely a name which does not need to be introduced; his performance is clear and quite remarkable as well.
The ensemble Pian & Forte has recorded more or less 20 records, all under the remarkable conduction of its founder Antonio Frigè, which delivers a precise performance, filled with precious details and nice surprises, always respecting the canons of a correct historically informed praxis. Maybe the best peculiarity of this record is in the light that shines all over it, a light that is really at home in baroque music, and which is too often hidden by an excessive virtuosity and somewhat violence by some period instruments ensembles.
A must-have, definitively.

Average customer rating:

Great CD!

Divino Amor Eterno
Adolfo Urias y Su Lobo Norteno
Manufacturer: Fonovisa Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Mexico | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000AB159
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

Divino Amor Eterno
Tarde Por Tarde
Qute
Amor Bme
Cautivaste Mi Coraz
Que Me Lleve el Diablo
Como le Hago
Besos de Papel
Hoja Por Hoja
Qus el Amor

Customer Reviews:

Great CD!.......2004-02-27

I really enjoyed this CD because of the unique norteno flavor and the catchy rhythm and lyrics in many of the songs. The hits are "Amor Besame" and "Que Lleve el Diablo." This disc is worth every penny, and it would be an excellent addition to your collection. Adolfo's other album Naci Para Quererte is also recommended, with "Corazon Chiquito" (the BIG hit) as the first track.