Echoes of Spain

Sonus (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dorian Recordings
• ASIN: B000001O9Z
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,493 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cantiga de Santa María 384, A que por gran fremosura é chamada Fror das frores

2. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 01 Ondas do mare de Vigo

3. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 02 Mandad' ei comigo

4. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 03 Mia irmana fremosa

5. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 04 Ai Deus

6. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 05 Quantas sabedes amare amigo

7. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 06 Eno sagrado en Vigo

8. Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and accompaniment (music missing from 1 cantiga): 07 Ai ondas

9. Cantiga de Santa María 292, Muito demostra a Virgen, a Sennor esperital

10. Cantiga de Santa María 322, A Virgen, que de Deus Madre éste, Filla e criada

11. Fontis in Rivulum (Las Huelgas Codex): for harp

12. Cantiga de Santa María 196, Sempre punnou muit' a Virgen per u fosse connoçuda

13. Cantiga de Santa María 362, Ben pode Santa María seu lum' ao çego dar

14. Cantiga de Santa María 103, Quena Virgen ben servirá

15. Cantigas de Jesucristo 424, Pois que dos Reys Nostro Sennor

16. Fontis in Rivulum (Las Huelgas Codex): for voice and harp

17. Cantiga de Santa María 221, Ben per está aos reis d'amaren Santa María

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Medieval Spanish music shines, October 9, 2001

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This review is from: Echoes of Spain (Audio CD)

I am currently enrolled in a medieval/Renaissance Spanish literature class and have just attended a lecture about pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. This music was used as a soundtrack and immediately captured my attention with its striking combination of recorder, hurdy gurdy, harp and vocals, as well as the fact that it is based on various cantigas de amigo and was penned by Alfonso X el Sabio. It reinforces what we have covered in class by setting the texts to lively, rhythmical melodies that show both French and Arabic influences.

This CD is a fascinating overview of medieval Spanish Mariano religious texts and poetry and songs performed capably by Sonus. The tunes are by turns danceable and a touch melancholy in places, and the instruments and voices are a perfect match for each other. "Echoes of Spain" proved a very melodious introduction to medieval Spanish music and I recommend it to all early music fans.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful., May 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Echoes of Spain (Audio CD)

This music is beautiful and expressive. Words cannot describe such pure sound.