One hour of browsing through early music, with an accent on Masses. This episode features music from before the Passiontide that is not often heard. It includes compositions by eighteenth-century Spanish composers and by an anonymous indigenous composer from Bolivia.
Josep Pla (1728-1762)
1. Stabat mater in E-flat major
Raquel Andueza, soprano. Orquestra Barroca Catalana conducted by Olivia Centurioni
(CD: Manuel & Josep Pla, “Stabat Mater, Salve Regina” – la mà de guido LMG 2106, 2011)
Josep Mir i Llussà (ca.1700-ca.1764)
2. Stabat mater a 8 in G minor
3. Lectio 2a in Sabato (Quomodo obscuratum est)
Lluis Vilamajó, tenor (3). La Xantria (2), Vespres d’Arnadí conducted by Dani Espasa
(CD: “Missa in Re Major, Stabat Mater, Quomodo Obscuratum est, Lauda Jerusalem” – musièpoca MEPCD-004, 2011)
Anonymous (Bolivië)
4. Stabat Mater Chiquetano (Ane Nupaquîma sucheteña)
Música Temprana conducted by Adrián Rodríguez van der Spoel
(CD: “Iyaî Jesucristo – Music from the Jesuit Missions in 18th century Bolivia” – Et’cetera KTC 1384, 2009)
Additional:
Pedro de Araújo (approx. 1610-approx. 1700)
5. Consonâncias de 1° tom
Ton Koopman, organ
(CD: “Batalha – Iberian Organ Music” – Challenge Classics CC72320, 2009)
Picture: Raquel Andueza