Composer of the Week - Spanish Baroque (1600-1750) - Episode 2

Donald Macleod explores the little-known music of 17th and 18th-century Spain. The Italian invention of opera was rapidly taking Europe by storm but Madrid failed to be charmed by its new-fangled recitatives and arias. Donald considers how composers at the Spanish court looked for their own way of bringing music into the theatre. Jose Marin: Ojos, pues me desdenais Ensemble La Romanesca Jose Miguel Moreno Glossa GCD 920201 Tr 5 Jose Marin: Aquella sierra Nevada Francisco Guerau: Marionas Jose Marin: No piense Menguilla Ensemble La Romanesca Jose Miguel Moreno (director) Glossa GCD 920201 Trs 12, 15 and 14 Juan Hidalgo: Ay amor, ay ausencia Marta Almajano (soprano) Juan Carlos Rivera (archlute) Mike Fentross (baroque guitar) Ventura Rico (viola da gamba) Harmonia Mundi HMI987028 Tr 6 Anon/Guerau: Suite Extempore String Ensemble Helios CDH55098 Tr 4 Antonio de Literes: Acis y Galatea (excerpt) Acis ...... Lola Casariego (mezzo-soprano) Galatea ...... Marta Almajano (soprano) Glauco ...... Xenia Meijer (mezzo-soprano) Nereida ...... Maria Luz Alvares (soprano) Tisbe ...... Marina Pardo (mezzo) Momo ...... Jordi Ricart (baritone) Al Ayre Espanol Eduardo Lopez Banzo (director) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472775222 Trs 16-25.