Matheo Romero: Romerico Florido
Ensemble Clematis & Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón
There is...something of a Latin-American exuberance about many of the performances here, with plenty of use of vihuelas and percussion: Romerico florido is a particularly successful example...
Matheo Romero: Romerico Florido
Ensemble Clematis & Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón
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There is...something of a Latin-American exuberance about many of the performances here, with plenty of use of vihuelas and percussion: Romerico florido is a particularly successful example...
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Born in Liège, Matheo Romero was in the service of the Spanish court; his secular works show that he had perfectly assimilated the characteristics of his adopted country’s music. Composed at the very beginning of the baroque era, these romances, folias and canciones also show the influence of the Italian madrigal style and of its effects; just as in the madrigals proper, Nature is the prime inspiration for the texts’ professions of love and amorous deceptions. For the first time, the talented Argentinean conductor Leonardo García-Alarcón brings together his two ensembles: the voices of Capella Mediterranea and Ens. Clematis. This combination revives the tradition of Spanish chapels around the reign of Charles V in Madrid. A meeting of the Capilla Flamenca and Capilla Spagnola.
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June 2011
There is...something of a Latin-American exuberance about many of the performances here, with plenty of use of vihuelas and percussion: Romerico florido is a particularly successful example and an excellent vehicle for the lovely voice of Mariana Flores.
March 2011
The singers of Cappella Mediterranea are most ably accompanied by Ensemble Clematis, which boasts a rich instrumentarium...there are enough genuinely appealing works to make this disc worthwhile for Baroque music collectors, especially when so excellently performed.
