Valls, F: Missa Scala Aretina

The surface of the music is immediately engaging but it grows in interest with repeated listening. The performances are on a level with the programming and the music (and, incidentally, the handsome... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2015 More…

Release Date: 8th Dec 2014
Catalogue No: LAU014
Label: Lauda
Length: 73 minutes

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Valls, F: Misa Scala Aretina

Work length1:13:53

La Grande Chapelle
Albert Recasens

Salmo. Lauda Ierusalem, a 10

Track length6:43

Responsorio a la Virgen. Sancta et immaculata, a 8

Track length5:32

Tono al Santísimo Sacramento. En el misterioso cico, a 4

Track length4:51

Lección. De lamentatione Ieremiae prophetae, a 8

Track length6:12

Motete para el día de Pascua. Surrexit Pastor bonus, a solo

Track length3:07

Motete. Domine vim patior, a 4

Track length2:18

Motete. Plorans ploravit, a 4

Track length2:05

Invitatorio a la Expectación de Nuestra Señora. Ave Maria, a 8

Track length3:25

Villancico a santo Tomás de Aquino. Sombras cobardes, a 12

Track length7:04

Kyrie eleison, a 11

Track length1:38

Christe eleison, a 7

Track length1:35

Kyrie eleison II, a 11

Track length2:19

Gloria in excelsis Deo, a 11

Track length1:49

Gratias agimus tibi, a 11

Track length2:27

Qui tollis peccata mundi, a 6

Track length2:12

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, a 11

Track length1:00

Cum Sancto Spiritu, a 11

Track length1:23

Credo in unum Deum, a 11

Track length2:50

Et incarnatus est, a 4

Track length1:02

Crucifixus, a 11

Track length0:57

Et resurrexit, a 11

Track length0:31

Et ascendit, a 11

Track length1:46

Et in Spiritum Sanctum, a 11

Track length3:36

Sanctus, a 11

Track length3:38

Agnus Dei, a 11

Track length3:53

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The Missa Scala Aretina by Francesc Valls is considered to be one of the most important works of Spanish music history. Written in the polychoral tradition and based on Guido d’Arezzo’s hexachord, and named after him, the work was composed for the cathedral of Barcelona, possibly to celebrate the closing of the Catalonian Parliament in January 1702. It owes its fame to the heated controversy over aesthetics which arose as a result of one of its passages. At one point the controversy involved over 50 musicians including Alessandro Scarlatti, and against the political backdrop of the Spanish War of Succession (1700-1714). La Grande Chapelle tackles the fascinating challenge of rediscovering this unique work in its original setting and presents us with a number of excellent unpublished pieces from Valls’ huge musical production.

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April 2015

The surface of the music is immediately engaging but it grows in interest with repeated listening. The performances are on a level with the programming and the music (and, incidentally, the handsome presentation)...La Grande Chapelle's championing of Iberian polyphony has been winning them many admirers, and they've hit another bull's eye here.

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