VILLANCICOS Y DANZAS CRIOLLAS - CAPELLA REIAL CATALUNYA, SAVALL, HESPERION XXI

La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall
De la Iberia Antigua al Nuevo Mundo (1550-1750)

In putting together the most representative selection of music for this fascinating Route to the New World entitled “A homage to musical mestissage: a meeting of musical traditions and cultures of the Iberian peninsula and Ibero-America” the choice of pieces for this recording was inspired by these ideas. Likewise, our performance we pay tribute to all the musicians of these countries who have kept alive to the present day their ancient languages and traditions, as well as to the scholars (in particular, Robert Stevenson and Samuel Caro, to whom we owe the first anthologies published in 1974-75) who have contributed so much to our knowledge of one of the richest musical legacies of mankind.