| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 9 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Playing Time |
020925 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Performer |
Montserrat Figueras, soprano, zither ; Driss El Malouni, tenor, oud ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya (Adriana Fernádez, soprano ; Pascal Bertin, David Sagastume, countertenors ; Lluis Villamajó, Francesc Garrigosa, tenors ; Furio Zanasi, baritone ; Daniele Carnovich, bass) ; Hespèrion XXI (Andrew Lawurence-King, harp ; Dimitri Psonis, santur ; Sergi Casademunt, viola di gamba ; Fahmi Alqhai, Philippe Pierlot, viola da gambas ; Xavier Díaz Latorre, guitar, vihuela ; Pierre Hamon, recorder ; Nedyalho Nedyalkov, kaval ; Jean-Pierre Canihac, cornett ; Béatrice Delpierre, shawm ; Daniel Lassalle, sackbut ; Josep Borras, bassoon ; Michael Behringer, harpsichord ; Pedro Estevan, percussion) ; Jordi Savall, conductor, viola di gamba ; Josep Piera, Francisco Rosas, Daniele Carnovich, narrators. |
| Event |
Recorded 2010 Fontfroide Abbey, Narbonne, France. |
| Summary |
The musicians of Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya, conducted by Jordi Savall, follow the political career of the Borgias to present an original programme with works from Spain and Italy spanning five centuries of music history. Native of Valencia (Spain), the Borgias have remained notorious in history essentially through Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503). Accused of simony, nepotism, rape and corruption, Pope Alexander VI led a life of debauchery. As to his children, Lucrezia was accused of incestuous relationships, and Cesare served as a model for Niccolò Machiavelli's famous book, The Prince. Yet, Pope Alexander VI was a great sponsor of the arts at the outset of the Renaissance. Many songbooks of this time, including works by Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, Josquin des Prez, Heinrich Isaac or Claude Goudimel, bear witness of the luxury of the papal court at this time. Jordi Savall and the musicians of the music ensembles Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya, have dug into these sources to shed a new light on the Borgias and their cultural environment, from their political beginning in Valence in the 11th century up to their Roman consecration as pope at the turn of the 16th century. |
| Contents |
Mowachah billadi askara min adbi llama / anonymous (Arab-Andalus) -- Ductia (CSM 123) / Alfonso X the Wise -- Da pacem domine / Gilles Binchois -- Deserts d'amichs, de béns e de senyor / Jordi de Sant Jordi -- Dindiridin ; Pax in nomine Domini / anonymous -- La gran dolor / Ausiàs March -- Taksim & dance / anonymous (Ottoman) -- Viva el Gran Rey Don Fernando / Carlo Verardi -- Romance: La rosa enflorece / anonymous (Sephardi) -- Exultet caelum cum laudibus / anonymous -- Elogio de Lucrecia / Bernardo Accolti -- Villota: Un cavalier di Spagna / anonymous -- Donna contro la mia voglia / Philippus de Lurano -- Donna questa e la mia voglia / Philippus de Lurano -- Requiem / Josquin des Prez -- Pavana alla Ferrarese / Joan Ambrosio Dalza -- Fantasia I / Lluís del Milà -- Tau garçó la durundena ; Soleta y verge estich / Bartomeu Cárceres -- Aquella voluntad honesta y pura / Garcilaso de la Vega -- La bataille / Janequin -- Que farem del pobre Joan / Mateu Flecha -- Credo in unum Deum / Francis Borgia -- Alma buscarte has en Mi / anonymous -- Improvisation & dance (kaval & percussions) / anonymous -- Déba contre mes débateurs -- Psalm 35 / Claude Goudimel -- Sibil·la Valenciana / anonymous -- Tiento de Pange Lingua / Joan Cabanilles. |
| Language |
Vocal selections sung in French, Latin and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Borgia family -- Songs and music.
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Borgia family. |
| Genre/Form |
Songs and music.
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Vocal music.
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Vocal music. |
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Vocal music.
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Instrumental ensembles.
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Instrumental ensembles. |
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Music -- Italy -- 15th century.
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Music. |
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Italy. |
| Chronological Term |
15th century |
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Music -- Italy -- 16th century.
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| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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1400-1599 |
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Internet videos.
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Music.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Bleton, Benjamin, director.
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Figueras, Montserrat, performer.
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El Maloumi, Driss, 1970- performer.
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Piera, Josep, 1947- narrator.
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Rosas, Francisco, narrator.
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Carnovich, Daniele, narrator.
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Savall, Jordi, conductor, instrumentalist.
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Karl More Productions France, production company.
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Alia Vox (Sound recording label), production company.
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Capella Reial, singer.
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Hespèrion XXI (Musical group), instrumentalist.
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