Spanish Secular Cantatas

- An original and enterprising program of Secular Cantatas by three Spanish composers from the Baroque, an era in which this genre was dominated by their Italian contemporaries.

- The three composers are Emanuel Rincón d’Astorga 1680-1757, Juan de Lima Serqueira c.1655-c.1726 and José de Torres c.1670-1738.

- The peculiarity of these cantatas consists in the fact that they are equipped with a text in Spanish and an (alternative) text in Italian, the meaning of which, however, as Rincón d’Astorga himself says, does not always coincide exactly with that of the Spanish text. The cantatas, all of amorous and courtly-pastoral themes, are tripartite (aria -recitative - aria) or quadripartite (recitative - aria - recitative - aria), according to a custom that we find in other Italian authors of the same period.

- The album presents as solo singer the acclaimed Cristina Bayón Álvarez (who, for Brilliant Classics, has already successfully recorded a CD dedicated to Juan Frances de Iribarren BC95859); the instrumental part is entrusted to the viola da gamba player Noelia Reverte Reche, the archlutist Diego Leverić and the harpsichordist Federico Del Sordo (all members of the Ensemble Il Narvalo which has already made several successful productions for Brilliant Classics).

Emanuele Rincon d'Astorga (1680-1757) , Juan Serqueira de Lima (?? - ca. 1726) , Joseph de Torres (1670-1738)

• Astorga: Filis, que abrigas
• Astorga: Respirad, mas sea quedito
• Astorga: Sean, filis, de mi llanto
• Serqueira de Lima: Oh, corazón amante
• Torres, José: La picarilla más bella
• Torres, José: Por el tenaro monte