Reference: MD3225
Music of the Spanish Renaissance
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CD Recording: If you liked the period music used in the multi award-winning film ELIZABETH then you've already heard La Compañia perform ... but don't try to find them on the actual soundtrack album because you'll only find them here on this CD! Recorder: Racheal Cogan
Featuring previously unreleased music heard in the ELIZABETH soundtrack!
La Compañia is set to broaden the horizons of early music in Australia with their exciting new CD, Music of the Spanish Renaissance. Featuring the expressive voice of soprano Vivien Hamilton and a variety of period instruments including cornetto, shawms, recorder, sackbuts, vihuela and percussion. Generously filled with seventeen tracks, this recording pays tribute to some of the great Spanish composers of the period and captures the joyful spirit of the 16th century minstrel band. The music is rhythmic, colourful, exciting and above all, spontaneous!
La Compañia, established in 1997, is dedicated to the music of the 16th century with a primary focus on loud winds and percussion, improvisation being a key element of the group's performance. La Compañia's Melbourne debut received critical acclaim, and since then the group has been active in concert performances, festival appearances and the recording of the early music components for the English feature film Elizabeth.