Notes and Editorial Reviews
As seen on CBS SUNDAY MORNING, Florilegium explores the music of Catholic missions in Bolivia from the 18th century.
"For their second volume exploring the music of Catholic missions in Bolivia, Florilegium are joined by a quartet of expert singers and the specially assembled Arakaendar Bolivia Choir...the centrepiece is a performance of a mass by the Ferrara composer Giovanni Battista Bassani (1657-1716), a printed copy of which was taken to the missionary post at Moxos in about 1730. Each movement of the mass is excellently performed, with the choral contributions notable for their joyful honesty and concentration.
Florilegium are typically excellent in several instrumental solos, including an
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outstanding sonata by Locatelli...The few short Nativity pieces by Juan de Araujo...rank among the most intriguing music here; but this disc is worth buying for the brief anonymous pieces
Stella coeli extirpávit and
Tota pulchra es María, in which the Bolivian Soloists produce a pure blend and finely shaped expression...The disc is packed with obscure treasures that amply reward the listener and, as one expects, Channel's recorded sound is nothing short of marvellous."
-- David Vickers, Gramophone
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"European-style 18th-century vocal and instrumental music from the Jesuit 'Reducciones,' or 'settlements' in Bolivia of remarkable quality and effervescence, with no lack of technical demands on the performers." - David Vernier, ClassicsToday
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Works on This Recording
1.
Cayósele al alba by Juan de Araujo
Performer:
Alejandra Wayar (Soprano),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Henry Villca (Tenor),
Katia Escalera (Soprano),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
James Johnstone (Organ),
Angélica Monje (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: Spanish
2.
Salve Regina by Anonymous
Performer:
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble,
Arakaendar Bolivia
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Latin
3.
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso continuo no 9 by Ignazio Balbi
Performer:
James Johnstone (Harpsichord),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
4.
Offertoria solenniora (6), Op. 2: no 5 by Johann Joseph Brentner
Performer:
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
James Johnstone (Harpsichord),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble,
Arakaendar Bolivia
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Prague, Bohemia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Latin
5.
Stella coeli extirpávit by Anonymous
Performer:
Katia Escalera (Soprano),
Alejandra Wayar (Soprano),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
James Johnstone (Organ),
Angélica Monje (Mezzo Soprano),
Henry Villca (Tenor)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Bolivia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Latin
6.
Quis me a te sponse separábit by Anonymous
Performer:
James Johnstone (Organ),
Henry Villca (Tenor),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Bolivia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 7 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Latin
7.
Acroama missale (6): Mass no 6 by Giovanni B. Bassani
Performer:
Fred Alba (Bass),
Giovanni Silva (Tenor),
Paola Cuellar (Soprano),
Angélica Monje (Mezzo Soprano),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
James Johnstone (Organ)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble,
Arakaendar Bolivia
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1709; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 16 Minutes 8 Secs.
Notes: This selection is sung in Classical Greek and Latin.
8.
Sonatas (10) for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo, Op. 8: no 10 by Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Performer:
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
James Johnstone (Harpsichord),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Amsterdam, The Nethe
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 6 Minutes 37 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1744).
Composition revised: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1752).
9.
Si el amor se quedare dormido by Juan de Araujo
Performer:
Alejandra Wayar (Soprano),
Katia Escalera (Soprano),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
James Johnstone (Organ),
Angélica Monje (Mezzo Soprano),
Henry Villca (Tenor)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Bolivia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: Spanish
10.
Tota salútis mea spes in tuo amóre by Anonymous
Performer:
Katia Escalera (Soprano),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
James Johnstone (Organ),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Bolivia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: Latin
11.
Tota pulchra es Maria by Anonymous
Performer:
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
Henry Villca (Tenor),
Angélica Monje (Mezzo Soprano),
James Johnstone (Organ),
Alejandra Wayar (Soprano),
Katia Escalera (Soprano)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1749; Corsica, France
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Latin
12.
Traditional Bolivian Melody by Don Januario
Performer:
Don Januario (Voice),
Jennifer Morsches (Cello),
James Johnstone (Harpsichord),
Sarah Moffatt (Violin),
Elizabeth Bradley (Double Bass),
Kati Debretzeni (Violin),
Eligio Quinteiro (Guitar),
Eligio Quinteiro (Theorbo),
Don Januario (Violin)
Conductor:
Ashley Solomon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florilegium Ensemble
Written: Bolivia
Date of Recording: 04/2006
Venue: Cathedral of the Conception, Bolivia
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Florilegium Ensemble.
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