Si me llaman
Si me llaman
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EL CORTESANO (José Hernández-Pastor, countertenor, and Ariel Abramovich, vihuela) present “Si me llaman ...”, featuring the world premiere recording of the “libro de música de vihuela” by Spanish Renaissance composer Diego Pisador, published in 1552 in Salamanca, Spain.
About the album
The “libro de música de vihuela” is an unusual and exciting work from the so-called “Spanish Golden Age” in many respects. The composer and vihuela player Diego Pisador collected not only his own song and instrumental compositions, but also works by other European composers of his time. The book is thus an anthology of the best-known and most popular songs of the Spanish Renaissance, but it is also influenced by Pisador's personal taste and understanding of music. For him, this collection was his life's work.
Most of the songs are villancicos, small one-verse song forms, almost miniatures, which represent poetic thoughts set to music. In addition, there are romances, verse songs that tell stories, villanescas, small polyphonic song sets from the Italian madrigal tradition, and some technically highly difficult solo works for the vihuela.
José Hernández-Pastor and Ariel Abramovich have been working together for over 10 years and have devoted their musicianship entirely to researching the music of the Spanish Renaissance. As a result, their interpretation is highly sophisticated, historically grounded, and yet very personal and close to the essence of the music: an intimate dialogue between text and sound, a careful interpretation of the sensitive poetry that emerged during this happy period of Spanish culture.
This album was recorded in the heart of southern Spain, in the historic old town of Seville. The sound of modern Iberian culture complements the art of a bygone era in a mysterious way—here, worlds that could not be more different on the surface are woven together into an iridescent portrait of human experience.
Music video
José Hernández-Pastor and Ariel Abramovich performing a song from their album in the original recording space in the old town of Seville, Spain:
Interview video
In this interview, the musicians talk with producer Jonas Niederstadt about the creation of the album while having beer in the old town of Seville:
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Catalogue number: CD-16276
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tracklist
Tracklist of "Si me llaman"
1 Salamanca 9 p.m. 00:44
2 Si me llaman a mi llaman, villancico a 4 02:32
3 Quien tuviesse tal poder, villancico a 3 01:50
4 Fantasía a tres bozes del quarto tono 02:34
5 Endechas de Canaria Para que es dama tanto quereros 02:09
6 Partense partiendo yo, villancico a 3 01:40
7 Y con que la lavare, villancico a 3 03:32
8 Por una vez que mis ojos alce, villancico a 4 03:01
9 Fantasía por el quarto tono sobre la sol fa re mi 02:52
10 Si la noche haze escura, villancico a 3 03:37
11 No me llamen sega la yerba, villancico a 4 02:34
12 O bene mio fa famme uno favore, villanesca a 4 03:42
13 Madonna mia fan me von, villanesca a 4 01:46
14 Guarte guarte el rey don Sancho, romance 05:28
15 Lagrime mesti, madrigal a 4 01:18
16 Fantasía sin passo ninguno a tres bozes 02:27
17 Passeavase el rey Moro, romance 04:27
18 Gentil cavallero, dadme ora un beso, villancico a 4 03:01
19 A quand'a quand'haveva, villanesca a 4 02:32
20 Sempre me fingo, villanesca a 4 00:56
21 En la fuente del rosel, villancico a 4 01:16
22 Fantasía del sexto tono a quatro 02:32
23 Aquellas sierras madre, villancico a 4 02:41
24 La mañana de San Juan, romance 01:27
25 Si te quitase los hierros, villancico a 4 02:55
26 Herida va la garça, villancico a 4 01:37
27 Pues te partes y te vas, villancico a 4 03:07
total time 68:17