...is Yo vengo regando flores by Agustín "Chupa Caña" Rivas as performed by L'Arpeggiata, an early music ensemble led by Christina Pluhar. This song appears on the group's new album La Torre del Oro (out 17 April 2026).
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Luciana Mancini: vocals Vincenzo Capezzuto: vocals Manuel A. Sánchez: cuatro Rafael Mejías: percussion Leonardo Teruggi: double bass Francesco Turrisi: accordion David Mayoral: perussions Sergey Saprychev: percussions Christina Pluhar: musical direction |
...is Ave Maria often (mis)attributed to Giulio Caccini (1551—1618). In fact it was composed by the Soviet musician Vladimir Vavilov (1925—1973) and first appeared on his 1970 LP «Лютневая музыка XVI—XVII вв.» (Lute music of the 16th–17th centuries)*. There, Ave Maria was performed by Nadezhda Vainer (vocal), Mark Shakhin (organ), and Vavilov himself (lute) and was ascribed to a "16th-century anonymous author". In 1975, Ave Maria appeared on the album Старинные Арии by Irina Bogacheva where it was attributed to Caccini.
Since then, the aria became enormously popular and has been performed by artists such as Irina Arkhipova, Sumi Jo, Andrea Bocelli, Julian Lloyd Webber, Libera, KOKIA, Amira Willighagen... I leave you with the instrumental version by Oiasso Kamerata (Irún, Spain) featuring Rebekka Riedel (cello).
| * | This record was a brilliant musical mystification: apart from Greensleeves and Galliard, all the tracks were composed by Vavilov. For example, the opener, Canzona, was ascribed to Francesco da Milano (1497—1543). In the 1980s, this song, as «Город золотой», with lyrics by Alexei Khvostenko and Anri Volokhonsky, was recorded by Aquarium and became one of their biggest hits. |
...is La Huella del Códice, based on works by Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739) and performed by Berta Rojas with Evangelina Mascardi and Lincoln Almada. This composition appears on the Paraguayan guitarist's new album, La Huella de las Cuerdas. And if you have 33 minutes to spare, watch the "making of" documentary by the same name.
Evangelina Mascardi: vihuela / baroque guitar Lincoln Almada: percussion |
...is Sol de Luna Llena by Rebecca Roger Cruz, from the Venezuelan singer's gorgeous debut album Río Abajo.
Juri Cainero: percussion Léonore Grollemund: cello Sylvain Rabourdin: violin Rebecca Roger Cruz: lead vocals |
...is La Lloroncita (Mexican son jarocho) performed by Diana Baroni. This song appears on the Argentine singer and musician's new album Mujeres.
| Diana Baroni: vocal Ronald Martin Alonso: viola da gamba Rafael Guel Frias: baroque guitar |
Happy New Year! I'd like to start it with Hixa mía by Almalé, from the Zaragoza-based band's new album of the same name.
| Pilar Almalé: viola da gamba, vocal Thomas Kretzschmar: violín Alex Comín: guitarra Fran Gazol: percussion |
Hispania & Japan: Dialogues is a project by Jordi Savall that commemorates arrival of Francis Xavier to Japan in 1549. It features Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Japanese musicians Masako Hirao, Hiroyuki Koinuma, Ichiro Seki and Yukio Tanaka. This week's song is Senhora del Mundo performed by the late Montserrat Figueras García (soprano) accompanied by Ken Zuckerman (sarod) and Prahbu Edouart (tabla).
The Renaissance song Din Din has been performed by many vocal ensembles — check YouTube, for example. I first heard this version performed by (then) all-female Afro-Belgian band Zap Mama. Incidentally, that is the only song in Spanish I heard from them, but I loved all their a cappella songs from this album.
Dindirin danya, dindirindin. |
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Kirill
