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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Spanish Baroque (1600-1750)

Composer of the Week: Spanish Baroque (1600-1750): Episode 2

Spanish Baroque (1600-1750)

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Spanish Baroque (1600-1750), Episode 2

Donald Macleod on how composers at the Spanish court created their own musical theatre.

Madrid was unmoved by opera's growing popularity in Europe. Donald Macleod explores how composers at the Spanish court looked for their own way of bringing music into the theatre.

Donald Macleod explores the little-known music of 17th and 18th-century Spain.

The Italian invention of opera was rapidly taking Europe by storm but Madrid failed to be charmed by its new-fangled recitatives and arias. Donald considers how composers at the Spanish court looked for their own way of bringing music into the theatre.

Jose Marin: Ojos, pues me desdenais
Ensemble La Romanesca
Jose Miguel Moreno
Glossa GCD 920201 Tr 5

Jose Marin: Aquella sierra Nevada
Francisco Guerau: Marionas
Jose Marin: No piense Menguilla
Ensemble La Romanesca
Jose Miguel Moreno (director)
Glossa GCD 920201 Trs 12, 15 and 14

Juan Hidalgo: Ay amor, ay ausencia
Marta Almajano (soprano)
Juan Carlos Rivera (archlute)
Mike Fentross (baroque guitar)
Ventura Rico (viola da gamba)
Harmonia Mundi HMI987028 Tr 6

Anon/Guerau: Suite
Extempore String Ensemble
Helios CDH55098 Tr 4

Antonio de Literes: Acis y Galatea (excerpt)
Acis ...... Lola Casariego (mezzo-soprano)
Galatea ...... Marta Almajano (soprano)
Glauco ...... Xenia Meijer (mezzo-soprano)
Nereida ...... Maria Luz Alvares (soprano)
Tisbe ...... Marina Pardo (mezzo)
Momo ...... Jordi Ricart (baritone)
Al Ayre Espanol
Eduardo Lopez Banzo (director)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472775222 Trs 16-25.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod uncovers the little-known musical treasures of 17th and 18th-century Spain.

Donald Macleod shines a spotlight on the brilliant, but little-known musicians of 17th and 18th-century Spain and uncovers a hidden treasure-trove of masterpieces

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