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Los Musicos de su Alteza
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Luis Antonio González founded the present ensemble in 1992 with the aim of reviving the most significant works from that particular period in Spanish baroque. The group works closely with scholars and musicologists, in order to perform as faithfully as possible the original composition. As a result of a deep investigation, Los Músicos de Su Alteza, has re-discovered Joseph Ruiz Samaniego's Villancicos, Vísperas and Lamentaciones as well as works by Juan Pérez Roldán, Filippo Coppola (his opera El robo de Proserpina and his Requiem) and José de Nebra.
In March 2000 Los Músicos de Su Alteza inaugurated their own concert season "Música Antigua en la Real Capilla de Santa Isabel de Portugal", supported by Zaragoza's Local Authority and Council. This new role allowed them to approach the European baroque repertoire, which they are now performing on a regular basis (Bach, Händel, Pergolesi, etc...).
Los Músicos de Su Alteza have appeared at prestigious festivals (Ambronay, Fribourg, Sevilla, Murcia, Salamenca, Gijón, Jaca, Cuenca, Lyon, Lessay) and in the best concert venues in Spain and abroad such as Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Catedral in Barcelona, Ateneu G. Enescu in Bucharest, Ambronay Festival, Fribourg's Sacred Music Festival, Den Haag festival, Maggio dei Monumenti in Naples, Festival Spaziomusica in Sassari, Quartu Sant'Elena in Sardegna and Automne Musical in Tunis. Last September, Los Musicos embarked on a tour of 9 concerts on the ‘Camino de Compostelle' in both France and Spain.
Their discography include Miserere and La Divina Filotea by José Nebra for which they received great acclaim, including a Diapason d'Or and a CD Compact 2000's prize. More recently, they have just released Los Villancicos by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego for the ALPHA Productions label, which was presented in the Arques-la-Bataille festival.
Los Músicos de Su Alteza was honoured with a prize at the 9th International Competition Van Wassenaer for early music ensembles in Den Hague in 1996.
Founding members of AEGIVE (Asociación Española de Grupos Instrumentales y Vocales Especializados), Los Músicos de Su Alteza collaborate regularly with CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research). The ensemble is sponsored by the Gobierno de Aragón and the Orange Foundation.
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Fondé en 1992 par son directeur artistique Luis Antonio González, l'ensemble Los Musicos de Su Alteza souhaite ranimer cette flamme artistique et faire revivre les joyaux de la musique espagnole du XVIIème siècle. Leur travail de recherche approfondi sur les partitions, techniques de jeu et instrumentations a contribué à largement dépasser les frontières ibériques de leur répertoire qui s'étend désormais de Monteverdi au classicisme viennois.
Grâce à ce retour aux sources accompli, il est maintenant possible au public d'entendre de magnifiques œuvres espagnoles oubliées telles que les Villancicos, les Vêpres et les Lamentations de Joseph RUIZ-SAMANIEGO ou de Juan PÉREZ-ROLDÁN, l'opéra El robo de Proserpina de Filippo COPPOLA ou les œuvres de José de NEBRA dont le Requiem et le Miserere. Par un truchement d'influences, Los Musicos offrent également une série de programmes faisant voyager l'auditeur dans les diverses cours européennes (Naples, Vienne, etc...)
Los Musicos de Su Alteza se sont produits en Espagne: Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Festival de Musique Ancienne d'Aranjuez, Círculo del Liceo de Barcelone, Festival Internacional de Música Antigua de Séville, au Palais des Congrès de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, Pórtico de Semana Santa à Zamora, Semana Internacional de Música Antigua de Gijón, Música Barroca en San Juan de Dios de Murcia, Semana de Música Religiosa à Cuenca, Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza de Jaén, et en Europe: Maggio dei monumenti à Naples, Quartu Sant'Elena [Laboratorio di Musica Antica] en Sardaigne, Festival Spaziomusica de Sassari, Autumne Musical à Tunis, Ateneu G. Enescu de Bucarest, Festival d'Ambronay, Festival International de Musiques Sacrées à Fribourg, Festival de La Haye, etc..
Huit ans après avoir créé la série Música Antigua en la Real Capella de Santa Isabel de Portugal à Zaragosse, Los Musicos agrandissent leur formation et abordent des chefs-d'œuvre tels que les cantates et suites d'orchestre de J.-S. BACH, les Concerti Grossi de HAENDEL ou le Stabat Mater de PERGOLÈSE, ainsi que le classicisme viennois.
Le groupe compte parmi ses enregistrements le Miserere et La Divina Filotea de José Nebra, et la sortie récente des Villancicos de Joseph Ruiz Samaniego marque le début d'une fructueuse collaboration avec le label ALPHA Productions. Leur prochain enregistrement sera consacré à la pièce de José de Nebra : Amor aumenta el valor.
Depuis 1994, l'ensemble espagnol collabore régulièrement avec le département musicologique du Conseil Supérieur des Investigations Scientifiques. Il est subventionné par le Gobierno de Aragón et de l'INAEM et soutenu par la Fondation Orange.
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Discography
Los Musicos de su Alteza
Discography
Future Releases:
José de NEBRA: Amor aumenta el valor
Alpha
2009
Joseph Ruiz SAMANIEGO: La vida es sueño... Villancicos
Alpha 153
2006
José de NEBRA (1702-1768): Miserere
José de NEBRA: Escena del auto sacramental El Diablo mudo (1751)
José de NEBRA: Miserere mei Deus
Música Antigua Aranguez Ediciones
MAA 005
2002
Terra Tremvit: 17th Century Spanish Music for Holy Week
Works by Domingo HERNÁNDEZ, Jusepe XIMÉNEZ, Pedro XIMÉNEZ DE LUNA, Pablo
BRUNA, Joseph Ruiz SAMANIEGO and Anon.
Arsis 4158
2000
Música en la Seo
Works by Jean François DANDRIEU, Sebastián AGUILERA DE HEREDIA, Fray Manuel CORREA, Bernardo del RÍO, Jusepe XIMÉNEZ, Fray Jerónimo GONZÁLEZ, Juan de PADILLA, Andrés de SOLA, Miguel SORIANO, Sebastián AGUILERA DE HEREDIA and Anon.
Prames - ISBN: 84-95116-85-5
1998
Joan CABANILLESs: Tientos Y Pasacalles
Joan CABANILLES: Duo El galán que ronda las calles al Santísimo Sacramento, a 2
Joan CABANILLES: Pasacalles de tercer tono
Joan CABANILLES: Villancico Mortales, qui amáis, tono al Santísimo Sacramento, a 4
Hortus/Dorian - DP HORTUS 013 / DOR-93185
1996
IN ICTV OCVLI: 17th century Spanish music
Works by Carlos PATIÑO/ Francisco NAVARRO, Joseph Ruiz SAMANIEGO, Andrea
FALCONIERO, Juan Berges, Juan PÉREZ ROLDÁN and Anon.
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Repertoire
Los Musicos de su Alteza
Repertoire
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PROGRAMMES 2008-2009 |
| José de NEBRA (1702-1768) : MISERERE With scene from El Diablo mudo (1751) 2 sopranos, 13 musicians, conductor |
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) : IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA Madrigals from books VII and VIII 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass, 9 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
José de NEBRA (1702-1768): AMOR AUMENTA EL VALOR Dramma armónica for the engagement of the Prince of Asturias, Don Fernando, with the Portuguese Princess, Doña María Bárbara (Lisbon, 1728) 3 sopranos, tenor, 16 musicians, conductor |
AVSTRIACA GLORIA. Música del s. XVII en las cortes europeas de los Austrias 2007 – 350 años de la muerte de Fernando III 2008 – 350 años de la coronación del emperador Leopoldo I. 400 años de la muerte de Fernando II Works by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopoldo I, Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Giovanni Maria Pagliardi, Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli, Carlos Patiño / Francisco Navarro, Felipe Coppola, Juan De Padilla, Antonio Bertali, Giovanni Felice Sances Soprano, tenor, 6 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
ARDEAT COR MEUM. Visiones del Eros místico Works by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego and Luigi Rossi (Un peccator pentito, oratorio a 5) 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, 7 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
CORONAD LA SAGRADA RIBERA Villancicos by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego (fl. 1653–1670) on the banks of the River Ebro 3 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenor, bass and 11 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
José de NEBRA (1702-1768): REQUIEM Offices and Service for the funeral of Nª. Sª. Doña María Bárbara de Portugal, who benefit from God (1758) CHOIR I (soloists) 2 sopranos, alto, tenor CHOIR II 3 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 3 basses 18 musicians, conductor |
Francisco Xavier GARCÍA FAJER (1730-1809): Siete palabras de Cristo en la Cruz 2 sopranos, narrator, 5 musicians (including conductor from the organ) |
TIERNO MANJAR XVIIth century Spanish Music for the Corpus Christi Works by Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Carlos Patiño / Francisco Navarro, Manuel Correa, Juan de Padilla, Cristóbal Galán, Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, Juan Pérez Roldán, Miguel Juan Marqués 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 7 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
CANTATE MORALI & CANZONETTE Works by Claudio Monteverdi, Maurizio Cazzati, Marco Uccellini, Francesco Turini… Soprano, tenor, 6 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord) |
HAYDN & GARCÍA FAJER Arias and Symphonies Haydn (Symphonies No 83 and 26), Francisco Javier García (Arias) Soprano, 26 musicians, conductor |
François Couperin (1668-1733) : LEÇONS DE TÉNÈBRES POUR LE MERCREDI SAINT with a Suite by Marin MARAIS (1656-1728) and Pièces de Clavecin by François COUPERIN 2 sopranos, 2 musicians (including conductor from the harpsichord/organ) |
José de NEBRA (1702-1768) : LA DIVINA FILOTEA (1745) Religious drama by Calderón de la Barca 4 sopranos, 2 mezzos, tenor 20 musicians, conductor |
SCARLATTI & NEBRA Works by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) and José de Nebra (1702-1768) Soprano, 16 musicians and conductor |
José de NEBRA (1702-1768) : VENDADO AMOR ES, NO CIEGO Zarzuela first played in Madrid, August 3, 1744 Libreto by José de Cañizares 5 sopranos, 1 tenor, 25 musicians and conductor |
reviews
Los Musicos de su Alteza
reviews
| "Le Miserere de l’Espagnol José de Nebra était donne en première à Lyon grâce aux efforts conjugués du 25e Festival de Musique baroque et de l’Instituto Cervantes de Lyon…Précédée d’un important prélude, El Diablo mudo, restaurée par le chef et musicologue Luis Antonio Gonzalez sur un beau poème de Caideron, et interprétée par un remarquable ensemble d’instruments d’époque, Los Musicos de su Alteza, l’œuvre bénéficiait de la présence de deux voix idéales d’étoffe et de style, Maria Espada et Olalla Aleman. Succès sans ombre, surtout après deux duos de zarzuelas de même époque." |
| Philippe Andriot - Le Tout Lyon, December 2007 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza play with incredible vigour." |
| R de recomendado Eduardo Torrico, Cd Compact, June 2007 |
| "El director aragonés firma unas estupendas versiones, llenas de detalles dinámicos y de fraseo, con articulaciones muy marcadas y un equilibrio ideal para las voces… Otro disco importante para la música española" |
| E de excepcional Pablo J. Vayón, Scherzo, June 2007 |
| "Luis Antonio González realiza un trabajo perfecto, con una cuerda brillante y poderosa en los allegros y capaz de matizar con sobriedad en los tempos lentos como lo hace en la intensa y emotiva introducción. Una versión absolutamente imprescindible." |
| Variaciones, April 2007 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza dejan al público boquiabierto… La música de los intérpretes de ‘su Alteza’, las bellas voces que les acompañan, la iluminación, el escenario, el vestuario, el tempo enigmático que se respira en la obra, hacen de este espectáculo una de las funciones más interesantes y de mayor calidad del Festival de Almagro." |
| Carmen Obregón, La Tribuna de Ciudad Real, 8th July 2007 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza played with extraordinary force and character. Some of the contrasts might be considered brusque but the occasion merited something as lively, energetic, and passionate." |
| Pablo J. Vayón, Diario de Sevilla, 3rd April 2007 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza (…) with a splendid group of singers (…) and highly concentrated instrumentalists under orders from Luis Antonio González, enlightened and wise in this type of proposal, achieved (…) an atmosphere that thrilled and brightened an age. A real success." |
| J. Á. Vela del Campo, El País, 25th March 2007 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza defend José de Nebra’s music as if it were their own, fully dedicated to the recovery of the Aragonese composer (…) A demonstration of divine inspiration." |
| Alberto González Lapuente, ABC, 2nd April 2007 |
| "Their concert in Aranjuez two days ago, dedicated exclusively to music written by the Calatayud- born composer José de Nebra was exquisite. (...) The group based in Zaragoza has had an extremely rigorous career in its demands for musicological foundations. Their reading of the Miserere was of a very rare intensity. The musicians thoroughly enjoyed the art of making music, the conductor inspired vitality and the singers shone in their performances. Raquel Andueza was vibrant, like a volcano in full eruption while the very young Olalla Alemán performed in great melodic taste and extraordinary refinement. All of them together transmitted a flawless sensation of power and strength. Nebra's music flooded the Capilla de Palacio. The theoreticians did not overrate the score. It is, in fact beautiful. Even more so when played with the grandiosity of an orchestral distribution without the restrictions of a smaller chamber ensemble. (...) The audience appreciated the singularity of the concert, right from the beginning to end, when they bid farewell to the musicians with a standing ovation. This was well deserved. Los Músicos de Su alteza have sailed through Aranjuez, as Luigi Nono would say, like “a wave of strength and light”. We will be speaking well of this wonderful Aragonese group for a long time to come." |
| J.A. Vela del Campo, El País, 29th May 2006 |
| "an excellent concert" |
| Federico Hernández, Scherzo, May 2005 |
| "It’s impossible to say something concrete. Impressive continuo –double harpsichord-, magnificent violins, and a singer’s duet that stands out in musicality and expressiveness, which are complete. As Literes said in one of his cantatas: «Más no puede ser»" |
| Álvaro de Dios, La Gaceta, 2nd December 2004 |
| "The ensemble conducted by Luis Antonio González presented itself into very serious and severe performing premises, which we can compare to any of the great ensembles devoted to early music. This musicians’ sound did not have to envy any of those, achieving a sharp style in rhythms and dynamics, and a juicy one in details. However, if we liked the instrumental chapter, we loved more the vocal one, being able to appreciate the tenor’s beautiful timbre of José Pizarro, and especially the charming voice of Raquel Andueza" |
| G. Moral Álvarez, Alerta, 23rd May 2004 |
| " It was, without any doubt, one of the most interesting musical evenings that Gamazo’s building has hosted. This Enlightment period jewel [Amor aumenta el valor, by José de Nebra] had in the baroque orchestra Los Músicos de su Alteza a fresh and incisive performance, very well presented by the focussed direction of Luis Antonio González" |
| R. Hontañón, El diario montañés, 23rd May 2004 |
| "A magnificence version of Carissimi’s oratorio Jephte" |
| Francisco Javier Aguirre, CD Compact, March 2003 |
| "A new and excellent contribution from Los Músicos de Su Alteza to the knowledge of our historical heritage" |
| Andrés Ruiz Tarazona, Diverdi issue 110 |
| "This group is one of the best that we have in Spain (...) due to the individual and collective quality of the performers, due also to their personal (and really interesting) vision of Spanish baroque music. And due to that wonderful drive that a muse seems to blow to them..." |
| Francisco de Paula Sánchez, CD Compact, January 2000 |
| "One of the most demanded groups of the moments" |
| Cosme Marina, CD Compact, September 1999 |
| "A breath of fresh air. A fantastic job from the Aragonese group Los Músicos de Su Alteza in this interesting review of the Spanish baroque music from the XVIIth Century. Unknown pieces that, thanks to the work of musicologists’ and the group’s director, Luis Antonio González, can be performed today. The instrumentalists and singers perform this music with an outstanding taste and stylistic knowledge." |
| Raúl Mallavibarrena, Ritmo, February 1998 |
| "Here there is passion, expressiveness and technique: this disc [IN ICTV OCVLI ] is terrific, outstanding, or if you prefer so, Prize CD Compact." |
| Francisco de Paula Sánchez, CD Compact, July-August 1997 |
| "With musicians like these, the quality of our repertoire is assured" |
| Jacobo de Regoyos, Amadeus, May 1997 |
| "Los Músicos de Su Alteza have gone deeply into the expression of the pieces, having a focussed intention and a hint of drama that fits the scores, which are stunning due to their religious and sensual amalgam, almost erotic; a very refined and intense music came to life again by an impeccable instrumental group (…) and admirable voices." |
| Antonio Lasierra, El Periódico, 10th October 1996 |
| "A simply and utterly memorable concert. Bravo." |
| Joaquín Aranda, Heraldo de Aragón, 9th October 1996 |
| "The performance was excellent, with Luis Antonio González directing the vocal and instrumental group Los Músicos de Su Alteza (…) All of them offered an authentic stylistic and refined musicality lesson." |
| Pau Nadal, El País, 27th July 1995 |