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Early Music from Latin America
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FIRST PUBLISHED 02 MAR 2025
This playlist explores the rich array of early music from Latin America written between the 16th and 18th centuries. We start with two anonymous tracks, followed by a chronological survey. Discover music by composers who lived and worked in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, some of whom were born there, whilst others made the journey across the Atlantic to the New World from Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Listen below or on our Spotify Playlist - Early Music from Latin America.
Anonymous: Matais de incêndios: I. Matais de incêndios
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Anonymous: Hanacpachap cussicuinin
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Hernando Franco: Dios itlazonantziné
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Gaspar Fernandes: ¡Viva Ignacio! ¡Viva!
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Gaspar Fernandes: Xicochi conetzintle
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Stabat Mater
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Ave Regina Caelorum
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Transfige, dulcissime Domine
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Deus in adiutorium
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Francisco López Capillas: Cui luna, sol et omnia
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Juan García de Zéspedes: Convidando esta la noche
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco: A este sol peregrino
Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco: La Púrpura de la rosa: Canzona
Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco: La Púrpura de la rosa: La Chácara
Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido
Juan de Araujo: En el muy gran Padre Ignacio
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Juan de Araujo: Dio de amor
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Antonio de Salazar: O sacrum convivium
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Manuel de Zumaya: ¡Albricias, Mortales!
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Domenico Zipoli: Ave maris stella
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Luís Álvares Pinto: 5 Divertimentos harmônicos: V. Oh! Pulchra es
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Emerico Lobo de Mesquita: Tercio: III. Ave Maria
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
Theodoro Cyro de Souza: Ascendit Deus
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Missa pastoril para a noite de natal: I. Kyrie
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Missa pastoril para a noite de natal: II. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Ex Cathedra, Jeffery Skidmore
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