Various Composers - The Secrets of Andalusia (Lux Musicae London)

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1. Durme, durme ijiko de madre (‘Sleep, sleep mother’s little son’)
2. Spagnolette
3. Españoletas
4. Tres morillas m’enamoran en Jaén (‘I fell in love with three Moorish girls in Jaén’)
5. A la una yo nací (‘At one o’clock I was born’)
6. Yo m’enamorí d’un aire (‘I fell in love with an illusion’)
7. Lassus: Glossada sobre Susana un jur (‘Divisions over our Susanne one day’)
8. A la una nací yo (‘At (one o’clock) I was born’)
9. Passacaglia
10. Ojos, pues me desdeñáis (‘Eyes, since you scorn me’)
11. Dindirin, dindirin
12. Nani Nani
13. Con qué la lavaré la tez de la mi cara? (‘With what shall I wash the skin of my face?’)
14. Trattado de Glosas,  Recercada segunda
15. Samai Andalus
16. Tears have betrayed my secrets in a valley
17. Canzoni fantasie et correnti da suonar, Vestiva i colli
18. Pueblo blanco
19. Qué me queréis, caballero? (‘What do you want from me, sir?’)
20. Cuándo, cuándo podré lograrte, idolo de beldad? (‘When, when will I be able to attain you, idol of beauty?’)
21. Un sarao de la chacona, ‘A la vida bona’ (‘Chaconne to the Good Life’)

Lux Musicae London

Date: 2025

Label: First Hand Records

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We know that key influences on Flamenco date back to Islamic Iberia or the Al- Andalusian era of Spain between the 8th–15th centuries. Yet the first mention of Flamenco by name is not until 1774, where it appears in an epistolary novel, Cartas Marruecas, by the playwright and soldier, José de Cadalso y Vázquez.

What happened in these intervening centuries?

In collaboration with soprano Victoria Couper, kanun player, Konstantinos Glynos, and oud/Flamenco guitarist, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, this album seeks to explore this question by tracing the influences on Flamenco through Arabic music alongside Sephardic song and the Spanish composers of the late-16th to 18th centuries.

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