“On this recording the continuo section includes both the guitarrón and the vihuela, both of them instruments of Mexican origin, alongside the harpsichord and the cello. This seems a logical choice – just as the forms and styles of Spanish architecture were, by the eighteenth century being transformed and given a distinctly ‘Mexican’ character, it seems reasonable to assume that a similar pattern would have held true in the Mexican performance of European music. Certainly it works in these performances, an attractive Mexican musical flavouring being added to an Italian original. The result is both distinctive and eminently listenable.” — Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International: owl.li/FJtMG
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:07:55 +0000
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