Raquel Andueza - Andueza, Raquel : Tarquinio Merula: La Galania - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Ten Vars on a Theme from Gluck's Armida 2. Andante Spianato, Op.22 3. Landler, D.145 Nos.2-5/Ecossaisen, D.421 Nos.1-2, D.145 Nos.1-3/Letzte Walzer, D.146 Nos.20 & 1 4. Scenes of Childhood, Op.15 Of Foreign Lands and People/Strange Story/Catch Me If You Can/Child 5. Five Vars on a Theme of Rode, Op.33 'La Ricordanza'

Of all the evils that threatened the Spanish monarchy around 1600, perhaps the worst was the inclination of it's subjects towards enjoyment and debauchery, which led to the creation and practice of a myriad of festive and lascivious dances. Thus, dance-songs were censured and prohibited, and accompanied by severe punishments (lashes, galleys, exiles...) With lost or non-existent scores, the only way to revive these dances has been by reconstructing their melodies and rhythms from their surviving evidence the poems and the harmony. An adventure to recreate and perform the words that the moralists pointed out as InchobsceneInch, and the provocative gestures of the female dancers, who carried out Inchawkward and dirty acts with extreme dishonesty, wiggling and innuendos, embracing and kissing using mouth and arms, loins and the whole body as it is done in brothels.Inch There is no other solution but to completely eradicate such pernicious practices that were Inchcoming straight out of hell to seriously offend our Lord.Inch Rachel Andueza and La Galania present these songs in all of their originality and sensuality.

Album Tracks 1. Ormindo~Sinfonia 2. Ormindo~Miracolo D'Amore 4. Ormindo~Un Talamo ed Un Letto 6. Egisto~Sinfonia 10. Erismena~Ahi Questo è Il Fine Amaro 12. nozze di Teti di Peleo, opera~Ballo 13. Egisto~Or Che L'Aurora 15. Egisto~Amanti, Sperate