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American Record Guide: (03/2017) 
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Reviewer: Charles Brewer
 

The title for this recording, “Music for TwoDynasties”, apparently refers to the services that Sebastian Duron (1660-1716) rendered to the church and King Carlos II. Following a series of ecclesiastical posts outside of Madrid, he was appointed as an organist to the court in 1691 and was elevated to chapel master in 1701. He served the court until the coronation of Philip V in 1706, after which he mostly lived in exile in southern France owing to his Hapsburg sympathies. Duron’s secular works have been well represented on a number of recent recordings, including his one-act opera, La Guerra de los Gigantes (Sept/Oct 2013), and selections of his tonadas (secular songs, mostly taken from his zarzuelas, S/O 2010, S/O 2011, J/A 2016, & Naxos 570458 from 2007).

Here we have a selection of his sacred works in Spanish, most of which predate his court appointment; they are from a manuscript of villancicos copied in 1690. Most are dedicated to the veneration of the Blessed Sacrament and could have been used on the Feast of Corpus Christi or, as discussed in the booklet, other more personal or communal occasions, such as the Forty-Hours Devotion. The selections range from the solo jacara for Christmas, ‘Vaya, pues, rompiendo el aire’ (also included on the 2016 collection mentioned above) to the double-choir responses for St Francisco Xavier and the Blessed Sacrament, both of which also include a virtuoso part for solo trumpet. This concerto-like use of the trumpet, brilliantly played by Hannes Rux, also reflects Duron’s incorporation of a decidedly Italian and operatic style—some of his more conservative colleagues complained about that. The nine singers and nine instrumentalists, led by Recasens, supply interpreta-tions that are both assured and vibrant. The booklet is informative and offers full texts and translations.


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