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If our previous recording (Yr a oydo, 2010) intended to confront the enormous demand posed today by improvisation within early music, the main idea behind “Glosas” is to produce a disc in which each and every note I play are, in one form or another, mine (except, of course, for the original melodies): improvised, composed, or—in the case of Ganassi’s glosas—chosen by me.

1. Repertoire:

1. De tous biens playne — Roelkin (fl. 15th c.) / H. van Ghizeghem (ca. 1445-1497) [04:18]
2. Chi me dara piu pace — Marchetto Cara (ca. 1465-1525) [04:01]
3. Per dolor me bagno il viso — Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470-d.1534) [05:32]
4. Mille regretz — Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526-49) / J. des Prez [03:31]
5. Mille regretz — Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1521) [04:03]
6. Igno soave — Philippe Verdelot (ca. 1480-ca.1530) [06:19]
7. Madonna per voi ardo — Philippe Verdelot [05:46]
8. Anchor che col partire — Cipriano de Rore (ca.1515-1565) [06:33]
9. Une jeune fillette — Anon. (pub. 1576) [05:44]
10. Doulce Memoire — Pierre Regnault dit Sandrin (ca. 1490-ca.1560) [03:59]
11. Counterpoint on Ave Maris Stella — Vicente Parrilla (*1977) [02:49]
12. Counterpoint on La Spagna — Diego Ortiz (ca. 1510-1570) / Vicente Parrilla [03:44]
13. Diferencias sobre La Dama le demanda — Antonio de Cabezón (ca. 1510-1566) [02:38]
14. Passacaglia — (free improvisation) [09:15]

Glosas:

- Improvised glosas by Vicente Parrilla: track 1
- Glosas by Vicente Parrilla after S. Ganassi (1535): tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 10
- Glosas by Vicente Parrilla: tracks 5, 8, 9

2. A video of the Passacaglia improvisation, filmed live during the recording sessions of GLOSAS (track 9):

You thought “Yr a oydo” was good? Then “Glosas” will knock you out!

—Alina Rotaru, harpsichordist, Bremen.

3. Audio samples:

4. Performers:

GLOSAS was recorded at the same time as our previous disc, taking advantage of the available gaps during four hectic days in April of 2009 when we recorded Yr a oydo, which was a terrific effort on the part of the musicians involved, who I thank from my heart.

Vicente Parrilla, recorders, direction.
Raquel Andueza, soprano.
Miguel Rincón, lute & theorbo.
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba.
Rami Alqhai, viola da gamba.
Johanna Rose, viola da gamba.
Jesús Fernández, lute.
Javier Núñez, harpsichord.
Álvaro Garrido, percussion.

5. Downloads:

• Audio: Download a full track (Une jeune fillette) here [05:32].
• Booklet (EN, ES, DE) (pdf, 1.2MB)
• Presskit (.zip, 22.7MB)

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Recorded in April 2009 for German label Carpe Diem, Yr a oydo “resulta de una exuberancia, una vitalidad y una sensualidad deslumbrantes” (Diario de Sevilla), and features an innovative program we have been working at for a few years now—having had the opportunity to play it live on numerous occasions prior to recording it, in which the main protagonist is, undoubtedly, improvisation.

Yr a oydo (old Spanish for ‘Going by ear’) rethinks and contests the role of the modern performer of early music (who is often limited to performing just what is shown in the score), while trying to reinstate the creative side which not only belongs to his performance but, indeed, he should never omit. Yr a oydo is a unique project, in keeping with an extremely unusual proposition within the field of early music performance: the fully improvised performance of virtually all the pieces included in the CD.

Yr a oydo’s live performances have always been warmly received by the public –besides being cellebrated by the specialist press. Here are a few quotes:

One of the most original and powerful spectacles on offer from Spanish early music today.

—Scherzo

Vuelta de tuerca a la música antigua.

—La Nueva España, Asturias, December 21st, 2008

First press reactions start to arrive now:

Whereas for most period-instrument bands improvisation means judiciously adding ornaments, Mr. Parrilla and company go all out.
Mr. Parrilla, on recorder, takes turns with the other instrumentalists elaborating on the composers’ melodies, often adding modal touches and varying the rhythms, much as a virtuosic jazz band would do with a group of standards.

—The New York Times, February 17, 2011

Un trabajo lleno de fantasía, imaginación, hondura y virtuosismo, que en directo conforma un espectáculo fascinante, con mucho de sesión de jazz, y tal y como ha quedado recogido en este disco resulta de una exuberancia, una vitalidad y una sensualidad deslumbrantes.

—Diario de Sevilla on our latest CD Yr a oydo, April 10th, 2010

A new, two full-pages CD review was published last Saturday, April 17th 2011 at the culture magazine of the Spanish ABC newspaper (see page 1 & page 2).

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Vicente Parrilla, recorders & direction.
Raquel Andueza, soprano.
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba.
Jesús Fernández, lute, theorbo and guitar.
Miguel Rincón, vihuela, theorbo and guitar.
Javier Núñez, harpsichord.
Álvaro Garrido, percussion.

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Downloads:

• Booklet (ENG)
• Booklet (ES)
• CD Review — Published at Diario de Sevilla on April 10th, 2010.
• HQ photos from the recording session

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