A Spanish Nativity - Stile Antico

The Spanish 'Golden Age' witnessed an astonishing musical flowering, fully worthy of the nation's new-found preeminence on the world stage. Focusing on works for Christmas and Epiphany, Stile Antico explores this glittering musical treasury, drawing together an irresistible mix of sumptuous polyphony and infectiously joyful folk dances. The centrepiece of the is the superbly rich and luminous Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria by Alonso Lobo. Interspersed between it's movements are motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero and Christóbal de Morales, an exuberant 'ensalada' by Mateo Flecha, and classic villancicos - traditional carols using folk melodies.

"In the sacred music, Stile Antico deliver performances of admirable contrapuntal clarity, sonic bloom and opulence; devotees of their approach won’t be disappointed." - Gramophone

Victoria: O magnum mysterium, motet
4:27

Guerrero, Francisco: Beata Dei genitrix Maria
6:57

Guerrero, Francisco: A un niño llorando
2:43

Lobo, A: Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria
8:52

Kyrie
4:03
Gloria
4:49

Flecha I: El Jubilate
6:53

Lobo, A: Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria: Credo
7:38

Flecha I: Riu, riu chiu
2:56

Lobo, A: Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria: Sanctus - Benedictus
5:42

Rimonte: De la piel de sus ovejas
3:53

Lobo, A: Missa Beata Dei genitrix Maria: Agnus Dei
2:51

Morales, C: Cum natus esset Jesus
11:18