Composer: Sebastián Duron
Performer: A Corte Musical, Eva Juárez
Conductor: Rogério Gonçalves
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pan Classics
Catalogue: PC10320
Release: 2016
Size: 305 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Vaya pues rompiendo el ayre
Las nuevas armas de amor
02. Auras Suaves
Veneno es de amor la envidia
03. Ondas, riscos, peces, mares
04. Espanoleta
Coronis
05. El marido que sufrido
06. Dioses piedad
El imposible mayor en amor, le vence amor
07. Yo no puedo
08. Chacona
09. La borrachita de amor (The girl inebriated by love)
Veneno es de amor la envidia
10. Llorad infaustos zagales
11. Passacalles de primer tono
El imposible mayor en amor, le vence amor
12. Se hacemos treguas
Sebastián Durón was, together with Antonio de Literes, the greatest Spanish composer of stage music of his time. He served as organist and choirmaster at various cathedrals (Seville, Cuenca, El Burgo de Osma, Plasencia) until in 1691 he was appointed master of the Royal Chapel of King Charles II in Madrid. He remained in this position until 1706, when he was suspended because of expressing support for the Archduke Charles of Austria during the War of Spanish Succession, which ended with the victory of the Bourbon King Philip V. Durón was forced into exile in France. He died in 1716 at Cambo-les-Bains, Aquitaine. Although Durón composed many sacred pieces, his main output was repertoire for the stage, mostly zarzuelas. On occasion of the 300th anniversary of Duron’s death in 1716, Rogério Conçalves and his ensemble A Corte Musical, joined by the Spanish soprano Eva Juárez, present on this CD a fine selection of arias taken from his zarzuelas. The pieces show great originality and dramatic quality and confirm Durón as one of the most important Spanish composers of stage music of all times.