SEPHARDIC MUSIC:
A CENTURY OF RECORDINGS
Hespèrion XX, Weltliche Musik im Christlichen und Jüdischen Spanien
Label and Number: Odeon EMI Reflexe 1C 163-30 125/126
Format: LP
Year Released: 1976
City, State, Country Released: Germany
78-era Sephardic Songs:
Pregoneros van y vienen
El rey de Francia tres hijas tenía
Una matica de ruda
Palestina hermoza
Nani, nani
El rey que tanto madruga
Por qué llorax blanca niña
Moricos los mis moricos
Lavava y suspirava
Paxarico tu te llamas
La reina Xerifa mora
Por allí pasó un cavallero
Why this recording appears on our home page
In 1976 Hespèrion XX, led by gambist Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras, released a 2-LP recording titled "Music from Christian and Jewish Spain." With Victoria De los Angeles, Hespèrion XX laid down a template that has been used widely ever since: medieval instruments, medieval sounding arrangements, medieval claims for much of the music and vocalists typically performing in an art song or folk-inflected style.