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FLORILEGIUM

Bolivian Baroque Vol. 2

 

Balbi (1720-1775)

Sonata No. IX (AMCh 269; So23)

J.J.I. Brentner (1689-1742)

Glória et honóre (AMCh 199 Mo 17)

J.de Araujo (1646-1712)

Cayósole al Alba (ANB, Musica 831)

Si el Amor (ANB, Musica 896)

Anon (C.XVIII)

Quis me a te (AMMoxos)

G.B. Bassani (1657-1716)

Missa Encarnación (AMCh 032)

P. Locatelli (1695-1764)

Sonata No.X (AMCh 270; Co 24)

Anon (C.XVIII)

Stella caeli (ANB, Musica 705)

Anon (C.XVIII)

Tota salutis (AMMoxos)

Anon (CXVIII)

Salve Regina (AMCh 131)

Anon (CXVIII)

Tota pulchra (ANB, Musica 722)

Traditional Bolivian Melody

arr. Florilegium

Don Januario, special guest

 

Arakaendar Bolivia Choir

 

When Channel Classics transported hundreds of kilograms of recording equipment last year to the Mission Church of Concepción deep in the Bolivian jungle, no one really knew what to expect. The triumphant result is the fastest selling CD in Channel Classics’ history.

 

Now the word is spreading and Florilegium and Channel Classics have been back for a second helping. With the continuing support of the Prince Claus Fund, a Dutch Intercultural Exchange Institute, we returned to Bolivia last April for an even more ambitious project - recording a new CD, including a complete Mass, the Missa Encarnación, with a chamber choir formed at Christmas time from Bolivian singers who had never sung together.

 

The results are stunning, the choir responding to intensive coaching to produce a magnificent sound; the CD promises to be another great success. A European tour of the chamber choir is already being planned for early 2008. With a huge amount of music still to be catalogued, edited and performed, the project is attracting media interest around the world.

 

CBS television is planning an edition of 60 Minutes in November devoted to Florilegium and the re-discovery of this archive.

 

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