Por vida de mis ojos_Alfred - El Canto del Caballero

El Canto del Caballero
VALERIA MIGNACO SOPRANO
! ! ! ! ALFONSO MARIN VIHUELA
! ! ! ! ! ! ALFRED FERNANDEZ VIHUELA
Por vida de mis ojos
Music of the Spanish Reinaissance

VALERIA MIGNACO SOPRANO
! ! ! ! ALFONSO MARIN VIHUELA
! ! ! ! ! ! ALFRED FERNANDEZ VIHUELA
Soneto.................................................................Enríquez de Valderrábano (c. 1500- c.1557)
Lindos ojos habéis Señora....................................................Juan Vázquez (c. 1500- c.1560)
Por vida de mis ojos...........................................................................................Juan Vázquez
Decidle al Caballero............................................................Diego de Pisador (1510- c. 1557)
Andreas Christi famulus...............................................Cristóbal de Morales- Valderrábano
La Canción del Emperador................Josquin Desprez- Luís de Narváez (c. 1500- c. 1555)
Et in Spiritum Sanctum..................................................Cristóbal de Morales- Valderrábano
Con qué la lavaré...................................Juan Vázquez- Miguel de Fuenllana(c. 1500- 1579)
Fantasía de primer tono..................................................................................Luís de Narváez
Si me llaman a mi...................................................................Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510- 1580)
Por vida de mis ojos...........................................................................................Juan Vázquez
Dos fantasías de cuarto tono........................................................Enríquez de Valderrábano
Sacris solemnis...............................................................................................Luís de Narváez
Assiste parata!.......................................................................Nicolas Gombert- Valderrábano
Paseábase el Rey moro..................................................................................Luís de Narváez
Dúo de contrapunto.................................................................................Miguel de Fuenllana
Lindos ojos habéis Señora.................................................................................Juan Vázquez
Vihuelas de mano made by Sebatián Nuñez, Utrecht.
Valeria Mignaco and Alfonso Marin specialised on the voice-lute repertory during their studies
at the conservatories of The Hague and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and started their career as
a professional duo soon after their graduation. Since then they have carried out an intense
international concert activity.
Awarded with an honorific mention at the “Alte Musik Treff” Berlin 2005, they have performed
extensively in The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, England, France and Germany. The have given
concerts at prestigious festivals like the “Antonio de Cabezón Early Music Week” (Burgos, Spain),
Leicester Early Music Festival (England), Midis-Minimes (Belgium), Music for Galway (Ireland)
and Utrecht Early Music Festival (The Netherlands). Their first commercial CD with songs by John
Dowland and his contemporaries will be released in Febraury 2009 by the label Musica Ficta.
Alfred Fernández was born in 1970 in Barcelona, where he studied classical guitar with Jordi Codina,
Manuel González y Fernando Rodríguez. Later on he specialized in the early plucked string instruments such
as the lute, vihuela, baroque guitar, theorbo, etc. Formed mainly in a self-taught way, he has received
guidance from prestigious masters such as William Waters, Rolf Lislevand, Paul O'dette and John Griffiths.
He has recorded three solo CDs all of wich have been highly acclaimed by several specialized magazines such
as Répertoire, Le Monde de la Musique, Gramophone, Goldberg, Scherzo, Ritmo, Lute Society Magazine, etc.
His latest CD has been awarded with the Répertoires 10R award and has been highly rated by many
magazines. He has given solo concerts in Spain, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Brazil, United States,
Belgium, Greece and Italy. Recently he gave a solo recital at the Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival. He directs the
ensemble Silva de Sirenas.