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Cantoria

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A Hidden Gem of the Spanish Renaissance!A vibrant new recording explores Flechas musical world, where theatricality and polyphonic refinement are in perfect balanceIn 16th-century Spain, while the masters of the Flemish school flourished in the royal chapel and polyphonic music flourished, secular musicretaining traces of the era when non-Christians lived therealso saw a unique expansion. Frech, a Catalan monk-composer active in the Kingdom of Aragon in the eastern Iberian Peninsula, composed polyphonic music in various languages while serving the daughters of Charles I (Emperor Charles V). In particular, the Spanish secular music known as ensalada (meaning salad in Spanish)with its humorous, alluring, and dynamic contentpossesses a flavor unlike any other, and has been performed by many early music singers to date. This new recording by four up-and-coming singers active on the Iberian Peninsula of