Overshadowed by such prominent Spanish Renaissance composers as Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Juan Esquivel was considered a minor and fairly obscure figure until his reputation was elevated by inclusion in the revised edition of Robert Stevenson's Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age . Today, his works are increasingly appreciated by modern scholars and listeners thanks to the discovery in 1973 of a large volume of Esquivel's music, published in 1613, which included masses, ...
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Overshadowed by such prominent Spanish Renaissance composers as Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Juan Esquivel was considered a minor and fairly obscure figure until his reputation was elevated by inclusion in the revised edition of Robert Stevenson's Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age . Today, his works are increasingly appreciated by modern scholars and listeners thanks to the discovery in 1973 of a large volume of Esquivel's music, published in 1613, which included masses, psalms, Magnificats, hymns, a Te Deum, a Requiem, and numerous antiphons and responsories. De Profundis -- an all-male chamber choir of 22 voices based in Cambridge -- performs in the vocal tradition of the Spanish cathedral choirs of the period, and its leader, Eamonn Dougan, achieves a fine blend of voices that is magnificently complemented by the resonant acoustics of St. George's Church, Cambridge. The group gives pride of place to Esquivel's parody mass, Missa Hortus...
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