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JOHN GRIFFITHS
The CD presents 21 works by Miguel de Fuenllana, performed by John Griffiths on the vihuela, with a total playing time of 58 minutes and 32 seconds.
Its programme draws on Orphenica Lyra, Fuenllana’s collection published in Seville in 1554, a landmark of Spanish Renaissance instrumental music.
Eight fantasias reveal his distinctive approach to imitative counterpoint and carefully balanced musical structure; the programme also includes a tiento, a duo, and the plaintive song “Si los delfines mueren de amores.”
These original works are interwoven with intabulations—vihuela arrangements of vocal music—by composers including Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Vázquez, and Claudin de Sermisy.
The booklet describes Fuenllana’s music as both intellectually intricate and introspective, joining architectural proportion with rhetorical expression to engage the listener’s mind and emotions.
Griffiths aims for an intimate sound in keeping with music-making of the period, using thumb-out technique and two gut-strung vihuelas made in Seville by Alfonso Marín.
John Griffiths (vihuela)
Miguel de Fuenllana Orphenica Lyra
TRACKING LIST
1. Fantasia [12] del author [fu034]
2. Et resurrexit de la Missa de L’homme arme. Morales. [fu015]
3. Fantasia [2] del author [fu014]
4. Benedictus de la Missa Mille Regretz. Morales fu100
5. Fantasia [4] del author [fu018]
6. De Antequera sale el moro, romance viejo. Morales [fu151]
7. Fantasia [51] de redobles [fu179]
8. ¿Con qué la lavaré? Villancico. Vásquez [fu143]
9. Tiento [2] del segundo tono [fu181]
10. Tant que vivray con su glosa. Sermisy [fu117-118]
11. Fantasia [10] del author [fu030]
12. Suscepit Israel Duo de Morales,[fu003]
13. Fantasia [31] del author [fu093]
14. De Antequera sale el moro, romance viejo. Morales [fu151]
15. Duo de Fuenllana [fu009]
16. Fecit potentia. Francisco Guerrero, [fu007]
17. Fantasia [7] del author [fu024]
18. De los álamos vengo. Villancico. Vásquez [fu148]
19. Duélete de mí, señora. Villancico. Vásquez [fu140]
20. Fantasía [23] remedando al motete Veni Domine de Morales [fu056]
21. Si los delfines mueren de amores. Endechas a tres por el author [fu178]
Vihuela in G (a=392), Alfonso Marín, Seville, 2022 (tracks 4, 6. 8, 11, 12, 19)
Vihuela in A (a=392), Alfonso Marín, Seville, 2024 (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 18, 20, 21)
Total time: 58’32”
shipping and handling incl.
RELEASE DATE: November 2026
Credits
Producer: Francisco Bernier
Publisher: Contrastes Records
Recording and editing: Thomas Grubb
Recorded at: Empire Studios, Heidelberg, Australia
Recording dates: 16–20 February 2026
Graphic designer: David Rezco
Liner notes: John Griffiths
Performer: John GriffithsVihuela in G (a=392), Alfonso Marín, Seville, 2022Vihuela in A (a=392), Alfonso Marín, Seville, 2024
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