Divided into two days, this recording includes the first part of the
drama of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which ends with
her death. It is based on the ‘consueta’ version of 1709.
Divided into two days, this recording includes the second part of the
drama of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, describing the
assumption and ending with the coronation of Mary. Polyphonic works are
most abundant in a work that developed over a long period with the
involvement of many different musicians.
Ever since its foundation in 1987, the Capella de Ministrers
ensemble, directed by Carles Magraner, has developed an important
investigative and musicological task in favour of the musical Spanish
patrimony, from the medieval times up to the 19th century. The result
transformed into musical testimony, brings together the perfection of
three key factors: the historical rigor, the musical sensibility and,
specially, an uncontrollable desire to communicate and they make us
participants of these experiences.
The ensemble has performed numerous concerts since its foundation and
has played in the best music venues in Spain: the Auditorio Nacional de España, the Palau de la Música de Valencia and the Palau de la Música
Catalana, Auditorio de León, Teatro de La Maestranza, El Escorial,
Centro Conde Duque, Auditorio de Castellón, Teatro Cervantes... It has
also participated in numerous festivals, such as the Festival de Música
Antiga de Barcelona, Madrid Cultural 1992 (with the recuperation of the
opera Los elementos by Antonio Literes), the Festival de Teatro Clásico
de Almagro, the Festival de Peralada, the Quinzena Musical Donostiarra,
Los Veranos de la Villa (Madrid), the Festival Grec (Barcelona), the
Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada and the Festival de
Música Religiosa de Cuenca, Serenates a la Universitat (Valencia),
Festival Are More (Vigo), Festival Medieval de Elche, International
Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, etc.
The group has also performed outside Spain, particularly in France,
Belgium, Rumania, Portugal, Holland, Egypt, Italy, Germany, Morocco,
England, Poland, Tunisia, Chile, Portugal, Greece, Argentina, Brazil,
the United States, Mexico, Finland, Austria, Cuba, Croazia, China,
Algeria, Sweden, Norway, Japan, etc.
In May 2008 Capella de Ministrers participated in the inauguration of
the "Casa de la Lengua Española en Rodas", chaired by His Majesty Queen
Sofia of Spain. The group took part in the same year in the official
acts that took place in the Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet to
commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the birth of James I of Aragon.
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