Torres | Villancicos Vol. 2

These volumes are a compilation of villancicos by José de Torres, organist at the Spanish Royal Chapel since 1687, and later on chapelmaster, from 1720 until his death in 1738. Due to the positions he held at the Royal Chapel, Torres was the main composer of sacred music in the Madrid court during the first decades of the 18th-century, although this shouldn't make us forget that he also brilliantly cultivated the secular genre of cantadas humanas and even of theater music. Despite being almost unknown today, Torres had great prestige among his contemporaries, which meant that his works circulated widely throughout the various Hispanic territories. Many of his villancicos are still preserved in Latin America, especially in Mexico and Guatemala.

Contents:

- Al cándido velo. Villancico al Santísimo a 4º con violines y trompas ad libitum. SSAT; 2 violins, 2 optional French horns, bc. 

- Arda en las aras. Cuatro al Santísimo con violines y [oboe]. SSAT; oboe, 2 violins, bc. 

- Arpones dulces. Villancico al Santísimo a 4 con violines y oboe. SSAT; oboe, 2 violins, bc. 

- Buena la han hecho, &c. Cuatro a Nuestra Señora de la Concepción con violines y sin ellos. Año 1734. SSAT; 2 optional violins, bc. 

- Canten afectos. 4º al Santísimo con violines. SSAT; 2 violins, bc. 

- En obsequios rendidos. Al Santísimo a 4 con violines. SSAT; 2 violins, bc. 

- Miren una gloria. Villancico a 4 de Concepción. SSAT; 2 violins, bc. 

- Pajarillos, del aire [violines]. Cuatro a Nuestra Señora  con violines. SSAT; 2 violins, bc. 

- Piedad, señor divino. A 4 con violines y basso. SSAT; 2 violins, bc. 

- Qué planta, &c. Villancico al Santísimo a 4 con violines y oboe. SSAT; oboe, 2 violins, bc. 

- Si ves moverse las piedras. Tres de pasión. 1738. SAT; 2 violins, bc.