Gordon Ferries - La Preciosa

(March 2006) Jacaras I * Passacalles Sobre la D * Marionas * Fuga Por la Primer Tono Al Ayre Espanol * Parvanas Por la D, Con Partidas al Aire Espanol * Zarabanda * Preludio o Caprichio Arpeado * Sesquilatera * Alemanda, La Preciosa * Coriente * Zarabanda Francesa * Passacalle * Canrarios I * Folias * Matachin * Jacaras II * Chacona * Canarios II * Passacalles Por la C * Villanos * La Coquina Francesa * Lantururu

17th century Spanish guitar music played with panache and flair. Warning * this album contains two Zarabandas, public performance of which was punished by flogging, and a term in the galleys!

Superb music, but not in the least “precious”. It may sound quaint and sweet to us, but don't forget that this was the contemporaneous equivalent of punk - immoral, lewd, and proud of it!