Yr a oydo, my ensemble’s latest, much awaited CD, has been just released and it’s already available right here!
It’s More Hispano’s second CD in eleven long years, so that’s a big event for us!

Recorded in April 2009 for German label Carpe Diem, Yr a oydo “resulta de una exuberancia, una vitalidad y una sensualidad deslumbrantes” (Diario de Sevilla), and features an innovative program we have been working at for a few years now—having had the opportunity to play it live on numerous occasions prior to recording it, in which the main protagonist is, undoubtedly, improvisation.

Yr a oydo (old Spanish for ‘Going by ear’) rethinks and contests the role of the modern performer of early music (who is often limited to performing just what is shown in the score), while trying to reinstate the creative side which not only belongs to his performance but, indeed, he should never omit. Yr a oydo is a unique project, in keeping with an extremely unusual proposition within the field of early music performance: the fully improvised performance of virtually all the pieces included in the CD.

Yr a oydo’s live performances have always been warmly received by the public –besides being cellebrated by the specialist press. Here are a few quotes:

One of the most original and powerful spectacles on offer from Spanish early music today.

—Scherzo

Vuelta de tuerca a la música antigua.

—La Nueva España, Asturias, December 21st, 2008

First press reactions start to arrive now:

Whereas for most period-instrument bands improvisation means judiciously adding ornaments, Mr. Parrilla and company go all out.
Mr. Parrilla, on recorder, takes turns with the other instrumentalists elaborating on the composers’ melodies, often adding modal touches and varying the rhythms, much as a virtuosic jazz band would do with a group of standards.

—The New York Times, February 17, 2011

Un trabajo lleno de fantasía, imaginación, hondura y virtuosismo, que en directo conforma un espectáculo fascinante, con mucho de sesión de jazz, y tal y como ha quedado recogido en este disco resulta de una exuberancia, una vitalidad y una sensualidad deslumbrantes.

—Diario de Sevilla on our latest CD Yr a oydo, April 10th, 2010

A new, two full-pages CD review was published last Saturday, April 17th 2011 at the culture magazine of the Spanish ABC newspaper (see page 1 & page 2).

MORE HISPANO

Vicente Parrilla, recorders & direction.
Raquel Andueza, soprano.
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba.
Jesús Fernández, lute, theorbo and guitar.
Miguel Rincón, vihuela, theorbo and guitar.
Javier Núñez, harpsichord.
Álvaro Garrido, percussion.

Want to know more about More Hispano? You can visit our profile, read what the press says, or have a look at our photo gallery.

Downloads:

• Booklet (ENG)
• Booklet (ES)
• CD Review — Published at Diario de Sevilla on April 10th, 2010.
• HQ photos from the recording session

Buy now:

→ This CD is currently on sale until January 15, 2011. Buy now

Thanks!