by Ensemble Unicorn, Alfonso X El Sabio · Naxos · CD · EAN 0730099413329
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«Cantigas de Santa Maria» is the medieval music album composed by Alfonso X «El Sabio» and performed by the Ensemble Unicorn, released in 1995 by Naxos, on CD.
The disc features a selection of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a corpus of over four hundred monophonic songs in Galician-Portuguese compiled in the 13th century under the patronage of Alfonso X. It alternates devotional and instrumental pieces dedicated to the Virgin Mary, including «Rosa das rosas», «Entre Av'e Eva» and «Quen serve Santa Maria».
Catalogue number 8.553133, in Naxos's Early Music series. Recorded in November 1994; total duration, 60'23".
For early and medieval music enthusiasts interested in the repertoire of the 13th-century Castilian court.
