Cantus Records is a Spanish classical music record label based in Madrid founded in 1996 by José Carlos Cabello. Cabello originally was one of the founders in 1991 of the
Glossa Records Glossa is a classical music record label based in Spain. The label was founded in 1992 by brothers José Miguel Moreno, a lutenist, and Emilio Moreno a violinist. The label is Spain's first independent classical label.Billboard - 18 Jul 1998 - Page ...
label led by
José Miguel Moreno José Miguel Moreno (Madrid, 1955) is a Spanish specialist of historical plucked string instruments, such as the vihuela, lute, theorbo, and guitars. In 1977 he won the First Prize of the Incontri Chitarristici di Gargnano (Italy) and later many ...
and
Emilio Moreno Emilio Moreno is a Spanish violin and viola player and conductor. With his brother José Miguel Moreno, a lutenist, he founded Glossa Music.Billboard - 18 Jul 1998 - Page 46 Vol. 110, No. 29 "One of the most compelling is Glossa, founded in 1992 as ...
.
[Schwann Opus: Fall 1999 Becky Barnhart - 1999 "One of the original Glossa founders, José Carlos Cabello, broke off in 1995 to create Cantus, a label of extraordinary aesthetic and musicological standards. Some groups simply shifted: La Venexiana, superb interpreters of Italian music at the "]
The label's first release was ''Bestiarum'' by
La Reverdie La Reverdie, stylized as "LaReverdie", is an Italian group performing polyphonic medieval and Renaissance music.
Group members
* Elisabetta de Mircovich - vocal, vielle
* Claudia Caffagni - vocal, lute, psaltery
* Livia Caffagni - vocal, flut ...
. Artists included
Musica Ficta (Spain)
Musica Ficta is a Spanish early music ensemble founded in 1992 by Raúl Mallavibarrena, who is also founder and director of Ensemble Fontegara, and of the record label Enchiriadis.
The current ensemble includes:
* Musica Ficta: Eva Juárez, Marta ...
,
La Venexiana
La Venexiana (founded 1995) is an Italian early music ensemble founded and led by Claudio Cavina, an Italian countertenor and conductor.
Cavina studied in Bologna with the American singer and musicologist Candace Smith (singer), Candace Smith, and ...
,
Dominique Vellard Dominique Vellard (born 1953) is a French tenor and specialist in medieval music. In 1979 he founded the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, a leading ensemble in the performance of Ars Nova music. He is also a composer.
Selected discography
Harmonic:
*Gre ...
. Then followed a hiatus in releases, La Venexiana and Vellard returning to Glossa. New releases began appearing again from 2011.
References
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