Francisco de Penalosa:
O lux beata trinitas
Sanctorum meritis

Gijs Levelt:
Romanza Belinfante (version 1)
Romanza Belinfante (version 2)

Pedro de Cristo:
Tristis est anima

Juan Vazquez:
Ay Ay

Diego Ortiz:
Sumens illud ave

Antonio Carreira:
Cancao a quattro glosada

Fernando Obradors:
Con amores, la mi madre from Canciones clasicas espanolas

Pedro de Escobar:
Sumens illud ave

Manuel Rodrigues Coelho:
Versos sobre Ave maris stella
Segunda Susana grosada

Tomas Luis de Victoria:
Versos sobre Ave maris stella

Juan Montes Capon:
Negra Sombra from Baladas Gallegas

Francisco Guerrero:
Todo quanto pudo dar

Juan del Encina:
Senora de hermesura

Juan de Anchieta:
Con amores, la mi madre

Toek Numan:
Vientos Ibericos

Antonio de Cabezon:
Ancor che col partire
Por un plasir

Hernando de Cabezon:
Dulce memoriae

Igor Stravinsky once said, “The only fitting comment on a piece of music is another piece of music,” and this thought has also fascinated BRISK for many years. Through the ages, compositions have been arranged for different instruments, embellished, or used as a source of inspiration to write entirely new pieces. Putting early music in new settings is an essential part of BRISK’s identity. The quartet has made many transcriptions and arrangements of both vocal and instrumental compositions, and often writes its own elaborate diminutions for existing pieces. Modern composers have been invited by BRISK to write a musical comment on a certain style or composition. All these things can be heard on this CD with music from Spain and Portugal.

The music reflects many different stylistic periods, from the end of the 15th century until today, and illustrates the influence of the different cultures which left their traces in Spain and Portugal. Hymns and chansons of the 16th century are combined with songs of a later date together with 21st century pieces inspired by fado and Sephardic songs.