Juan Montón y Mallén: Alienta, mortal, alienta

Featuring

Alicia Lazaro
Capilla Jerónimo de Carrión
Juan Montón y Mallén

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Compositional Technique

The Mass features a double chorus with two sopranos and a quartet (soprano/alto/tenor/bass), allowing for interesting polychoral interplay.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The Spanish arias and tones on this album reflect the musical modernity of the 'first classicism,' emphasizing clarity, beauty in simplification, and transparency of forms.

Composer Biography

Montón y Mallén was a prolific composer, with about 450 works preserved, including 20 Masses, Psalms, Magnificats, and a significant collection of Spanish works.

Recording & Production

This recording is part of a project by the Don Juan de Borbón Foundation to recover Segovia's musical heritage, specifically studying and reconstructing significant 17th and 18th-century works.

Composer Biography

Juan Montón y Mallén, the composer, was born around 1730 in Aliaga (Teruel) and became the chapel master in Segovia in 1759, a position he held until his death in 1781.

Compositional Technique

The Mass's style is austere in form but shows great melodic invention and mastery of counterpoint, even with the limited resources available to the composer in Albarracín.