Carlos V - Mille Regretz Anonymous Dit le Bourguygnon. Quand je bois du vin clairet. Hart° de tanta

Fanfarria Arbeau Belle que tiens ma vie CabezOn Diferencias sobre, 'Belle qui tiens ma vie' Enzina Amor con Fortuna. Todos los bienes del mundo Flecha La guerra - Todos los buenos soldados Isaac Fortuna disperata Janequin Pavana, 'La battaglia' per sonar Josquin Desprez Mille regretz (2 vers). Spagna. Vive le Roy Morales Circumdederunt me. Jubilate Deo omnis terra. Missa, 'Mille regretz' - Sanctus; Agnus Dei Parabosco pacem Domine Willaert Vecchie letrose

La Capella Reial de Catalunya;

Hesperion ,OCI / Jordi Savall Alia Vox C) AV9814 (76 minutes: DOD) Texts and translations included

Hesperion XXI and La Capella Reial perform to their usual high standard in this attractive collection of works linked to the life of Charles V

The latest recording from Hesperion I,OCI on Alia Vox - and the CDs are still coming thick and fast from this most prolific of groups - is a reconstruction with a difference: 'Carlos V' does not merely seek to reconstruct a particular event, but a whole life: that of the Emperor Charles V. A wide range of pieces are presented as having a connection, in one way or another, with Charles V, who had numerous works dedicated to him and who is known to have been taught music as a child and in later years to have enjoyed beating time to the music of Guerrero; indeed, he seems to have regarded himself as something of a musical connoisseur. An interesting figure, then, musically as well as historically, but the selection of pieces on the CD doesn't bear close scrutiny: yes, the chanson Mille regretz was said by the vihuelist Luys de Nat-vaez to be the 'Emperor's song', so presumably he liked it; and Morales' impressive motet Jubilate Deo (minis terra was written in celebration of a peace treaty negotiated by Charles. However, the relationship between a mid-15thcentury CanCiO77 and the Valencian uprisings of the first half of the 16th is less than clear, historically at least - a romantic interpretation of the