This exuberant collection brings together secular and sacred Spanish music that might have been exported to the new world in the 17th century. It's unfortunate that there is no known South American link for the biggest work on the disc – the splendidly belligerent Missa de Batalla in 12 parts by Cererols – but Juan de Araujo travelled to Bolivia and has a lovely two-choir Salve Regina, while Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco created the first Latin American opera and contributes two touching secular pieces here. The style is mainly European, a touch of Monteverdi mixed with a folk-tinged idiom. There's some wavery singing and a thudding bass, but lively pacing and buoyant rhythms under Leonardo García Alarcón.