A study of the evolution of musical style in Hispanic churches in the New World reveals a remarkable melding of a number of cultures. Spanish colonists carried the musical traditions of the European Renaissance to the native people of the Americas, and, through time and circumstance, these traditions merged in the American Southwest to create a musical genre with a rich historical grounding.

Track Listing:

1-5 Misa Criolla - Ariel Ramirez 1. Kyrie - [ 3:17 ] 2. Gloria - [ 5:42 ] 3. Credo - [ 3:13 ] 4. Sanctus - [ 1:44 ] 5. Agnus Die - [ 4:06 ]       6-7 Two Aztec Songs to the Virgin - Don Hernando Franco 6. Santa Maria yn ilhuicac - [ 1:38 ] 7. Dios itlaconantzine - [ 3:03 ] 8. Sancta Maria, succurre miseris - Cristóbal de Morales 9. Alleluia! Dic nobis Maria - Francisco López Capillas - [ 3:27 ] 10. Sanctus and Hosanna - Francisco Guerrero - [ 4:12 ] 11. In Annuntiatione Benissimae Mariae - Tomás Luis de Victoria - [ 2:27 ] 12. Egregie Doctor - Antonio de Salazar/Manuel de Sumaya - [ 3:57 ] 13. Sol-fa de Pedro - Manuel de Sumaya - [ 6:20 ] 14. In manus tuas - Sebastián de Vivanco - [ 3:15 ] 15. Sá qui turo zente pleta - Anonymous - [ 4:30 ] Total Playing Time - [ 55:48 ]