The Ensemble Los Elementos was born in 2018 with the aim of performing for the first time with period instruments the zarzuela Vendado es Amor, no es ciego, by the composer José de Nebra, one of the greatest exponents of Spanish baroque. Founded by Alberto Miguélez Rouco, it is made up of musicians of different nationalities, most of them linked to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. One of its main objectives is the performance, recovery and dissemination of Spain's rich musical heritage, especially that of the 18th century.

In 2019 the group recorded Vendado es Amor, no es ciego by José de Nebra in collaboration with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for the Glossa record label, a recording that obtained an excellent national and international repercussion, which led them to perform this zarzuela at the Festival de Amigos de la Ópera de La Coruña in 2020. 

Their second disc, Cantadas, a solo album by Alberto Miguélez Rouco dedicated to the sacred works of José de Nebra and Francisco Corselli, was released in 2021, and the zarzuela Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa, also by José de Nebra, in October 2022, being the first world recording of the same. 

Recently the ensemble has participated, together with Miguélez Rouco, in the cycle Universo Barroco at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid with Vendado es Amor, no es ciego; in February 2023 they revived the great Miserere a 8 by José de Nebra in Basel; and in March 2023 they performed Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in a production by Rafael Villalobos. 

In January 2025, they released the recording of José de Nebra's opera Venus and Adonis in collaboration with the record label Aparté.