JORDI SAVALL
Lachrima Caravaggio Ferran Savall (vocals) / Le Concert des Nations / Hesparion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / SACD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] This new production from Alia Vox is a novelty in more ways than one. Almost all the music has been written by Jordi Savall, including a number of compositions and improvisations based on arrangements of works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Trabaci. |
TRADITIONAL
Ludi Musici: The Spirit of Dance 1450 - 1650 Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Le Concert des Nations / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Life-affirming music, exuberant yet elegant, given spirited, technically-brilliant, richly-textured realisations: five stars it is." BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ***** |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Baroque Splendor: Missa Salisburgensis Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] CD plus comprehensive book. The 'Missa Salisburgensis à 53 voci' (in comparison, 'Spem in alium' was written by Thomas Tallis for «only» 40 voices) is perhaps the largest-scale piece of extant sacred Baroque music, an archetypical work of the... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Marc Mauillon (Orfeo), Luciana Mancini (Euridice), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 26/May/2023 ] Jordi Savall is painting Monteverdi in the colours of the Mediterranean. The Catalan maestro has entrusted the title role of this foundational work of Western music to a remarkable baritone: the magnificent Marc Mauillon embodies Orfeo, his resonant... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
Missa Bruxellensis La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 16/Jul/2001 ] "The performance here, superlatively recorded in the the echoeing, but never blurring, acoustics of Salzburg Cathedral, re-creates the work's premiere, and is truly inspired. This marvellous disc cannot be too highly recommended." - Rosette. Penguin... |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Marc-Antoine Charpentier at the Royal Chapel in Versailles [2 SACDs plus DVD & large book] La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall, with Monterrat Figueras [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] "If you don't have any of the repertoire on your shelves this is an attractive way to acquire it…all the music is top drawer Charpentier with his rich harmony and lively counter-point." (Early Music Review). |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen and The Prophetess: Orchestral Suites Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Jun/2009 ] Suites from The Fairy Queen (1692) and The Prophetess (1690) recorded originally in 1996 by Le Concert des Nations under Jordi Savall, re-released now on Hybrid SACD on his Alia Vox Heritage label. |
LULLY / MARAIS / COUPERIN
Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles: Instrumental masterpieces from the reigns of Louis XII and Louis XIV Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 2/Jan/2005 ] Each year the magical setting of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles (one of the most visited sites in France and, indeed, Europe) are the setting for a fairy-tale fountain display. |
LOCKE / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / RAMEAU / REBEL
Les Éléments: Tempêtes, orages et fêtes marines Les Éléments: Tempêtes, orages et fêtes marines Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] This double album is an invitation to explore the forces of nature, so vividly depicted by the composers at the turn of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer) BWV1079 Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 30/Dec/2005 ] There is an amazing separation of the instruments, even at high volumes, and they all fit together perfectly, with flawless balance...(this) I feel is the finest recording of this work I have ever heard." Kirk McElhearn (http://www.bach-cantatas.com |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Orchestral version (1785)) Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross was premièred in Cadiz, a city at the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It was commissioned by a confraternity called the Hermandad de la Santa Cueva at the end of the 18th century. |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross [Orchestral version, 1786] Le Concert Des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox DVD / DVD - released 15/Jan/2010 ] G - "…this live 2006 performance… is given in its original orchestral form in the location for which it was intended - the chapel of Santa Cueva in Cádiz… Played on period instruments the performance… expertly motivated by Jordi Savall, achieving a... |
J.S. BACH
Six Brandenburg Concertos BWV1046-51 Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Dec/2005 ] "Gamba player turned conductor Jordi Savall treats each work with positively epicurean relish. If you love these works, you should add this recording to your collection. Magnificent sound too." (10/10 ClassicsToday June 2010) |
JEAN-FERY REBEL / GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Terpsichore - Apotheosis of Baroque Dance Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] On this release, Jordi Savall summons Terpsichore - the Muse of dancing and choral song. Lively and colorful compositions by Telemann and Rebel enable us to experience the apotheosis of dance, at a time when the baroque repertoire had reached its... |
HANDEL
Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jun/2008 ] "An outstanding disc which I foolishly overlooked back in 1993, not realising Savall et al. were such fine Handelians; it sounds spectacular now, remastered from stereo to effective but not overblown multi-channel SACD." BBC Music Magazine, September... |
LULLY
Symphonies, Ouvertures and Airs  jouer Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (direction) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "A recording of highlights as good as this is something anyone who enjoys baroque music would wish to own." (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented stereo sound. PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
COUPERIN
Les Concerts Royaux, 1722 Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] " In this high quality CD, the Concert des Nations directed by Jordi Savall, has successfully disseminated the few details left by Couperin and re-created what are perhaps the most important works of the French royal court: the Concert Royaux." |
RAMEAU
L'Orchestre de Louis XV [2 CD set with comprehensive booklet] Manfredo Kraemer (violin) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "..the results here are of the highest order in all departments. Rameau's use of percussion provides a variety of textures, none more so than in Les Vents a movement from Les Boréades, and the natural horns make a wonderful sound. (AudAud) |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem K626 / Maurerische Trauermusik K477 Montserrat Figueras, Claudia Schubert, Gerd Turk, Stephen Schreckenberger / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This is one of the best period instrument readings available, sacrificing nothing to authenticity for authenticity's sake, and turning in a very lovely, devotional, and technically fine performance by any accounts." (AudAud.com) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021) Blu-ray Opéra Comique, Paris / Luciana Mancini, Marc Mauillon, Sara Mingardo / A Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Monteverdi's L'Orfeo was premiered in 1607 and is the oldest opera still performed today. The narrative is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus who, armed only with the weapons of music and love, descends into Hades. |