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JEAN PHILIPPE 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) |
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DINASTIA BORGIA
Dinastia Borgia: Chiesa e potere nel Rinascimento (3 SACDs, 1 DVD with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Pascal Bertin, Marc Mauillon / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 4 CD/DVD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "One might expect that, with the Borgias, all roads would lead to Rome, but in this case most lead back to Catalonia...Savall's own presence, as both leader and principal viol player, can always be felt." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, February... |
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LE ROYAUME OUBLIE
Le Royaume Oublie: The Albigensian Crusade (3 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Pascal Bertin, Marc Mauillon / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Savall takes ownership of the more elaborate versions of the Joan of Arc songs...and his own playing is sublime. Montserrat Figueras and the other vocal soloists and readers deliver superbly vivid performances...Altogether an impressive and deeply... |
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ERASMUS van ROTTERDAM
Erasmus van Rotterdam: In Praise of Folly La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox 3 SACD set with large book / 6 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] "This is another outstanding release from Alia Vox...The singing and playing of La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesperion XXI display, as usual, an exemplary combination of stylistic awareness, passion and panache." Sunday Times |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Testament Symphonique [Symphonies 39, 40, 41] Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] "The mellow-toned period woodwind are particularly beautiful, especially the combination of clarinets and flute, while horns are far more than just sustaining instruments." Gramophone . |
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CHRISTOPHORUS COLUMBUS
Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises (2 SACDs with large book) Monserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Apr/2007 ] Jordi Savall offers an unique journey through the Christian, Jewish and Muslim musical traditions in relationship with texts by or about Columbus and his time. |
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TRADITIONAL
Lux Feminae (900 - 1600) [CD with 172 page comprehensive book] Montserrat Figueras (soprano) / Jordi Savall (direction) / Andrew Lawrence King (harp) [ Alia Vox SACD / SACD - released 7/May/2006 ] "Drama, passion, sorrow and joy - the magnificent Figueras is in her element...Drama, passion, sorrow and joy - the magnificent Figueras is in her element" (Editor's Choice Gramophone October 2006) |
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MILAN / ENZINA / MUDARRA / GABRIEL / PISADOR / VASQUEZ / etc
Don Quijote de la Mancha Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Jordi Savall occupies a special place among musicians - and not only early music specialists. As he has proven in a superb discography that ranges from 15th-century Spain to Bach and Handel, he shifts between various musical and cultural languages... |
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ANONYMOUS / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La voix de l'emotion [The voice of emotion] [2 CDs plus 272 page book] Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] This album gathers highlights from Montserrat Figueras' career for the Astrée, DHM, EMI and Alia Vox labels. |
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TRADITIONAL
Jeanne d'Arc: Batailles & Prisons [2 SACDs plus comprehensive book] Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, René Zosso & Manuel Weber / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "ambitious and sumptuous...this presentation has been fashioned by Savall as a piece of music theatre, and as a vivid attempt to commemmorate Joan's life it is unlikely to be bettered." (BBC Music) |
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H CABEZON / SCHEIDT / SCHEIN
Music in Europe 1550-1650 Jordi Savall (conductor), Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hysperion XXI [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2009 ] Early Jordi Savall recordings released in a special box set. |
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MARIN MARAIS
Marin Marais: 2nd Book Of Viole Pieces Jordi Savall (bass viol), Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Rolf Lislevand (theorbo & guitar) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor, BWV232 [2 CDs & 2 DVDs] Céline Scheen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Pascal Bertin (alto) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2013 ] Believing that the chorus parts are of a complexity even greater than that of the solo parts, Jordi Savall handpicked for this recording an 'academy' of young singers destined for careers as solo professionals. |
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FRANZ von BIBER
Biber: Battalia a 10; Requiem a 15 Concert des Nations, Catalan Capella Reial; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 13/Dec/2002 ] World premiere of the Requiem at Salzburg Cathedral |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Serenata Notturna / etc Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Savall sets some brisk tempos, particularly for the slow movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, but they're convincing. …it's vivid playing from everyone, well defined in outline and responding imaginatively to the varied character of Mozart's music." |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux, 1722 Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (bass viol & direction) [ Alia Vox / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2005 ] Couperin left the instrumentation of each piece up to the performing musicians. For each of these four Concerts, Jordi Savall has chosen a distinctive line-up of instruments to achieve the best expression and the utmost definition of their individual... |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Les Nations, 1726 Jordi Savall (bass viol & direction), with Monica Huggett, Chiara Banchini & Ton Koopman [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] "The performances by Savall and his excellent continuo players are very fine indeed." Classical-Music.com |
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FERRAN SAVALL
Impro Ferran Savall (vocal, theorb, guitar), Pedro Estevan (maraques, darbuca, tambor ganga) & Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] After his acclaimed first opus, Ferran Savall is back with a deeply personal album that recaptures moments of grace recorded during improvisation sessions from 2003 to 2011. |
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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. |
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TRADITIONAL
Armenian Spirit Georgi Minassyan, Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian, Gaguik Mouradian & Armen Badalyan / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi SavallJordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] "This is a beguiling, mesmeric sequence of instrumental music from Armenia, in which Hesperion XXI are joined by a group of that country's finest musicians...[The duduk's] beautiful, musky sound seductively reflects the predominantly nostalgic,... |