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TRADITIONAL
La Sublime Porte: Voices of Istanbul Gursoy Dincer, Lior Elmaleh & Montserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "The ensemble offers authentic recreations of Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Sephardic pieces, told in textures and timbres of oud, duduk, ney and Savall's own rebab. This is music of great subtlety, technical accomplishment and powerful emotional... |
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GULLAUME DUFAY / FRANCISCO de la TORRE / JUAN del ENZINA / JOHANNES CORNAGO / etc
Isabella I, Queen of Castile: Lights and shadows at the age of Isabella the Catholic ( Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] Born in 1451, Isabella I was to become heir to the Spanish throne. In 1469, she married Ferdinand, the heir to the crown of Aragon, and when her brother died in 1474, Isabella was crowned queen of Castile. |
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GULLAUME DUFAY / FRANCISCO de la TORRE / JUAN del ENZINA / JOHANNES CORNAGO / etc
Isabella I, Queen of Castile: Lights and shadows at the age of Isabella the Catholic Hesperion X11 / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2004 ] Hybrid SACD - Playable on all CD players - "Total authenticity is arguable but this music makes a programme full of verve" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2005 |
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TRADITIONAL
The Routes of Slavery 1444-1888: Africa, Portugal, Spain & Latin America Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall [with Kassé Mady Diabaté & Violet Diallo (Mali)] [ Alia Vox SACD + DVD / 3 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "It's both a timely reminder of our ignoble instinct to subjugate and a moving gesture of reconciliation." Sunday Times, 26th February 2017 |
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PURCELL
Fantasias for the Viols 1680 Hesperion XX / Jordi Savall (director) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/May/2008 ] Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc players |
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MORALES / GUERRERO / VICTORIA
Maestros del Siglo de Oro: Christobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Tomas Luis de Victoria Hesperion XX / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: REISSUE CD OF THE YEAR 2009 -- This is volume 6 of the Alia Vox Heritage series of re-issues of recordings made by the Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesperion XX under the direction of Jordi Savall. |
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Hesperion XXI (early music ensemble), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)
Oriente Lux [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] Over the last 15 years, Jordi Savall has been exploring the links between Western and Eastern repertoires because he regards this work as a way to develop a better mutual understanding. In this new album, Hespèrion XXI plays alongside the ensemble... |
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CORELLI / PLAYFORD / VIVALDI ETC.
Altre Follie (music from 1500 - 1750) Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jan/2006 ] A sequel to their acclaimed disc of variations on "La Folie" this disc presents responses to the form and rhythms of the "folie" by different composers up to the mid 18th century. Like all Alia Vox productions, it comes in a beautifully presented... |
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CORELLI / MARAIS / MARTIN Y COLL / ENZINA / etc
La Folia (music from 1490-1701) Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "This CD easily bears exposure to the "Repeat All" button, and like all Alia Vox productions, it comes in a beautifully presented card case containing a booklet with full notes in the major European languages." (Amazon) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD... |
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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 ***** |
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PURCELL / ORTIZ / PACHELBEL / ROSSI / MERULA
Ostinato Hesperion Xxi / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "An enjoyably varied compendium performed with characteristic Savallian vim and vitality." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine March 2002 |
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HENRICUS ISAAC
Henricus Isaac: In the Time of Lorenzo de'Medici and Maximilian I (1450-1519) Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2017 ] This album is not only an opportunity to discover the music of Henricus Isaac under the inspired direction of Jordi Savall, it is also a portrait of an era during which the Hundred Years War ended, the Medici family reached its peak, the idea of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hispania and Japan: Dialogues (special Japanese folding screen edition) Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] Following the catastrophes in Japan, Jordi Savall decided to release this special tribute album in which the most significant pieces of the dialogue between Spain and Japan are gathered. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pro Pacem: Texts, Art & Music for Peace [CD with large book] Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall with Monterrat Figueras [ Alia Vox SACD / CD/Book - released 20/Dec/2012 ] An ambitious programme flows, from cantorial invocations and Gregorian chant, to motets by Binchois, Josquin, Guerrero and Pärt, stretching across 19 centuries of conflict. The common cause is peace, as expressed in song, painting and essay." Indep.. |
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TRADITIONAL
Balkan Spirit Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI [ Alia Vox / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] Following the success of Spirit of Armenia, Balkan Spirit enables us to discover another area of great musical tradition and intercultural dialogue: the Balkans. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ministriles reales Hesparion XX / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] This beautiful set gathers for the first time Spanish and French instrumental dances from the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries scattered as 'interludes' in many Astrée and Alia Vox existing releases. It is a definitive overview of this repertoire and... |
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ALBERTI / PARSONS / STROGERS / TAVERNER / WHITE / etc
Elizabethan Consort Music 1558-1603 Hesparion XX - Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] The first volume in Savall's new Elizabethan Consort series |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / CD/Book - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "The players revel in the cult of melancholy with which Dowland, the "English Orpheus" of the Elizabethan age, is so deeply associated...Full of grief-laden dissonance, the music hardly raises a smile but the brilliance of Hespèrion XX's playing brin |
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WILLIAM LAWES
Consort Sets in Five & Six Parts Hesparion XXI and Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2002 ] CANNES CLASSICAL AWARD WINNER 2004: Chamber/Solo Instrumental 17/18 Century |
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FERRABOSCO
Consort Music for Viols in 4, 5 & 6 Parts Hesparion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] " I rarely discuss perfection in music. I have no qualms about this with members of Hespèrion XX, this is the embodiment of musical perfection." - The Boston Globe |