More By Artist: Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
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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. |
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 ***** |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven : Révolution - Symphonies 1 - 5 Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 3 CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] "..a highly enjoyable set. I love the playfulness of the Eroica's last two movements" Sunday Times |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Don Juan & Semiramis Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] "The playing throughout is exemplary, delightfully colourful and driven along with a natural bounce. Albums like this may not change the world, but they definitely make life worth living." - The Times |
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. |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil (Symphonies, Overtures & Airs) Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] "A recording of highlights as good as this is something anyone who enjoys baroque music would wish to own." (Gramophone) |
MARIN MARAIS
Marais: Alcione - Tragedie Lyrique (1706) Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Marais's Alcione is the last great 'tragedy' in music from the reign of Louis XIV. It is a total spectacle at the crossroads of the 17th and 18th centuries, from which it takes the mythological source, its praise of the sovereign's glory and the... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Italian Smyphony Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] After Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert, Jordi Savall continues his journey into the 19th Century with the Italian Symphony of Felix Mendelssohn, a composer he records for the first time. He delivers two versions of the work : the one which was... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Testament Symphonique Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Symphonic Testament: Following a long maturation process, Jordi Savall presents his interpretation of Mozart's Last Three Symphonies. He has chosen - on this double album - to repeat the Symphony No. 40 twice, in... |
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 |
MARIN MARAIS
Alcione - Suites des airs à joüer Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] "Few readers will be able to resist either the graceful charm of this music or the elegant gestures of the members of Le Concert Des Nations." (Early Music Today) |
FRANCESC VALLS / HENRY DESMAREST
In Excelsis Deo: Barcelona 1702 - Versailles 1709 Le Concert des Nations & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2017 ] In the context of the War of the Spanish Succession, the duty of any composer was to celebrate not only the greatness of a deity in religious pieces, but also the power of their sponsors. Jordi Savall invites us to relive the creation of two dazzling... |
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." |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Révolution Vol. II Symphonies 6 to 9 Sara Gouzy, Salome Fischer, Mingjie Lei, Manuel Walser / Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "This is a very special release...Savall's may well have just become my favourite period-instrument Beethoven cycle of them all." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Orchestral |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Markus Passion [St Mark's Passion] BWV 247 (1744) La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD/Book - released 29/Mar/2019 ] "The choir of 25 (including children on the upper parts) and Le Concert des Nations produce a vivid performance in which emotional directness is paramount." Gramophone |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Rachel Redmond (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD/Book - released 12/May/2023 ] Tradition und Vision, young and old, show and intimacy. This year's Mozart Week in Salzburg offered the Requiem in two performances which couldn't diverge more from each other, even though they are based on the same score. First, the 81-year-old... |
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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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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... |
