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 ***** |
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... |
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." |
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) |
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. |
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) |
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) |
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. |
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 |
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... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / W. A. MOZART / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Vivaldi / Mozart / Handel: Dixit Dominus Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, la Capella Reial de Catalunya [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Following the critically acclaimed Magnifcat & Concerti two years ago, here we experience the full maturity of Savall's ensembles. |
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 |
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. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna di Madrid Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining disc." (BBC Music |
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 |
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. |
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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' / Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/May/2016 ] "the end-result has been amongst the most impressive demonstrations of believable surround-sound I have heard." Recording of the Month MusicWeb (May 2016) |