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... |
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... |
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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Transfiguration - Symphonies 8 "Unfinished" & 9 Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Jordi Savall releases his first Schubert album, following a recording of Beethoven's complete symphonies which largely contributed to renew our vision of the early Romantic repertoire. The Catalan maestro delivers a recording freed from the weight of... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete Opera recorded in June 2021) Opéra Comique, Paris / Luciana Mancini, Marc Mauillon, Sara Mingardo / A Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Naxos DVD / DVD - 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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Creation Yeree Suh (soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (baritone) / Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The orchestral side of this new recording of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" brings many other delights, partly because Jordi Savall and his ensemble Le Concert de Nations are vigorous champions of period instruments" Times |
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... |
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 |
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: 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 |
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... |
MONTEVERDI / GABRIELI / VIVALDI
Venezia Millenaria Le Concert des Nations - Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Panagiotis, Neochoritis, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox 2 SACD set with large book / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Dec/2017 ] "Savall's forces place atmospheric Orthodox and other non-western music alongside pieces by composers from Beethoven to Dufay, performing it all with panache" Sunday Times |
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... |
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. |
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) |
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. |
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... |