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 |
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... |
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
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni & Concerti d'Ll Cimento Dell'armonia E Dell'invenzione Les Musiciennes Du Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] For this new recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Jordi Savall conducts an all-female orchestra, as Vivaldi did in his time at the Ospedale della Pieta in Venice. The soloist Alfia Bakieva is a violinist of Tatar origin currently living in Salzburg,... |
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... |
JOSEPH 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 |
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. |
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 |
FERRAN SAVALL
Mireu el nostre mar Ferran Savall (voice, guitar & piano) with Mario Mas (guitar) Javier Mas (bandurria) etc [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] When a great tradition meets world music and contemporary style. |
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 |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Passion: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Capella Reial de Cata [ Alia Vox / 3 CD/Book - released 28/May/2021 ] Tomás Luis de Victoria's Officium Hebdomadæ Sanctæ is one of the most compelling examples of creative genius in a composer, a toweringly poignant and masterpiece on the Passion of Christ, a pure but infinitely subtle creation. |
TRADITIONAL
Orient - Occident II: A Tribute to Syria Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / CD/Book - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "They have covered a variety of genres, all pleasurable to the ear and elaborated with such skilful improvisation as an Arabic audience would anticipate and applaud with excitement… The result is atmospheric and musically sympathetic" Early Music Rev |
ALFONSO X / YEHUDA HALEVI / JUAN del ENZINA & others
Granada 1013-1526 Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2016 ] "In short, this is a breathtaking achievement. It's the kind of disc that often left me in quiet astonishment not just at its ambition, artistry or skill, but at the way it tries to further the human story and enrich the experience of us all. Bravo! |
TRADITIONAL
Bailoar Cantando: Fiesta Mestiza en el Peru Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / CD - released 17/Aug/2018 ] The Codex Trujillo is a manuscript edited by Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón, bishop of Trujillo, Peru. It contains 1,411 watercolours and 20 musical scores documenting the life in the diocese. It shows how baroque pieces imported from Western... |
PARABOSCO / GABRIELI / DOWLAND / MARINI / CHARPENTIER & others
Musica Nova: the harmony of nations 1500 - 1700 Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] "It is indeed a wonderful musical journey that Hesperion XXI and Jordi Savall lead us on - covering two centuries and six European nations. At the core are four leading viols with accompanying musicians providing a rich transcendence in time." |
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. |
THE CELTIC VIOL
The Celtic Viol Vol 1 Jordi Savall (treble viols) / Andrew Lawrence King (Irish harp and psalterium) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Jul/2009 ] "The playing on this disc is simply beyond criticism, and it should hold great attraction for folk song enthusiasts, classical aficionados, and Celtic music buffs alike. This is crossover in the very best sense of the word." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
THE CELTIC VIOL
The Celtic Viol Vol 2 Jordi Savall (treble viols) / Andrew Lawrence King (Irish harp and psalterium) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I do hope that classical aficionados not normally interested in early or Irish music will acquire this, for it might be the beginning of a marvelous discovery." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
TRADITIONAL
Du temps & de l'instant Jordi Savall (viole de gambe basse) Montserrat Figueras (voice) Arianna Savall (voix et harpes) Ferran Savall (voice et thaorbe) Pedro Estevan (perc) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 19/Jun/2005 ] This is a true family album from the Savall-Figueras team, featuring a highly successful concert programme with which they have already toured the world. |
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 |