W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [Magic Flute] (Complete, recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY La Teatro alla Scala / Günther Groissböck, Saimir Pirgu, Albina Shagimuratova, Genia Kühmeier, Ailish Tynan, Alex Esposito / Roland Böer (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD." (BBC Music DVD & Blu-ray Choice - April 2012) |
BUXTEHUDE / SOMMER / BRUHNS / FORTSCH / SCHEIDT
Jauchzet Dem Herr: The Psalms of David in 17th Century Northern Germany Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor) / La Fenice, Jean Tubery [ Alpha / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
BUXTEHUDE
O frohliche Stunden, BuxWV 84 Hans-Jorg Mammel (tenor) / La Fenice / Jean Tubery [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] While best known as a master of the organ and of the polyphonic Cantata, the great Buxtehude also left us a number of Spiritual Concerts for soloists and instrumental ensemble. For this recital, Hans-Jörg Mammel has selected works from this... |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Concertos for wind and strings Hans-Peter Westermann, Alessandro PiquAC (oboe) Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) Veronika Skuplik (violin) / La Stravaganza KAln (on period instruments) [ CPO / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "Stressing the dolce Anyone who doubts the qualities of Fasch's orchestral music should listen to this disc. It certainly makes a passionate plea for the music of this unjustly neglected master of the German baroque." (Recording of the Month)... |
FRANCISCO LANDINI
Landini: L'Occhio del Cor The Heart's Eye / La Reverdie, Christophe Deslignes [ Arcana / CD - released 24/Apr/2019 ] "They do everything with verve and commitment,...there is a quality of musical exchange, of understanding where the pressure-points must come and of clear projection that is a rare pleasure to hear." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Early Music |
Helmchen/Orch De La Suisse Rom
D'indy/Saint-Saens/Chausson: P [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
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. |
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 |
CACCINI / MONTEVERDI / SCHEIDT / LULLY / etc
La Barcha d'Amore (1563-1685) Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "…there's a surprising homogeneity of sound and style throughout - testament to Figueras and Savall's innate musicality, artistic vision and spiritual harmony in a lifetime of collaboration and discovery." BBC Music Magazine, September 2009 **** |
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. |
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 ***** |
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... |
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. |
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.. |
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... |
TRADITIONAL / BIBER / HANDEL / JENKINS / DUMANOIR / etc
War & Peace 1614-1714 [2 CDs plus large book] Hespèrion XXI, Les Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD/Book - released 12/Jul/2015 ] "I was left repeatedly amazed that Savall and his performers are so good at such a wider range of repertoire...This isn't just an impressive musical release: it's a whole cultural festival within two covers. Both for its ambitions and for its artisti |
MASSENET / AUBER / BALFE / DONIZETTI / MAILLART / BIZET / etc
Richard Bonynge - Undiscovered Recordings (Incls Massenet's Cigale Ballet) Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) / English Chamber. National Philharmonic / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Richard Bonynge. [ ABC Classics / 4 CD - released 6/Nov/2004 ] If every conductor's dream is to record his favourite music, then surely Richard Bonynge's dream came true. His forty years of recordings have left a rich legacy, full of rare and interesting repertoire, his artistic credi stamped on every one of them. |
PIZZETTI
La Pisanella - Suite / Concerto de l'estate (with works by Respighi and Rota) I Musici / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Lamberto Gardelli / Argo Chamber Orchestra / Laszlo Heltay [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Appearing on CD for the first time, Lamberto Gardelli's Pizzetti recording has been one of the most venerated in the Decca catalogue, not only because the music is comparatively rare, but because the recording is true state-of-the-art. |
HANDEL
Rinaldo (Complete Opera recorded in 1977) Ileana Cotrubas, Carolyn Watkinson & Paul Esswood / La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The vigour of Malgoire's direction of an opera which plainly for him is very much alive, makes this a very attractive set. The finest singing comes from Ilena Cotrubas, but the whole team is convincing. The bright but spacious recording adds to the... |