Since you are interested in Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises (2 SACDs with large book), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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. |
CORELLI / PLAYFORD / VIVALDI ETC.
Altre Follie (music from 1500 - 1750) Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jan/2006 ] A sequel to their acclaimed disc of variations on "La Folie" this disc presents responses to the form and rhythms of the "folie" by different composers up to the mid 18th century. Like all Alia Vox productions, it comes in a beautifully presented... |
CORELLI / MARAIS / MARTIN Y COLL / ENZINA / etc
La Folia (music from 1490-1701) Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "This CD easily bears exposure to the "Repeat All" button, and like all Alia Vox productions, it comes in a beautifully presented card case containing a booklet with full notes in the major European languages." (Amazon) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD... |
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 ***** |
PURCELL / ORTIZ / PACHELBEL / ROSSI / MERULA
Ostinato Hesperion Xxi / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "An enjoyably varied compendium performed with characteristic Savallian vim and vitality." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine March 2002 |
FERRABOSCO
Consort Music for Viols in 4, 5 & 6 Parts Hesparion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 21/Mar/2004 ] " I rarely discuss perfection in music. I have no qualms about this with members of Hespèrion XX, this is the embodiment of musical perfection." - The Boston Globe |
TRADITIONAL
Ninna Nanna: Lullabies; Berceuses; Wiegenlieder; Nanas Montserrat Figueras; Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Mar/2003 ] "Montserrat Figueras sings them beautifully in dark, rich, haunting soprano." (New York Times) |
FRANCISCO JAVIER
La Ruta de Oriente (The Route to the Orient) (2 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Savall's forces perform beautifully in a missionary life-to-death journey" (Gramophone January 2008) |
MILAN / ENZINA / MUDARRA / GABRIEL / PISADOR / VASQUEZ / etc
Don Quijote de la Mancha Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Jordi Savall occupies a special place among musicians – and not only early music specialists. As he has proven in a superb discography that ranges from 15th-century Spain to Bach and Handel, he shifts between various musical and cultural languages... |
TRADITIONAL
Mare Nostrum [2 SACDs plus large book] Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Gursoy Dincer, Pierre Hamon, Driss Elmalouni, Pedro Estevan & Ferran Savall / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "Like Hesperion's previous CDs, this one is a lovely tissue of local musics...The soloists are remarkable: Gursoy Dincer brings a gentle Turkish lilt, Lior Elmaleh an answering sound from Jerusalem" (BBC Choral & Song Choice - March 2012) |