Since you are interested in Ludi Musici: The Spirit of Dance 1450 - 1650, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LE ROYAUME OUBLIE
Le Royaume Oublie: The Albigensian Crusade (3 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Pascal Bertin, Marc Mauillon / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Savall takes ownership of the more elaborate versions of the Joan of Arc songs...and his own playing is sublime. Montserrat Figueras and the other vocal soloists and readers deliver superbly vivid performances...Altogether an impressive and deeply... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Villancicos y Danzas Criollas: Iberian, African and New World music from the 15th and 16th centuries. La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] "the supreme exponent of French viol playing." Gramophone |
CHRISTOPHORUS COLUMBUS
Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises (2 SACDs with large book) Monserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 5/Apr/2007 ] Jordi Savall offers an unique journey through the Christian, Jewish and Muslim musical traditions in relationship with texts by or about Columbus and his time. |
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... |
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 |
ANTHONY HOLBORNE
The Teares of the Muses 1599 - Elizabethan Consort Music Vol. 2 Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall |
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 |
ESTAMPIES & DANSES ROYALES
Estampies & Danses Royales: The King's Manuscript Hesparion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Vigorous and colourful medieval dances revealed by Jordi Savall! The Estampie is a medieval dance consisting of four to seven sections...In this irresistible album, Jordi Savall explores a Royal manuscript from the French National Library. |
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) |