Encina
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The imaginative creation by Simon-Pierre Bestion’s ensemble, La Tempête, is so stirring, heart-tugging and well recorded that I don’t know whether to sink to my knees in prayer or erupt into... —
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Isabel I, Queen of Castile
Music from the time of Isabelle la Catholique, the first great queen of the Renaissance (1451-1504).
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
This is a thrilling recording that captures the spirit of the 15th century of Spain's Queen Isabel I. Recorded in sound of amazing immediacy. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Francis Xavier - The Route of the Orient
RecommendedDriss El Maloumi & Lahoucine Baquir (oud & percussion) & Senhora del Mundo (voz, psalteri, sarod & tablas)
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Highlights here include performances by El Maloumi (oud), Zuckermand (sarod) and Seki (shakuhachi), while the singing of Yokio Tanaka (accompanying himself on biwa), though not an easy taste... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2002, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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Un Niño nos es nasçido - A Child for Us Is Born
Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich, Paul Kieffer (guitar), Johanna Seitz (harp)
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The debut album of the ensemble Taracea is nothing if not creative…Like the music itself, the interpretations are highly eclectic, drawing freely on jazz, improvisation, folk, Latino and non-Western... —
