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Venezia Millenaria (Venice 700-1797)
2 x SACD and book
Le Concert des Nations - Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Panagiotis, Neochoritis, Jordi Savall
Venezia Millenaria is as kaleidoscopic as the city itself, Venice’s trademark cosmopolitanism reflected in Savall’s augmenting of his home team(s) with Ensemble Panagiotis Neochoritis, and an... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 3rd March 2018, Recording of the Week
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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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The performances by a consort of 10 singers and 16 players are lovingly and respectfully done, and create a sound to please the ear...An album to please lovers of Baroque byways. —
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this is a thoughtful, evocative and confident debut. —
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Ministriles Reales - Royal Minstrels
Instrumental music of the Golden Age - Renaissance & Baroque 1450-1690
Hespèrion XX & Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
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Mare Balticum Vol. 4: Pomerania. Music From Northern Germany
Sabine Lutzenberger, Lorenza Donadini, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, Hanna Järveläinen, Mara Winter, Marc Lewon, Ensemble Peregrina, Baptiste Romain
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The period instrument specialists from Savall's Hespèrion XXI and voices from La Capella Reial de Catalunya lay down beautifully simple settings for guest vocalists from various cultures, notably... —
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Orient Occident (1000 - 1600)
Instrumental music from ancient Christian, Jewish and Muslim Spain, medieval Italy and Morocco, Israel, Persian Afghanistan and the ancient Ottoman Empire.
Driss El Maloumi (oud), Dimitris Psonis (santur, saz), Yair Dalal (oud), Pedro Estevan (darbouka, tambor, pandereta, riq-gunga), Khaled Arman (rubâb), Osman Arman (tulak flute) & Seiar Hashimi (tablas & zirbaghali)
Jordi Savall (viola, rebab, lira, director)
While some of the pieces could almost have emanated from the Celtic fringe, others speak from the deep heart of Islam. There are some wonderfully eloquent oud and santur solos, and much implied... —
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The all-male New York Polyphony sing one-to-a-part, which gives a particular sense of purity and chasteness to their Christmas selection...The vocal blend is consistently velvety, the pitching... —
