Alia Vox
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Catalonia’s resonant Château de Cardona sometimes makes the bassline heavy, the vigorous timpanist often forgets the crucial Beethovenian difference between one f and two, and the editor clipped... —
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Alfonso X The Wise: Cantigas de Santa Maria
Strela do dia
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
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it still has the ability to make one sit up and take note, whether it be the brilliance of the woodwind tone, the shimmering tremolo strings with cutting cross-accents driving the music forward... —
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Reverent but never haloed, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations explore Bach's Passion as an unhurried, rolling and often contemplative pilgrimage. —
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Musica Nova: the harmony of nations
Philippe Pierlot, Sergi Casademunt, Lorenz Duftschmid (violes de gambe), Xavier Puertas (violone), Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Enrike Solinis (théobe & guitare), Pedro Estevan (percussion)
HESPERION XXI, Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall’s imaginative programmes keep coming – this one is a lovely collection of music from across Europe. The performances are utterly fresh and full of energy. —
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Medieval music from Europe and traditional songs from the Far and Middle East not only meet on this marvellous double CD, they develop a dialogue and thus bridge the gap between written record... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Early Music
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Like Ibn Battuta’s rihla, Jordi Savall’s musical journey offers a voyage through a somewhat idealised Orient, one held to be the cradle of knowledge, culture and religion in the 14th century…Such... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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Mare Nostrum
Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Gursoy Dincer, Pierre Hamon, Driss Elmalouni, Pedro Estevan & Ferran Savall
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
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,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Building a Library, February 2005, Also Recommended
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