Alia Vox
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As is customary with Jordi Savall's projects, the album presents vivid theatre for the ear...The performances by La Cappella and Hespèrion are as magical as ever —
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Disc of the Month
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Mozart : Great Mass in C Minor
Giulia Bolcato (soprano), Elionor Martínez (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), David Fischer (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (bass-baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
This is a thoughtful account of a complex, fragmented score. Savall and Guglielmi have prioritised the work's spiritual sincerity while preserving its grandeur, bringing a satisfying coherence... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Choral Choice
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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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Marais, M: Suite in a Foreign Style (Suitte d'un Goût Etranger)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Rolf Lislevand (theorbs, guitars), Philippe Pierlot (bass viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp 'di tre ordine'), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Jordi Savall (bass viol)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Chamber Finalist
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Lux Feminæ
Seven portraits of woman from ancient Hesperia
Montserrat Figueras (canto), Tina Aagaard, Arianna Savall (sopranos), Laurence Bonnal (contralto), Begoña Olavide (mezzo, psalterium), Andrew Lawrence-King (arpa cruzada), Jordi Savall (lira, rebab, violas da gamba), Frederike Heumann, Fahmi Alqhai (bass viols), Pierre Hamon (flutes), Driss El Maloumi...
Figueras is in her element. She can be dramatic or passionate, facetious or sorrowful; a young girl who wants her freedom and is only restrained with difficulty; and a saintly soul in a mystical... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Haydn: The Creation
Yeree Suh (soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (baritone)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Savall’s view of the music feels unerringly right throughout, with tempos always judiciously chosen, and Haydn’s famous moments all vividly conveyed...Savall has assembled a fine cast of soloists,... —
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Record Review, 20th November 2021, Record of the Week
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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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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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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... —
