Alia Vox

Savall shows an awareness not only of the music's sense of drama, but also of its nobility of expression, solemnity and imaginative use of sonority. This is as good a performance of the original... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

An outstanding disc which I foolishly overlooked back in 1993, not realising Savall et al. were such fine Handelians; it sounds spectacular now, remastered from stereo to effective but not overblown... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Typically, Savall and his vocal consort and instrumentalists achieve more achingly and lingeringly beautiful moments than anyone else — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…

As ever, Savall points up the sources’ colour, vitality, expressiveness and socio-political context in an exciting, fascinating and utterly beguiling programme … The singers are superb, displaying... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King have again opened a window on an approach to the tradition which differs intriguingly from more mainstream revivalist or folk-rock realisations. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Jordi Savall eats this kind of thing for breakfast and marshals his forces with military efficiency – except the performance is looser and more spontaneous than that sounds, and riveting from... — Choir & Organ, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

achingly plangent … the poignancy of these songs from medieval and traditional sources – recorded on early and folk instruments immediately after the untimely passing of Savall’s artistic partner,... — Choir & Organ, July/August 2015 More…

From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…