Balkan Spirit
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Disc of the month
This is an entrancing CD, with dances, laments, and feast-day songs linked in a slow-quick-slow structure. Perhaps as an implicit tribute to Montserrat Figueras, there are no vocal numbers,...
Balkan Spirit
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Disc of the month
This is an entrancing CD, with dances, laments, and feast-day songs linked in a slow-quick-slow structure. Perhaps as an implicit tribute to Montserrat Figueras, there are no vocal numbers,...
About
Following the success of Spirit of Armenia, Balkan Spirit enables us to discover another area of great musical tradition and intercultural dialogue: the Balkans. Alongside musicians from Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Turkey, Jordi Savall conducts his ensemble, Hespèrion XXI, and unveils the original lyricism of an instrumental and vocal repertoire that covers the entire spectrum of human emotions.
Contents and tracklist
- Bora Dugić, Slobodan Marković, Slobodan Prodanović, Mihailo Blam, Milan Nešović, Marko Lazović, Marc Clos
- Jordi Savall
- Tcha Limberger, Janos Dani, Vilmo Csikos, Gyula Csík
- Jordi Savall
- Dimitri Psonis, Zacharias Spyridakis, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Yurdal Tockan, Hakan Güngör, Fahrettin Yarkın, Pedro Estevan
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan, Xavier Puertas
- Jordi Savall
- Yurdal Tockan, Hakan Güngör, Derya Türkan, Murat Salim Tokaç, Fahrettin Yarkın, Pedro Estevan
- Jordi Savall
- Bora Dugić, Slobodan Marković, Slobodan Prodanović, Mihailo Blam, Milan Nešović, Marko Lazović
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan, Xavier Puertas
- Jordi Savall
- Gyula Csík
- Jordi Savall
- Moslem Rahal, Waed Bouhassoun, Driss el Maloumi, Dimitri Psonis, Wahab Badarne, Pedro Estevan
- Jordi Savall
- Yaïr Dalal, Driss El Maloumi, Dimitri Psonis, Pedro Estevan, Begoña Olavide
- Jordi Savall
- Dimitri Psonis, Zacharias Spyridakis, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Yurdal Tockan, Hakan Güngör, Fahrettin Yarkın, Pedro Estevan
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan, Xavier Puertas
- Jordi Savall
- Bora Dugić, Slobodan Marković, Slobodan Prodanović, Mihailo Blam, Milan Nešović, Marko Lazović, Gyula Csík
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Tcha Limberger, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan, Xavier Puertas
- Jordi Savall
- Gyula Csík, Janos Dani, Vilmo Csikos
- Jordi Savall
- Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Tcha Limberger, Peyo Peev, Valeri Dimchev, Pedro Estevan, Xavier Puertas
- Jordi Savall
- Bora Dugić, Slobodan Marković, Slobodan Prodanović, Mihailo Blam, Milan Nešović, Marko Lazović, Gyula Csík
- Jordi Savall
- Bora Dugić, Marko Lazović, Slobodan Marković
- Jordi Savall
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineSeptember 2013Disc of the month
September 2013
This is an entrancing CD, with dances, laments, and feast-day songs linked in a slow-quick-slow structure. Perhaps as an implicit tribute to Montserrat Figueras, there are no vocal numbers, but the musicians Savall has assembled from the relevant countries display a wonderful range of virtuosity.
Early Music Review October 2013
The stunning virtuosity and musicianship of the star line-up of instrumentalists… it is a delight to hear them unplugged and working with a sensitive and truly international collaborator… I find myself taking down Alia vox recordings very frequently for listening pleasure.
8th July 2013
The performances are inventive, using an appropriate instrumentarium, so we hear beguiling sounds plucked, bowed or blown. These tunes display a sophistication of variation and rhythm; sometimes one is simply mesmerised by the aching poignancy of it all.
