Special offer. Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Red Book of Montserrat
Jordi Savall (rabec, rebab, viella & direcció)
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
The 10 numbers are punctuated by bells and interspersed with instrumental improvisations, so that as so often with Savall, it’s all undeniably atmospheric, but hard to separate what might be...
Special offer. Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Red Book of Montserrat
Jordi Savall (rabec, rebab, viella & direcció)
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya
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The 10 numbers are punctuated by bells and interspersed with instrumental improvisations, so that as so often with Savall, it’s all undeniably atmospheric, but hard to separate what might be...
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Recorded live in Barcelona (Church Santa Maria del Pi) November 25th, 2013
Jordi Savall had every historical, geographical and emotional reason to pay a well deserved tribute to one of the most famous manuscripts of ancient music. The 'Llibre Vermell de Montserrat' is a collection of devotional texts containing late medieval songs and dances. The 14th-century manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain). The title describes the red binding in which the collection was placed in the 19th century. The songs were written in Catalan, in Occitan and in Latin for the pilgrims to have something appropriately «chaste and pious» to sing and dance. In this beautiful live recording made at the Santa Maria del Pi church in Barcelona, the colorful succession of songs and dances offers us a pleasant trip to the heart of the medieval music.
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15th December 2016
The 10 numbers are punctuated by bells and interspersed with instrumental improvisations, so that as so often with Savall, it’s all undeniably atmospheric, but hard to separate what might be authentic from what is purely speculative.
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