Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall – Mirrors of Time (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:24 minutes | 2,34 GB | Genre: Classical
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This double album is a portrait of Jordi Savall, in which some of the finest Alia Vox recordings alternate with pieces inspired by these very recordings, written by contemporary composers and performed on piano by Diego Fernández Magdaleno.

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Jordi Savall – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:18 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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With the Missa solemnis, Beethoven created one of the most haunting settings of the liturgy of the Mass, whose premiere, however, already took place in the concert hall and not in a church setting. With his two ensembles Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, as well as first-class soloists, Jordi Savall invites listeners to take a fresh and authentic look at this famous composition by the Viennese classicist. Playing on period instruments, the musicians allow Beethoven’s moving sound world to shimmer in all its nuances.

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Jordi Savall – Cancioneros del Siglo de Oro (Colombina- Palacio- Medinaceli 1451-1595) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 03:32:23 minutes | 3,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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Deluxe remastering of three recordings that include the three most famous songbooks of the Golden Age (1451-1595). The Sevillian Cancionero de la Colombina and Cancionero Musical de Medinaceli are samples of a musical humanism with a distinctly Hispanic stamp, in which the cultured and the popular come together. The Castilian Cancionero de Palacio is the most valuable and representative jewel of the repertoire performed in the itinerant Courts of the Catholic Kings, including songs, Christmas carols, ballads and ‘extravagances’ by authors such as Encina, Millán, Escobar, Anchieta and Peñalosa.

The Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XX and Jordi Savall made them known to the world through these famous recordings made between 1991 and 1992.
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Jordi Savall – L’Orfeo (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:49:06 minutes | 1,93 GB | Genre: Classical
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There are few myths in Greek mythology more obscure or more laden with symbolism than that of Orpheus. Extremely ancient in origin, it developed into a veritable theology around which an abundant and largely esoteric literature developed. Orpheus is the “singer” par excellence, the musician and the poet. He played not only the lyre with admirable skill, but also the zither, the invention of which is attributed to him. It was said that the airs he sang and played were so sweet that wild beasts followed in his train, trees and plants bowed down to him and the fiercest of men were totally subdued by his music.

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Jordi Savall – W. A. Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 44:48 minutes | 812 MB | Genre: Classical
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At the age of 14, Jordi Savall attended a rehearsal of Mozart’s Requiem. He was so strongly moved by the music that he decided to become a musician himself … From 2021 to 2023, Savall again worked intensively on Mozart’s last work as a musician and intellectual. Together with soloists, the choir La Capella Nacional de Catalunya and the orchestra Le Concert des Nations, a new interpretation was developed in intensive rehearsals, and six concerts, which is now available. Says Savall: “Rarely has a composition been so strongly shaped by the genius and suffering of a human being.”

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Jordi Savall – Hespèrion XXI – Jordi Savall : Armenian Spirit (Esprit d’Arménie) (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:16:52 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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Esprit d’Armenie (Armenian Spirit) is a tribute to Armenia and to the Armenian musicians who have played alongside Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras over the years. The repertoire consists alternately of very lively pieces and more contemplative ones, all of them beautifully played on traditional instruments, including the duduk, a flute with a deeply moving sound originating from a time before times. Jordi Savall unveils this music with his faultless musical flair and an endless curiosity.
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Jordi Savall – Venezia Millenaria (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 02:35:01 minutes | 2,61 GB | Genre: Classical
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From 700 to1797, the Serenissima independence had a long life from its blurry beginnings up until the Treaty of Campoformio in 1797 which bound together the Republic of Venice to Italy. This millenium is musically illustrated by Jordi Savall on his latest work. He has surrounded himself by his own troops: the Hespèrion XXI, the Capella Reial de Catalunya, the Concert des Nations, as well as numerous “guest stars” from all over the Mediterranean. The history of Venice is known to alternate between times of economic, political and military prosperity, as it found itself under threat by hostile armies from the Ottoman Empire, France, Spain and the House of Austria. We hear an Orthodox vocal ensemble from Thessaloniki, the Jewish cantor Lior Elmaleh, Orient Musicians for all the Arabic, Moorish and Ottoman influences, and Haïg Sarikouyoundjian for Armenia in this extraordinary compilation. The works range from Byzantine songs to a fairly quirky adaptation of Beethoven signed by Luigi Bordese – a four-part male choir and organ with a text by Adolphe Joly. Not forgetting Mozart’sTurkish March which is deliciously rewritten by Savall, or even the classical Ottoman musicians Monteverdi and Vivaldi, as well as Rosenmüller (who worked for a long time in Venice, after having to flee Leipzig from a grim story involving young boys… less of a scandal in Venice it seemed…), Janequin illustrating Marignan, Dufay and his Fall of Constantinople, the Crusades and the songs that followed, in short, everything that you could imagine. A sumptuous document explaining the ins and outs of the whole matter.
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