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Jordi Savall -
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 Hespèrion XX |
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 Hespèrion XXI and the Capella Reial de Catalunya |
 Le Concert des Nations |
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| Discovering Jordi Savall | |||||
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A few biographical markers: |
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Savall - and the production of records
In an interview for Diapason (# 467, 02/2000) Alexandre Geoffroy reports
Savall's point of view about the recording process. Savall says: " For
me, it is an indispensable experience, complementary to the concert.
In a concert, the listener communicates directly with a human being
who is performing directly for him and is transmitting sensations,
emotions, images that go well beyond the music. However success
depends on many constraints such the acoustics of the hall or the
attitude of the public: its openness, its availability, its capacity
to experience a musical pleasure, in short the quality of attention
are elements which the artist feels very deeply, even if he does not
see the audience in the semi-darkness of the hall. In fact the
reciprocity is total: if the musician is inspired, he will capture the
attention of the public and in turn, if the audience is responding
well, this will inspire the performer. With the recording process, we
can move away from the constraints of the concert hall: it puts the
listener in an ideal situation, better even than that of the conductor
since the equilibrium between the various sections of the orchestra is
better respecter, and it provides a more precise perception, very
detailes of every musical inflection, of each instrument. It also
allows the musicians to perform in a more detailed manner, more
perfect, to find the eact equilibrium between detail and overall
coherence. In the long process which begins with the search for a
partition and it continued with the formation of an ensemble, the
selection of appropriate instruments and the rehearsals, recording
comes last. It is only then that I can expect going farthest with the
technical aspect and the musical expression. However the search for an
ideal interpretation must come to an end one day: it is a moment which
is both painfull and liberating. Our only hope then is that in a month
or in ten years' time, when listening to the results, we will
again find the emotions and the inspiration which guided us at the
time, with all their animation and spontaneity." |
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Collaborations for various recordings -
From 1970-1974 |
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| From the archives | |||||
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Les débuts d'Hespèrion XX The origins (1200-1700)   A set of 8 cd's issued initially in the "Reflexe"
collection (LP's and CD's) by EMI. They were all reissued as part of
the 10 sets (7 cd's per set ) that EMI released in the year 2000 ("Stationen Europïscher Musik").
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Antonio de Cabazón : Spanische Instrumentalmusik zur Zeit Karl V (Intrumental Works by Antonio de Cabezón 1510-1566) |
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Two other recordings were made by
Hespèrion XX in that period for EMI.
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| Thematic collections | |||||
 La Folia (1490-1700) Diego Ortiz, A. de Cabezon, J. del Enzina, A. Marin y Coll, A. Corelli, Marin Marais |
 Ninna Nanna Ninna Nanna / Berceuses - Lullabies (ca. 1500-2002) |
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| The Spanish repertoire | |||||
 Alfons V el Magnànim La musique au temps d'Alphonse V / Music in the times of Alfons V |
 Alfonso X - El Sabio Cantigas de Santa Maria |
 Cabanilles, Joan Battales, Tientos & Passacalles |
 Cançons de la Catalunya mil-lenària |
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 Càrceres, Bartomeu Anonymes, XVIe siècle -Villancicos & Ensaladas |
 Carlos V Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador (1459-1558) |
 Cererols, Joan Messe pour les défunts (Missa pro defunctis / Missa da Batalla) |
 Del Enzina, Juan Romances et villancicos (Salamanca 1496) |
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 Diáspora Sefardí Romances & Musica instrumental |
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 El Cancionero de Medinaceli (1535-1595) La musique au temps de Philippe II / Music in the times of Philip II |
El Cancionero de Montecassino (1396-1453) La musique au temps d'Alphonse V / Music in the times of Alfons V |
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 El Cancionero de Palacio (1474-1516) La musique à la cour des rois catholiques d'Espagne / Music at the court of the Catholic kings of Spain |
 El Cançoner del Duc de Calabria (1526-1554) La musique à la cour valencienne du duc de Calabre / Music at the Court of the Duke of Calabria in Valencia |
 El Cant de la Sibil-la I Catalunya |
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 El Cant de la Sibil-la (1400-1560) Malorca - Valencia |
 Ensaladas Flecha, Heredia, Arrauxo |
 Folias et Canarios Oeuvres de / Works by: Cabezon, Mudarra, Cabanilles, etc. |
 Guerrero, Francisco Sacrae cantiones (1555, 1570) |
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 Isabel I, Reina de Castilla |
 Lope de Vega Intermèdes du Baroque espagnol entre 1580 et 1630 |
 Morales, Cristóbal de Officium Defunctorum / Missa Pro Defunctis |
 Victoria, Tómas Luis de Cantica Beatae Virginis |
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To order / Commander SACD Hybrid
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 Vilancicos y Danzas Criollas "De la Iberia antigua al nuevo mundo" - (1550-1570)
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| The English repertoire | |||||
 Dowland, John Lacrimae or Seven Teares (1604) |
 Elizabethan Consort Music, Vol.I (1558-1603) Alberti, Parsons, Strogers, Taverner, White, Woodcock & Anonymes |
 Elizabethan Consort Music, Vol. II (ca.1545 ? - 1602) The teares of the Muses, (1599) - Pavans, Gaillards & Almains - Consort Music for Viols & Lutes |
 Ferrabosco, Alfonso - the younger Consort Music for viols in 4, 5 & 6 Parts |
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 Hume, Tobias (Captain) Poeticall musicke (1605-07) |
 Jenkins, John Consort Music for Viols |
 Lawes, William Consort Sets in Five & Six parts |
 Locke, Matthew Consort of Fower Parts, Suites I à VI |
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 Purcell, Henry The Fairy Queen, Dioclesian or The Prophetess (Orchestral Suites / Suites d'orchestre) |
 Purcell, Henry Fantasias for the Viols |
 Tye, Christopher Lawdes Deo, Complete Consort Musicke set for viols |
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| The German repertoire | |||||
 Bach, Johann Sebastian Concertos brandebourgeois, BWV 1046-51 |
 Bach, Johann Sebastian Die Kunst der Fuge/ L'art de la fugue/ The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 |
 Bach, Johan Sebastian Musikalisches Opfer - L'Offrande musicale / A Musical Offering BWV 1079 |
 Bach, Johan Sebastian Quatre ouvertures (Suites pour orchestre, BWV 1066-69 |
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 Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Missa Bruxellensis |
 Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Battalia à 10 Requiem à 15 in Concerto |
 Brade, William Hamburger Ratsmusik / Consort Music, c.1600 / Musique civile de la ville de Hambourg vers 1600: recueils de 1609 et 1614 |
 Haendel, Georg Friedrich Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks |
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 Hammerschmidt, Andreas 4 Suites tirées du recueil "Erster Fleiss" (1636-1639) Four Suites from "Erster Fleiss" |
 Haydn, Franz Joseph Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross / Les Sept Dernières Paroles de Notre Rédempteur sur la Croix |
 Rosenmüller, Johann Sonata da camera e Sinfonie |
 Scheidt, Samuel Ludi Musici - Hamburg 1621 |
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| The French repertoire | |||||
 Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Canticum ad beatam virginem Mariam |
 Couperin, François Les Nations (1726) |
 Couperin, François Les Apothéoses (1724/25) |
 Du Caurroy, Eustache 23 fantaisies à 2, 3, 5 et 6 parties
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 Dumanoir, Guillaume et al. Suites d'orchestre (1650-60) |
 L'Orchestre de Louis XIII (1601-1643) L'Orchestre de Louis XIII |
 Lully, Jean-Baptiste L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil Symphonies, Ouvertures & Airs à jouer |
 Marais, Marin Alcione - Suite des Airs à joüer (1706) |
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| Music from the Italian peninsula | |||||
 Monteverdi, Claudio L'Orfeo: Favola in Musica (1607) |
 Monteverdi, Claudio Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, Libro Ottavo |
 Monteverdi, Claudio Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) |
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 Vivaldi, Antonio Farnace |
 Alia Vox 9835 La Viola da gamba in Concerto (Viole e Violoncello "all'Inglese") |
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| Beyond the Baroque | |||||
 Arriaga, Juan Crisóstomo Symphonie à grand orchestre en ré / Los esclavos felices Ouverture: "Nonetto" |
 Beethoven, Ludvig van Symphonie no. 3, op. 62, Ouverture "Coriolan" |
 Martin i Soler, Vicent Una cosa rara (Ossia belleza ed onestà) / Opera /Libretto: L. da Ponte |
 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Requiem, KV626 / Maurerische Trauermusik, KV477 |
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