Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish
conductor,
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
and
viol
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...
player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western
early music
Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...
since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of instruments (notably the viola da gamba) in contemporary performance and recording. As a historian of early music his repertoire features everything from
medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...
,
Renaissance
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and
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
through to the
Classical and
Romantic periods. He has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music for a documentary on slavery.
Musical education
His musical training started at age six in the school choir of his native
Igualada
Igualada () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the ...
(1947–55). After graduating from the
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
's
Conservatory of Music
A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger i ...
(where he studied from 1959 to 1965) he specialized in early music, collaborating with
Ars Musicae de Barcelona 1941, Ars Musicae, Biblioteca de Catalunya.
Ars Musicae de Barcelona was a Catalan ensemble for the performance of medieval music active between 1935 and 1979.
The directors were:
* Josep María Lamaña (1935–1957); industrial engineer and amat ...
under Enric Gispert, studying with
August Wenzinger
August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of ...
at the
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that have ...
in
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
(1968–70) and eventually succeeding Wenzinger in 1974 as professor of viola da gamba at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Ensembles
![Jordi Savall in June 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Jordi_Savall_in_June_2015.jpg)
In 1974 he formed the ensemble ''Hespèrion XX'' (known since 2000 as
Hespèrion XXI
Hespèrion XXI is an international early music ensemble. The group was formed in Basel, Switzerland in 1974 as Hespèrion XX by Catalan musical director Jordi Savall (bowed string instruments, particularly the viola da gamba), his wife Montserr ...
), together with his wife soprano
Montserrat Figueras
Montserrat Figueras i García (, 15 March 1942 – 23 November 2011) was a Spanish soprano who specialized in early music.
Figueras was born 15 March 1942 in Barcelona, Spain. After initially training as an actress she began studying early singing ...
, Lorenzo Alpert and
Hopkinson Smith
Hopkinson Smith (born December 7, 1946) is an American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland.
Smith was born in New York City, the son of architectural writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith. He graduated from Har ...
. Hespèrion XX favored a style of interpretation characterized simultaneously by great musical vitality and maximum historical accuracy.
In 1987 he returned to Barcelona to found
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
''La Capella Reial de Catalunya'' is a group of soloist singers with the aim of making the repertoire of Catalan historical music and, by extension, that of Spanish and other music widely known throughout the world. The group was formed in Barc ...
, a vocal ensemble devoted to pre-eighteenth-century music.
In 1989 he founded
Le Concert des Nations
''Le Concert des Nations'' is an orchestra using period instruments, which performs the orchestral and symphonic repertoire from the Baroque to Romanticism: 1600 - 1900. The orchestra was created in 1989, the youngest of the groups conducted by th ...
, an orchestra generally emphasizing Baroque period, but sometimes also Classical and even Romantic music such as, for example, ''Sinfonía
orGrande Orquesta'' by
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (27 January 1806 – 17 January 1826) was a Spanish Basque people, Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a chi ...
) (1806–1826).
More recently Savall has performed with family members. The family ensemble has included his wife Montserrat Figueras (who died in 2011) and their two children,
Arianna and Ferran. Arianna plays the harp and sings, like her mother; Ferran plays the
theorbo
The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending ou ...
(bass lute) and sings, not only with his family but also in Barcelona jazz clubs.
Savall has incorporated non-western musical traditions in his work; including African vernacular music in ''Les Routes De L’Esclavage'' or ''The'' ''Routes of Slavery (2017).''
Recordings
Savall's discography includes more than 100 recordings. Originally recording with
EMI Classics
EMI Classics was a record label founded by Thorn EMI in 1990 to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogues for internationally distributed classical music releases. After Thorn EMI demerged in 1996, its recorded musi ...
, and then from 1975 on
Michel Bernstein Michel Bernstein (Paris, 1931 – Paris, October 31, 2006) was a French musical producer and founder of several record labels.
Bernstein's first contact with classical music was hearing the school music teacher play Beethoven on an out-of-tune pian ...
's Astrée label, since 1998 he has recorded on his own label, Alia Vox.
Honours and awards
* 2000 – for service to Catalan culture or for scientific, cultural or civic works in the Catalan language
* 2006 –
Honorary doctorate
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...
from the
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
* 2008 – Appointed
European Union
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ambassador for intercultural dialogue
* 2008 – Savall and his wife, Montserrat Figueras, were named "Artists for Peace" by
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
.
* 2009 –
Handel Prize
The Handel Prize (german: Händel-Preis) is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artistic, ...
from the city of
Halle, Germany Halle, Germany may refer to:
* Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, also called ''Halle an der Saale'', or Halle (Saale)
* Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, also called ''Halle in Westfalen'', or ''Halle (Westfalen)''
* Halle, Bentheim, in the district of Bentheim, ...
* 2009 – National Music Prize from the National Council of Music and Arts of
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
* 2010 – Praetorius Musikpreis
Niedersachsen
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
* 2010 – MIDEM Classical Award for his album "Jerusalem – la ville des deux Paix: La paix céleste et la paix terrestre"
* 2011 –
Grammy
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance for ''Dinastia Borja. Església i poder al Renaixement''
* 2012 –
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international composer or musician. It was first awarded in 1959 to composer Igor Stravinsky. Laureates are now s ...
* 2013 –
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...
(France)
* 2013 – Honorary doctorate from the
University of Basel
The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...
* 2014 –
Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia The gold metal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan: ) is the highest award given by the Generalitat of Catalonia to those people or institutions who have excelled with their work in the political, social, economic, cultural or scientific, and r ...
* In 2014 he refused the
Premio Nacional de Música
The National Music Award ( es, Premio Nacional de Música, links=no) is one of Spain's annual National Awards by the Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to:
* Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania)
*Mini ...
awarded by the Spanish government, in protest at the government's artistic policies, accusing them of "grave incompetence" and "dramatic disinterest".
* 2016 – Honorary doctorate from
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
* 2022 - Honorary membership of the
Royal Philharmonic Society
The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) is a British music society, formed in 1813. Its original purpose was to promote performances of instrumental music in London. Many composers and performers have taken part in its concerts. It is now a memb ...
Discography with Alia Vox
Full discography as published on Alia Vox website:
* 1998 –
Joan Cabanilles (AV9801)
* 1998 –
José Marín (AVSA9802)
* 1998 – Les Voix Humaines (AV9803)
* 1998 – Elizabethan Consort Music 1558 – 1603 (AV9804)
* 1998 – La Folia 1490- 1701 (AVSA9805)
* 1999 –
El Cant de la Sibil·la (AVSA9806)
* 1999 –
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...
(AVSA9807)
* 1999 – Missa Bruxellensis –
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (baptism, bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop ...
(AV9808)
* 1999 – Diaspora Sefardi (AV9809)
* 2000 – La Barcha d'Amore (AV9811)
* 2000 – Die Sonaten für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo (with
Ton Koopman
Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...
) –
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...
(AV9812)
* 2000 – The Teares of the Muses.
Anthony Holborne
Anthony ''AntonyHolborne ''Holburne(c. 1545 – 29 November 1602) was a composer of music for lute, cittern, and instrumental consort during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Life
An "Anthony Holburne" entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1562, ...
(AV9813)
* 2000 –
Carlos V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
Charles V, Duke ...
. La Canción del Emperador (AVSA9814)
* 2000 – Battaglie & Lamenti (1396–1458) (AV9815)
* 2001 –
Alfons V El Magnànim (AV9816)
* 2001 – Harmonie Universelle (AV9810
* 2001 –
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...
(AV9817)
* 2001 –
Musikalisches Opfer
''The Musical Offering'' (German: or ), BWV 1079, is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Pr ...
-
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...
(AVSA9818)
* 2001 –
Die Kunst der Fuge
''The Art of Fugue'', or ''The Art of the Fugue'' (german: Die Kunst der Fuge, links=no), BWV 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the last decade of his life, ''The Art of Fug ...
-
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...
(AV9819)
* 2001 – Ostinato (AV9820)
* 2001 –
Tous les Matins du Monde (AVSA9821)
* 2002 –
Farnace
''Farnace'' is an opera by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, set to a libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini initially set by Leonardo Vinci during 1724. Vivaldi's setting received its first performance in 1727 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. ...
.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
AV9822)
* 2002 –
William Lawes
William Lawes (April 160224 September 1645) was an English composer and musician.
Life and career
Lawes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was baptised on 1 May 1602. He was the son of Thomas Lawes, a vicar choral at Salisbury Cathedral, ...
(AV9823)
* 2002 – L'Orchestre de
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
(1601- 1643) (AV9824)
* 2002 –
Henrich Ignaz Franz Biber (AV9825)
* 2002 – Ninna Nanna (AV9826)
* 2003 – Monsieur de Sainte Colombe le Fils (AV9827)
* 2003 – Le Parnasse de la viole (AV9829)
* 2003 – Pièces de Viole du Second Livre.
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
(AV9828)
* 2003 – Bella Terra (AV9833)
* 2003 – Entremeses del siglo de oro (1550- 1650) (AVSA9831)
* 2003 –
Alfonso Ferrabosco The Younger
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1575 – March 1628) was an English composer and viol player of Italian descent. He straddles the line between the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Biography
Ferrabosco was born at Greenwich, the illeg ...
(AV9832)
* 2003 – Villancicos y Danzas Criollas (AV9834)
* 2003 – La Viola da Gama in Concerto -
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
(AV9835)
* 2004 – Homenatge al
. La Vespra (AV9836)
* 2004 – Musicall Humors.
Tobias Hume
Tobias Hume (possibly 1579 – 16 April 1645) was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier.
Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1579 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisit ...
(AV9837)
* 2004 –
Isabel I. Reina de Castilla (AVSA9838)2004 – Harmonie Universelle II (AV9839)
* 2005 – Les Concerts Royaux.
François Couperin
François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...
(AVSA9840)
* 2005 – Du temps & de l'instant (AVSA9841)
* 2005 – Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles (AV9842)
* 2005 –
Don Quijote
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
de la Mancha (AVSA9843)
* 2005 – Altre Follie (AVSA9844)
* 2005 – La Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid.
Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and ''galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European ...
(AVSA9845)
* 2006 – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
(AVSA9846)
* 2006 – Lux Feminæ (AVSA9847)
* 2006 – Orient – Occident (AVSA9848)
* 2006 – Metamorphoses Fidei (AV9849)
* 2006 –
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
Suitte d’un Goût Etranger (AVSA9851)
* 2006 – Christophorus
Columbus
Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to:
* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
Columbus may also refer to:
Places ...
(AVSA9850)
* 2007 – Lachrimae Caravaggio (AVSA9852)
* 2007 – Ludi Musici (AV9853)
* 2007 – Septem Verba Christi in Cruce.
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
(AVSA9854)2007 –
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
(AVSA9855)
* 2007 –
Francisco Javier – The Route to the Orient (AVSA9856)
* 2008 – Estampies & Danses Royales (AVSA9857)
* 2008 – Fantasias for the Viols.
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
(AVSA9859)
* 2008 – Water Music.
Georg Friederich Haendel (AVSA9860)
* 2008 – Invocation a la nuit (AV9861)
* 2008 – Su la Cetra Amorosa.
Tarquinio Merula
Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most ...
(AVSA9862)
* 2008 – Mireu el nostre mar (AV9858)
* 2008 –
Jérusalem
''Jérusalem'' is a grand opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was to be an adaptation and partial translation of the composer's original 1843 Italian opera, ''I Lombardi alla prima crociata''. It was the one opera which he regarded ...
(AVSA9863)
* 2009 – Ministriles Royales. Ménestrels royales – Royal Minstrels (AVSA9864A+B)
* 2009 – The Celtic Viol – La Viole Celtique (AVSA9865)
* 2009 – The Fairy Queen. The Prophetess.
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
(1659- 1695) (AVSA9866)
* 2009 – Maestros del Siglo de Oro (AVSA9867)
* 2009 – Peiwoh (AV9869)
* 2009 – Istanbul.
Dimitrie Cantemir
Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (, russian: Дмитрий Кантемир; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Romanian prince, statesman, and man of letters, regarded as one of the most significant e ...
(AVSA9870)
* 2009 – Septem Verba Christ in Cruce.
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
(CD/DVD) (AVDVD9868)
* 2009 – Le Royaumé Oublié (AVSA9873)
* 2010 – The Brandenbourgh Concertos –
JS. Bach (AVSA9871)
* 2010 – El Nuevo Mundo (AVSA9876)
* 2010 –
Le Concert Spirituel
Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialising in works of baroque music, played on period instruments. Founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987, it is named after the 18th-century concert series Concert Spirituel. The group performs internation ...
.
Corelli.
Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...
.
Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera an ...
(AVSA9877)
* 2010 – The Celtic Viol II. Treble Viol & Lyra Viol (AVSA9878)
* 2010 – Dinastia Borgia (AVSA9875)
* 2010 – Pièces de Viole des Cinq Livres.
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
(AVSA9872)
* 2011 –
Requiem
A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...
.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
(AVSA9880)
* 2011 –
El Cant de la Sibil·la a Catalunya (AVSA9879)
* 2011 – Cançons de la Catalunya Mil·lenària. Planys & Llegendes (AVSA9881)
* 2011 – L'orquestre de
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...
(AVSA9882)
* 2011 – Hispania & Japan (AVSA9883)
* 2011 – Aria e Lamenti. Madrigali.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
(AVSA9884)
* 2011 – Concerts à Deux Violes Esgales. Sieur de Sainte-Colombe (AVSA9885)
* 2011 – La Sublime Porte (AVSA9887)
* 2011 – Mare Nostrum (AVSA9888)
* 2012 – La Voix de l'Emotion.
Montserrat Figueras
Montserrat Figueras i García (, 15 March 1942 – 23 November 2011) was a Spanish soprano who specialized in early music.
Figueras was born 15 March 1942 in Barcelona, Spain. After initially training as an actress she began studying early singing ...
(AVSA9889)
* 2012 – Les Quatre Ouvertures.
J.S Bach (AVSA9890)
* 2012 – Jeanne D'Arc (AVSA9891)
* 2012 – Ésprit D'Arménie. Armenian Spirit (AVSA9892)
* 2012 – Pièces de Violes 1728.
François Couperin
François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...
(AVSA9893)
* 2012 – Pro·Pacem AVSA9894)
* 2013 – Messe en Si Mineur .
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...
(AVDVD9896A)
* 2013 – Erasmus (AVSA9895)
* 2013 – 25 anys Capella Reial de Catalunya. 25 años La Capella Reial de Catalunya. (AVSA9897)
* 2013 – Esprit des Balkans/Balkan Spirit (AVSA9898)
* 2013 – Recercadas del Tratado de Golsas. Diego de Ortiz ( AVSA9899)
* 2013 – Orient- Occident II ( AVSA9900)
* 2013 – Lachrimae or Seven Teares.
John Dowland
John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...
(AVSA9901)
* 2013 – Bal·Kan: Miel & Sang (AVSA9902)
* 2014 – Alcyone.
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
(AVSA9903)
* 2014 – The Voice of Emotion II.
Montserrat Figueras
Montserrat Figueras i García (, 15 March 1942 – 23 November 2011) was a Spanish soprano who specialized in early music.
Figueras was born 15 March 1942 in Barcelona, Spain. After initially training as an actress she began studying early singing ...
(AVDVD9904)
* 2014 –
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still us ...
à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles (AVDVD9905)
* 2014 – La Lira d'Esperia II. Galicia (AVSA9907)
* 2014 – Magnificat and Concerti.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...
(AVSA9909D)
* 2015 – War and Peace. 1614- 1714 (AVSA9908)
* 2015 – Euskel Antiqva (AV9910)
* 2015 –
L'Orfeo
''L'Orfeo'' ( SV 318) (), sometimes called ''La favola d'Orfeo'' , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ''favola in musica'', or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and ...
.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
(AVSA9911)
* 2015 – Baroque Splendor.
Henrich Ignaz Franz Biber (AVSA9912)
* 2015 – Les Éléments (AVSA9914)
* 2016 –
Simfonía Eroica.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
. AVSA9916)
* 2016 – Marquise (AV9701)
* 2016 –
Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull (; c. 1232 – c. 1315/16) was a philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, and Christian apologist from the Kingdom of Majorca.
He invented a philosophical system known as the ''Art'', conceived as a type of universal logic to pro ...
1232 · 1316 (AVSA9917)
* 2016 –
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
1013- 1502 (AVSA9915)
* 2016 –
Dixit Dominus
Psalm 110 is the 110th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "The said unto my Lord". In Latin, it is known as Dixit Dominus ("The Lord Said"). It is considered both a royal psalm and a messianic psalm. ...
. (AVSA9918)
* 2016 –
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
The ''Llibre Vermell de Montserrat'' (, "Red Book of Montserrat") is a manuscript collection of devotional texts containing, amongst others, some late medieval songs. The 14th-century manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monaster ...
(AVSA9919)
* 2017 – Les Routes de l’Esclavage (AVSA9920)
* 2017 –
Henricus Isaac (AVSA9922)
* 2017 –
Cantigas de Santa Maria
The ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'' (, ; "Canticles of Holy Mary") are 420 poems with musical notation, written in the medieval Galician-Portuguese language during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile ''El Sabio'' (1221–1284). Traditionally, they ar ...
(AVSA9923)
* 2017 – In Excelsis Deo (AVSA9924)
* 2017 – Venezia Millenaria (AVSA9925)
* 2018 – Musica Nova (AVSA9926)
* 2018 – Bailar Cantando (AVSA9927)
* 2018 – Les Nations –
François Couperin
François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...
(AVSA9928)
* 2018 – Terpsichore (AVSA9929)
* 2018 –
Ibn Battuta
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (, ; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berbers, Berber Maghrebi people, Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, ...
– Le Voyageur de l’Islam 1304-1377 (AVSA9930)
* 2019 – J.S. Bach –
Markus Passion (AVSA9931)
* 2019 –
W.A. Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
– Le Testament Symphonique (AVSA9934)
* 2019 –
A. Vivaldi –
Juditha Triumphans
''Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie'' (Latin: 'Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes'), RV 644, is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only survivor of the four that he is known to have composed. Although the rest of ...
(AVSA9935)
* 2019 –
Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
–
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' ...
(AVSA9936)
* 2020 –
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
– Révolution Symphonies 1 à 5 (AVSA9937)
* 2020 –
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
Alcione
Alcione may refer to:
* ''Alcione'', a 1638 literary work by Pierre du Ryer
* ''Alcione'', a 1787 musical drama by João de Sousa Carvalho
* '' CANT Z.1007 Alcione'', World War II Italian bomber aircraft
* ''Alcione'' (opera), a 1706 opera by ...
. Tragédie lyrique (AVSA9939)
* 2020 –
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...
–
Weihnachts-Oratorium (AVSA9940)
* 2021 –
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as ''da Vittoria''; ) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Ren ...
– Passion Officium Hebdomadæ Sanctæ (AVSA9943)
* 2021 –
Couperin
The Couperin family was a musical dynasty of professional composers and performers. They were the most prolific family in French musical history, active during the Baroque era (17th—18th centuries). Louis Couperin and his nephew, François Coup ...
– Apothéoses (AVSA9944)
* 2021 –
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
–
La Création (AVSA9945)
* 2022 –
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
– Révolution Symphonies 6 à 9 (AVSA9946)
Filmography
Savall adapted and performed music for the 1991 Alain Corneau film ''
Tous les matins du monde'' about composers
Sainte-Colombe and
Marin Marais
Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...
. His work on this film earned him a
César award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* C ...
from the French film industry in 1992. The soundtrack has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
He has composed music for the following films:
* (1991) ''
Tous les matins du monde'' (''All the Mornings of the World'') by
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer.
Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work ...
* (1993) ''
The Bird of Happiness'' (''El pajaro de la felicidad'') by
Pilar Miró
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero (20 April 1940 in Madrid – 19 October 1997 in Madrid) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. She was the General Director of RTVE from 1986 to 1989. In the 1990s, she directed the television broadcasts of th ...
* (1994) ''
Joan the Maiden
''Joan the Maid'' (french: Jeanne la pucelle) is a two-part 1994 French historical film directed by Jacques Rivette. It chronicles the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective.
This film was released in two parts: ''Joan the Maid, Part 1: ...
'' (Part 1: The Battles; Part 2: The Prisons) by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine ''Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including ''L'amour fou' ...
* (1997) ''
Long Twilight
''Long Twilight'' ( hu, Hosszú alkony) is a 1997 Hungarian drama film directed by Attila Janisch. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cast
* Mari Törőcsik
Mari Tör ...
'' (''Hosszú alkony'') by
* (1997) ''
Marquise'' by
Véra Belmont
Véra Belmont (born 17 November 1932) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter. Since 1960, she has produced 45 films, directed 5 films, and written 8 films. Her films were greatly inspired by François Truffaut and other members of ...
* (1998) ''
Secret Defense'' (''Top Secret'') by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine ''Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including ''L'amour fou' ...
In popular culture
* Savall and his wife are characters in a 2009 work of fiction, ''Sır (Secret)'', by Turkish writer
Enis Batur
Ahmet Enis Batur (born 28 June 1952, Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor.
Education
Born in Eskişehir on 28 June 1952, Enis Batur studied at St. Joseph High School Istanbul, METU-Sociology (Ankara), and So ...
. The plot includes a surprise birthday party for Jordi Savall.
References
External links
*
Alia-vox.com Jordi Savall's official website.
at Medieval.org
* The private websit
is devoted primarily to Jordi Savall's works.
Misteria Paschalia Festival*
Zachary Woolfe
Zachary Woolfe is an American music critic who specializes in classical music. Since 2022 he has been chief classical music critic for ''The New York Times''.
Education and career
Woolfe studied at Princeton University. Although he "had wri ...
Interview, "Jordi Savall's Never-ending Repertory" ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', 27 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015
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