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Jordi Savall was born in Igualada in 1941. At the age of six, he started his musical formation in the school choir of his native city (1947-55). He later completed his formation at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music (cello 1959-65).
Immediately afterwards he began his training in ancient music, collaborating with Ars Musicae and studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland (1968-70). In 1974, with his wife, the soprano Montserrat Figueras, and other musicians from different countries, he created Hesperion XX. With this ensemble, he rapidly came to the forefront of the interpretation of medieval, Renaissance and baroque music, and created a new style of interpretation, characterized by great musical vitality and the same time maximum historical fidelity. After living in Switzerland for twenty years, he returned to Barcelona to found La Capela Reial de Catalunya, an ensemble dedicated to the interpretation of vocal music prior to the year 1800. Finally, in 1989 he created the baroque and classic orchestra. Le Concert des Nations. Unanimously recognized as one of the main present day interpreters of the bass viol, during these last twenty years Jordi Savall has carried out an intense activity as a concert performer and director. He has made more than 100 recordings and won numerous distinctions such as the "Grand Prix de I'AcadEmie du Disque Lyrique" 1990. In 1988, he was designated Officer of the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the French Minister of Culture. In 1990, the Generalitat of Catalunya awarded him the Creu de Sant Jordi.
Since 1973, he has been a teacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His work in teaching, research and as a concert performer makes him one of the main figures in the process of revaluation of historical music which is happening in Europe during these years.
from Auvidis Records
JODI SAVALL, the most celebrated viola da gambist in the world and musicians from HESPERION XX and LA CAPELLA REIAL CATALUNYA make their long-awaited Australian debut. His sound track for "Tous le matins du Monde", a film on French composer Marin Marais, starring Gérard Depardieu, brought SAVALL international recognition and sold over half a million copies worldwide. For the Telstra Adelaide Festival 96, singer Montserrat Figueras and members of his two ensembles will perform an intoxicating concert of 17th century Spanish and Italian music. SAVALL will also present his only solo recital in Australia during the 1996 Festival in the inspiring surroundings of St Peter's Cathedral.
Jordi Savall (b.1941) is a viol player & conductor from Catalunya. He has been one of the major figures in Early Music since the 1970s, and has been a major exponent of solo viola da gamba performance as well as various innovative approaches to ensemble. His repertory ranges from the medieval era to the French baroque and beyond. In the early music newsgroup, Savall is so popular, he is often referred to as God. In fact, this is something of an "in" joke there. Savall's popularity really took off with the movie Tous les matins du monde, although he was well-known to viola da gamba enthusiasts prior to that.
"I rarely discuss perfection in music. I have no qualms about this with members of Hesperion XX, this is the embodiment of musical perfection."
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Unanimously recognized as one of the most important performers of ancient music at the present time, Jordi Savall is amply one of the most multi-faceted musical personalities of his generation: viol player, conductor, and creator of an unmistakable style, his concerts, pedagogical and research activities place him among the main architects of the present process of revaluation of historical music.
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Discography
Alfonso X El Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria
Strela do dia
La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8508
Arriaga: Symphony in D
Les Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8532
J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-51)
Hespèrion XX / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8737 (2 CDs)
J.S. Bach: The Four Overtures (BWV 1066-69)
Hespèrion XX / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8727 (2 CDs)
J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (BWV 1080)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 2001 (2 CDs)
J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord
Rampal / Savall / Marion / Veyron-Lacroix
Erato 45830
J.S. Bach: Flute Sonatas
Stephen Preston / Trevor Pinnock / Jordi Savall
CRD 3314/5 (2 CDs)
J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord
BWV 1027-29
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman
Virgin Veritas Edition 61291
Michel de la Barre: Pieces pour la flute traversiere, 1710
Stephen Preston / Jordi Savall / Blandine Verlet / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7786
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 8557
Brade: Consort Music
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77168
Cabanilles: Batalles, Tientos & Passacalles
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Alia Vox 9801
Caccini: Le Nuove Musiche
Montserrat Figueras / Hopkinson Smith / Jordi Savall / Xenia Schindler
/ Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77164
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois: Pièces de Viole
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Ariane Maurette / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7767
Bartomeu Càrceres / Anonymes XVIe siècle - Villancicos
& Ensaladas
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8723
Eustache du Caurroy: 23 Fantasies a 2, 3, 5 et 6 parties
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 7749
Cererols: Missa Pro Defunctis / Missa de Batalla
La Capella Reial - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8704
Charpentier: Canticum ad Beatam Virginem Mariam
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8713
Coprario: Consort Musicke
Jordi Savall / Christophe Coin / Sergi Casademunt
Astrée 7779
Couperin: Les Nations (1726)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 7700 (2 CDs)
Couperin: Les Apothéoses (1724/25)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 7709
Couperin: Pièces de Viole
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Arian Mauriette
Astrée 7744
Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Teares (1604)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8701
Robert Dowland: A musicall banquet (1610)
Nigel Rogers / Anthony Bailes / Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 30 934 (LP)
Dumanoir / Mazuel / De la Voye
Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9908
Juan del Enzina: Romances & Villancicos
(Salamanca 1496)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8707
Forqueray: Pièces de Viole
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Christophe Coin
Astrée 7762
Gabrieli / Guami: Canzoni da Sonare
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 63141
Gibbons: Fantaisies Royales
Jordi Savall / Christophe Coin / Sergi Casademunt / Johannes Sonnleitner
Astrée 7747
Guerrero: Sacrae Cantiones (1555, 1570)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8766
Haendel: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8512
Hammerschmidt: Vier Suiten aus "Erster Fleiss"
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Ars Musici1170
Haydn: Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross (orchestral version)
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8739
Hume: Musicall Humors
Jordi Savall
Astrée 7723
Hume: Poeticall musicke (1605/07)
Figueras / Hillier / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77165
Jenkins: Consort Music in Six Parts
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8724
Locke: Consort of Fower Parts
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8519
De Machy: Pièces de Violle (1685)
Jordi Savall
Astrée 7746
Marais: Alcione
Suites des Airs à Joüer
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8525
Marais: Pièces à Deux Violes du 1er Livre
Jordi Savall / Christophe Coin / Ton Koopman / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7769
Marais: Pièces de Viole du 2e Livre
Jordi Savall / Anne Gallet / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7770
Marais: Pièces de Viole du 3e Livre (1711)
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 8761
Marais: Pièces de Viole du 4e Livre (1717)
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7727
Marais: Pièces de Viole du 5e Livre (1725)
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 7708
Vicent Martin i Soler: Una Cosa Rara
Opera in 2 acts, libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Maria-Angela Peters, Montseerrat Figueras, Gloria Fabuel, Ernesto Palacio,
Iñaki Fresán, Fernando Belaza-Leoz, Stefano Palatchi,
Francesc Garrigosa / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Le Concert des
Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8760 (3 CDs)
Merula: Arie e Capricci a Voce Sola
Montserrat Figueras / Jean-Pierre Canihac / Ton Koopman / Andrew Lawrence-King
/ Rolf Lislevand / Lorenz Duftschmid / Jordi Savall
Astrée 8503
Lluís del Milà: Fantasies, Pavanes & Gallardes
Jordi Savall, Andrew Lawrence-King, et al.
Astrée 8535
Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Libro Ottavo
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8546
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Coro del Centro Musica Antiqua di
Padova - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8719 (2 CDs)
Morales: Officium Defunctorum / Missa Pro Defunctis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8765
Mozart: Requiem K626 / Maurerische Trauermusik k477
Montserrat Figueras, Claudia Schubert, Gerd Türk, Stephan Schreckenberger
/ Capella Reial de Catalunya / Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8759
Mozart: Requiem
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9915
Ortiz: Recercadas del Trattado de Glosas (1535)
Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman / Lorenz Duftschmid / Rolf Lislevand /
Paolo Pandolfo / Andrew Lawrence-King
Astrée 8717
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Prophetess
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 8583
Purcell: Fantasias for the Viols
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8536
Rosenmüller: Sonata da Camera and Sinfonie
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8709
Sainte-Colombe: Concerts à Deux Violes Egales
Wieland Kuijken / Jordi Savall
Astrée 7729
Sainte-Colombe: Concerts à Deux Violes Egales (II)
Jordi Savall / Wieland Kuijken
Astrée 8743
Samuel Scheidt: Ludi Musici (1622/27)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 63067
Scheidt: Ludi Musici
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 8559
Schein: Banchetto musicale
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 49224
Tye: Lawdes Deo, Complete Consort Musicke
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8708
Victoria: Cantica Beatae Virginis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8767
Original Collections
El Barroco Español
Hespèrion XX
Emi Reflexe 63418
Battaglie e lamenti Schlacht und Klage
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
DG Archiv 2533 468 (LP)
El Cancionero de la Colombina (1451-1506): Música en el tiempo
de Cristóbal Colón
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8763
El Cancionero de Medinaceli (1516-1556): Música en el tiempo
de Carlos V
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8764
El Cancionero de Palacio (1474-1516): Música en la corte de
los Reyes Católicos
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8762
Canciones y Danzas de España
Songs and Dances from the Time of Cervantes (1547-1616)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 63145
El Cançoner del Duc de Calabria
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8582
Cançons de la Catalunya millenària
Planys & Llegendes
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8758
Cansós de Trobairitz
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Virgin Edition 61310
Cant de la Sibilla
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8705
El cant de la Sibil.la
Mallorca - València, 1400-1560
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Alia Vox 9806
Canti amorosi
Nigel Rogers / Colin Tilney / Anthony Bailes / Jordi Savall / Pere
Ros
DG Archiv 2533 305 (LP)
El Canto de la Sibila Galicia-Castilla
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9900
Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603
Alberti / Parsons / Strogers / Taverner / White / Woodcock
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Alia Vox 9804
Ensaladas - Flecha Heredia Arrauxo
Hespèrion XX / Studio musicae Valencia - Jordi Savall
Astrée 7742
La Folia, 1490-1701
Corelli, Marais, Martín y Coll, Ortiz, etc.
Jordi Savall et al.
Alia Vox 9805
Folias and Canarios
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8516
Die Instrumentalvariation in der Spanischen Renaissancemusik
Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zurich - Michel Piquet / Jordi
Savall
Emi Reflexe 063-30116 (LP)
Italienische und englische barock Musik für Blockflöte
Conrad Steinmann / Jordi Savall / Hopkinson Smith
Claves 615 (LP)
Lessons for the Lyra-Violl
Ferrabosco / Corkine / Anon
Jordi Savall
Astrée 7750
La Lira d'Espéria - The Medieval Fiddle
Jordi Savall / Pedro Estevan
Astrée 8547
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Virgin Edition 61174
Lope de Vega - Intermedios del Barroco Hispánico (1580-1680)
Montserrat Figueras / Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8729
Le Moyen Age Catalan
De l'Art Roman à la Renaissance
Ensemble Ars Musicæ de Barcelona - Enric Gispert
Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord 190051
Music for guitar and harpsichord
John Williams / Rafael Puyana / Jordi Savall
Columbia 31194 (LP)
Musica barroca española
Montserrat Figueras / Janneke van der Meer / Pere Ros / Jordi Savall
/ Ton Koopman
Philips 432 822
Musicque de Ioye (1550)
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Astrée 7724
The Punckes delight and other seventeenth century English music for
viol and keyboard
Trevor Pinnock / Jordi Savall
Argo ZK 37 (LP)
Virtouse Verzierungskunst um 1600
Montserrat Figueras / René Jacobs / Jordi Savall / Schola Cantorum
Basiliensis et al.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 165-99 895/6 (2 LPs)
Viva rey Ferrando
Renaissance music from the Neapolitan Court, 1442-1556
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Virgin Edition 61222
Les Voix Humaines
Abel / Bach / Marais / Sainte-Colombe
Jordi Savall
Alia Vox 9803
Weltliche Musik im Christlichen und Jüdischen Spanien
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Emi Reflexe 63431 (2 CDs)
Other compilations, etc....
Ars Musicae
Portrait of Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall et al.
Auvidis Fontalis 9910 (2 CDs)
Baroque to pre-Romanticism
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9903
España - Anthologie de la musique español
Savall et al.
Astrée 8500
España: XVe - XXe
Six Centuries of Spanish Music
Savall et al.
Astrée 8600 (7 CDs)
España Antiqua
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
Virgin Edition 61179
Jeanne la Pucelle
Original Soundtrack
Hespèrion XX / Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Travelling Records 1006
Marais: Pièces de Viole, Livres I à V
Jordi Savall w/ Ton Koopman, Hopkinson Smith, Christophe Coin, Anne
Gallet
Astrée 8505 (5 CDs)
Meslanges Royaux
Jordi Savall et al.
Auvidis Fontalis 9914 (2 CDs)
Montserrat Figueras - La Voix de l'émotion
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion
XX - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9901
Moyen âge & renaissance
Hespèrion XX
Auvidis Fontalis 9904
La musique au temps des Castrats
Gluck / Vivaldi / Allegri / Charpentier / Broschi
Savall et al.
Astrée 8552
La Musique au temps de Marin Marais
Un Concert Baroque sous Louis XIV
Savall et al.
Valois 4681
Offertorium
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9906
Spirit of Gambo
Jordi Savall et al.
Auvidis Fontalis 9913
Tous les matins du Monde
Marais - Sainte Colombe - Couperin - Lully
Coin / Figueras / Hantaï / Biondi / Savall ...
Valois 4640
Vingt Ans de Hespèrion XX
Savall et al.
Astrée 8522 Vox Aeterna La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Auvidis Fontalis 9902 (2 CDs)
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