Since you are interested in Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles: Instrumental masterpieces from the reigns of Louis XII and Louis XIV, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
TOBIAS HUME
Hume: Musical Humors (1605) Jordi Savall (Viola da Gamba) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 3/Aug/2004 ] "Jordi Savall's cultivated, elegant style is very appropriate for much of the music; occasionally he adopts a more earthy manner to great effect - for example in A Souldiers Resolution, with its trumpet and drum imitations." Gramophone |
WILLIAM LAWES
Consort Sets in Five & Six Parts Hesparion XXI and Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 17/Jun/2002 ] CANNES CLASSICAL AWARD WINNER 2004: Chamber/Solo Instrumental 17/18 Century |
MARIN MARAIS
Suite d'un Gout Etranger (Pieces de viole du IV Livre 1717) Jordi Savall (viol) / Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) / Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) / Pedro Estevan (percussion) [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best Chamber Recording) 'Jordi Savall's pioneering musical and scholarly contributions culminate in this disc. His performance suggests a spiritual connection with Marin Marais. Savall animates the poetry of... |
HARMONIE UNIVERSELLE
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 5/Aug/2001 ] One of the best complilations of 17th Century Spanish music....ever!! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harmonie Universelle - the best of Jordi Savall (Vol 2) Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XXI, La Concert des Nations [ Alia Vox / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] Jordi Savall is widely credited with the rebirth of the viola da gamba, an instrument which has been all but ignored since the late 17th century - the period of its greatest exponents, François Couperin, Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray. Savall's... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (Complete opera filmed in 1997) Muziektheater Amsterdam / John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro, Michael Chance, Brigitte Balleys / Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Simply the most compelling account of L'Orfeo yet produced...John Mark Ainsley is simply superb as Orfeo…" BBC Music Magazine |
CARLOS V
Mille Regretz: La Cancion del Emperador La Capella Reyal de Catalunya; Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "this is as imaginative and beautiful as anything Savall has ever done" (Amazon)- On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
LULLY
Symphonies, Ouvertures and Airs  jouer Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (direction) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2003 ] "A recording of highlights as good as this is something anyone who enjoys baroque music would wish to own." (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented stereo sound. PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
Les Concert de Nations. Jordi Savall, viola da gamba & direction
Vivaldi - La Viola da gamba in Concerto (RV544, RV 546, RV555, RV565, RV578, RV579, RV580) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 26/Feb/2004 ] The album La Viola da gamba in Concerto brings together all of Vivaldi's concerti containing one several parts written expressly for the viola da gamba. |