Since you are interested in Le Royaume Oublie: The Albigensian Crusade (3 SACDs with large book), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
TRADITIONAL
Du temps & de l'instant Jordi Savall (viole de gambe basse) Montserrat Figueras (voice) Arianna Savall (voix et harpes) Ferran Savall (voice et thaorbe) Pedro Estevan (perc) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 19/Jun/2005 ] This is a true family album from the Savall-Figueras team, featuring a highly successful concert programme with which they have already toured the world. |
Montserrat Figueras (canto) / Hesperion XX (featuring Jordi Savall)
Entremeses del Siglo de Oro: Lope de Vega y su tiempo 1550 - 1650 [ Alia Vox / SACD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] The predominant role played by music in Spanish Golden Age theatre is one of the hallmarks of the rich theatrical tradition on the Iberian peninsula. - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in DSD stereo sound. PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
H CABEZON / SCHEIDT / SCHEIN
Music in Europe 1550-1650 Jordi Savall (conductor), Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hysperion XXI [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2009 ] Early Jordi Savall recordings released in a special box set. |
GULLAUME DUFAY / FRANCISCO de la TORRE / JUAN del ENZINA / JOHANNES CORNAGO / etc
Isabella I, Queen of Castile: Lights and shadows at the age of Isabella the Catholic ( Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] Born in 1451, Isabella I was to become heir to the Spanish throne. In 1469, she married Ferdinand, the heir to the crown of Aragon, and when her brother died in 1474, Isabella was crowned queen of Castile. |
GULLAUME DUFAY / FRANCISCO de la TORRE / JUAN del ENZINA / JOHANNES CORNAGO / etc
Isabella I, Queen of Castile: Lights and shadows at the age of Isabella the Catholic Hesperion X11 / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2004 ] Hybrid SACD - Playable on all CD players - "Total authenticity is arguable but this music makes a programme full of verve" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2005 |
CACCINI / MONTEVERDI / SCHEIDT / LULLY / etc
La Barcha d'Amore (1563-1685) Hesperion X11. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall, direction (with Montserrat Figueras, soprano) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "…there's a surprising homogeneity of sound and style throughout - testament to Figueras and Savall's innate musicality, artistic vision and spiritual harmony in a lifetime of collaboration and discovery." BBC Music Magazine, September 2009 **** |
TRADITIONAL
Ludi Musici: The Spirit of Dance 1450 - 1650 Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Le Concert des Nations / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Life-affirming music, exuberant yet elegant, given spirited, technically-brilliant, richly-textured realisations: five stars it is." BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ***** |
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 |