Browse: Hesperion XXI (early music ensemble)

Venezia Millenaria is as kaleidoscopic as the city itself, Venice’s trademark cosmopolitanism reflected in Savall’s augmenting of his home team(s) with Ensemble Panagiotis Neochoritis, and an... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Medieval music from Europe and traditional songs from the Far and Middle East not only meet on this marvellous double CD, they develop a dialogue and thus bridge the gap between written record... — International Classical Music Awards, 2024 More…

As is customary with Jordi Savall's projects, the album presents vivid theatre for the ear...The performances by La Cappella and Hespèrion are as magical as ever — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the performances have a dash and abandon that are genuinely convincing...The sense of occasion and spontaneity of a live recording is conveyed without artifice. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 More…

Like Ibn Battuta’s rihla, Jordi Savall’s musical journey offers a voyage through a somewhat idealised Orient, one held to be the cradle of knowledge, culture and religion in the 14th century…Such... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

If an hour and a quarter of music based on 16 bars appears daunting, take courage from the immense stylistic variety over 200 years and the splendidly colourful range of instruments playing it.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an entrancing CD, with dances, laments, and feast-day songs linked in a slow-quick-slow structure. Perhaps as an implicit tribute to Montserrat Figueras, there are no vocal numbers, but... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…