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Jordi Savall: Playlist

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Jordi Savall: Playlist
Jordi Savall

If there’s one living being who embodies the spirit of Early Music in our time, it’s Jordi Savall. He has breathed life into the viola da gamba, an instrument that, following its heyday in the 16th to 18th centuries, had been cast into the shadows. Savall has shown us how the gamba’s soulful, expressive sound can still evoke profound emotions and simmering passions in today’s world. As a conductor, his scholarship has shed light on neglected repertoire and dusted-down familiar works, allowing them to gleam anew. - Ash Khandekar

This playlist explores the wealth of recordings by Jordi Savall, to accompany Ash Khandekar's interview with the extraordinary musician for Continuo Connect. We have chosen a selection of 25 tracks, featuring works by composers from France, Spain, Italy, Britain and Germany, as well as traditional pieces from a variety of cultures which reflect the enormous breadth of Savall's work.

Listen below or on our Spotify Playlist - Jordi Savall.

Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV43 – IV : ‘Marche pour la cérémonie Turque’

Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall

Marais: Improvisations sur les folies d'Espagne

Jordi Savall

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe: Les pleurs (version for 2 viols)

Christophe Coin | Jordi Savall

Forqueray: Suite No. 1 – ‘La Portugaise’

Jordi Savall

Marais: Muzettes I-II from ‘Le 3ème livre de pièces de viole’

Pierre Hantaï | Rolf Lislevand | Jordi Savall

Marais: Allemande ‘La bizarre’ from ‘Le 3ème livre de pièces de viole’

Jordi Savall et al.

Binchois: Evocation 1 ‘Nunc iam cessit pontus et omnes patitur leges’ from Medea, Act II

Montserrat Figueras | Jordi Savall

Hidalgo: Ay que me rio de amor

Montserrat Figueras | Jordi Savall

Cabanilles: Corrente italiana (Overture)

Hespèrion XX | Jordi Savall

Purcell: Fantasia No. 12 in 4 parts

Hespèrion XX | Jordi Savall

Hume: The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others – 3. ‘Tobacco’

Paul Hillier | Jordi Savall

Gibbons: Royal Fantasie I

Jordi Savall et al.

Lawes: Consort Set à 6 in F minor – ‘Aire’

Hespèrion XXI | Jordi Savall

Brade: Paduana (I) from Newe ausserlesene Paduanen, Galliarden, Cantzonen, Allmand und Couranten

Hespèrion XX | Jordi Savall

Traditional Scottish: Prince Charlie’s Last View of Edinburg

Jordi Savall | Andrew Lawrence-King

Traditional: Sinanon Saran (Chant de griot)

Kassé-Mady Diabaté et al | Jordi Savall

Romance Sefardí: El rey de Francia (Smyrna)

Montserrat Figueras| Hespèrion XXI | Jordi Savall

Traditional Turkish: Hisar Buselik

Hespèrion XXI | Jordi Savall

Traditional Serbian: Pastirska Elegija

Jordi Savall | Bora Dugic | Marko Lazović | Slobodan Marković

Falconieri: Passacalle

Hespèrion XXI | Jordi Savall

Telemann: Concerto for recorder and viola da gamba in A minor, TWV 52:a1 – II: Allegro

Michael Piguet | Jordi Savall | Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard

Scheidt: Galliard à 4 – Cantus VIII

Jordi Savall

JS Bach: Sonata for viola da gamba No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 – I: Vivace

Jordi Savall | Ton Koopman

Biber: Missa bruxellensis – I: Kyrie

La Capella Reial de Catalunya | Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 50 Eroica - II: Marche funèbre: Adagio assai

Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall

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