Harmonie Universelle II [Import]

Catalonian Anonymous (Composer), Sephardic Traditional (Composer), Tobias Hume (Composer), Gines de Morata (Composer), Alfonso [2] Ferrabosco (Composer), French Anonymous (Composer), Juan [1] Garcia (Composer), William Lawes (Composer), Andrea Falconieri (Composer), Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (Composer), Jean de Sainte-Colombe (Composer), Marin Marais (Composer), Arianna Savall (Composer), Jordi Savall (Composer), Arvo Part (Composer), Francois Couperin (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Vicente Martin y Soler (Composer), Jordi Savall (Conductor), Hesperion XXI (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Hesperion XXI
• Conductor: Jordi Savall
• Composer: Catalonian Anonymous, Sephardic Traditional, Tobias Hume, Gines de Morata, Alfonso [2] Ferrabosco, et al.
• Audio CD (January 11, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Alia Vox Spain
• ASIN: B0002XNLZG
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,906 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption: Fanfara

2. El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption: Angel: Deu vos salve

3. El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption: Maria: Ab molt ser

4. El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption: Apòstols: O, cos sant

5. Lavava i suspirava, romance

6. Hark! Hark! (No 10 in Musical Humors)

7. Aquí me declaró su pensamiento, for voice & ensemble

8. Fantasia for 4 viols No. 24

9. Pavane & Gaillarde pour la petitte guaire (Philidor's Recüeil de Plusieurs vieux Airs, XXVI-XXVII): Pavane

10. Ay que me abraso, guaracha

11. Consort Sett a 6 in C minor (No. 10): In nomine a 6

12. Ciaccona (from Il primo libro de canzoni)

13. Requiem à 15, for solo voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, C. 7: Agnus Dei

14. Les Pleurs, for 2 basse de viole

15. Work(s): Courante II en mi

16. Rondeau champêtre, for viola da gamba & continuo in E minor (Pièces de viole, Book II, No. 104)

17. L'Amor, song

18. Les Ombres, for viols da gamba, harpsichord & percussion

19. Kuus, kuus kallike, Estonian lullaby for 2 voices & ensemble

20. Work(s): Muzette

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars yet another great Savall sampler, December 19, 2005

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Simon Zaleski - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harmonie Universelle II (Audio CD)

Having purchased hundreds of dollars worth of Savall's CD's, I can say I too am a devoted fan of his. This is a great sampler of his more recent work and contains a huge variety of music. The individual pieces sound great and, as usual, the tone quality and spirit of his ensembles are perfect. If you are looking for a nice album of "early music," are interested in checking out Jordi Savall's work, or are already a Savall fan looking for a nice album to relax to, this inexpensive compilation is for you. It also comes with a color catalog of Alia Vox's current offerings.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW - my two year old started doing ballet while listening, June 27, 2005

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DKDC (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harmonie Universelle II (Audio CD)

Which is, of course, another story. But she liked the music. My wife insisted I not sell our copy (which I had no intention of doing). I even played it very loud and no one minded!

I am a Jordi Savall fan, so I saw this sampler of his stuff for such a great price and bought it. It has a nice variety - beautiful vocals, mostly nice instrumental pieces, but all very nice. Even the one (?) opera sounding piece was nice (and I don't like opera).

Anyway - for the price how can you go wrong? Read some of Jordi's other reviews and then jump on it! (Just my opinion)