a r t i s t : Jordi Savall-Hesperion XXI
t i t l e : Altre Follie (1500-1750)
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : Alia Vox (AVSA9844)
g e n r e : Classical
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2006
t r a c k s : 15
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 107,8 MB
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For listeners unconverted by the art of Jordi Savall, the
enthusiasm with which his fervent fans have greeted his
successive recordings has always seemed, to say the least,
uncritical. After all, it seemed highly implausible that
Savall's records could have steadily gotten better through his
long career. How could his late-'70s recordings of Marin
Marais' bass viole music have been bettered by his 1988
recording of Monteverdi's Vespers, then bettered again by his
1992 recording of Mozart's Requiem, then bettered again by his
1998 recording La Voix Humaines? And, the unconverted asked,
how could Savall have again made a better record in this 2005
recording called Altre Follie with his chamber ensemble Hesp?
rion XXI featuring violinist Manfredo Kraemer?
All Savall's fervent fans could do was to point to the
recording. The excellence of the music on the program is
undeniable. Each Follie setting from the anonymous Peruvian
composer's rhythmically infectious Folias criollas to the
Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi's violently virtuosic La
Follia Sonata is more impressive than the last, their totality
forming an organic unity in which the whole is far more than
the sum of its parts. The beauty of the performances is
incontestable. From the elegantly accomplished playing of
Manfredo Kraemer through the supple th?orbe playing of Rolf
Lislevand and the blissful harp playing of Arianna Savall to
the masterful viola da gamba playing of Jordi Savall himself,
Hesp?rion XXI is a group with an affectionate ensemble, an
effortless virtuosity, and a warm and embracing humanity. For
Savall's fervent fans, the easy intensity of their playing and
the profound expressivity of their interpretations coupled
with the superbly chosen programs are the qualities that have
consistently if improbably enabled Savall to make better
records. Alia Vox's sound captures the uncanny sense of real
people performing in a real space in real time.
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01-anonimo - folias criollas (improv.) [03:27]
02-anonimo - folias antiguas [03:58]
03-antonio de cabezon - pavana con su glosa [03:03]
04-alonso mudarra - fantasia que contrahaze la harpa de [02:37]
ludovico
05-vincenzo ruffo - la gamba in basso, e soprano [02:02]
06-alessandro piccinini - partita sopra la follia [03:34]
07-andrea falconiero - folias (aa3) echa para mi senora [04:30]
08-bernardo storace - follia [04:02]
09-john playford - faronell's division [04:57]
10-francesco corbetta - folias [03:15]
11-arcangelo corelli - follia [10:57]
12-joan cabanilles - diferencias de folias [05:56]
13-henrico albicastro - sonata 'la follia' [11:48]
14-santiago de murcia - folias gallegas [03:28]
15-antonio vivaldi - sonata 'la follia', op 1 n░ 12 [09:49]
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