Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo & Jordi Savall – Bailar Cantando (2018) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo & Jordi Savall – Bailar Cantando (2018) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:10:01 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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The twenty pieces comprising the musical collection in the Codex Trujillo del Perú are an exceptional case in the history of the indigenous music of the New World. This collection of tonadas, cachuas, tonadillas, bayles, cachuytas and lanchas offers a glimpse of the repertory native to the traditions of the country, as indicated by the text of one of the cachuas sung “al uso de nuestra tierra” (“according to the customs of our land”) and in particular the songs and dances favoured by the popular classes who lived in the “Viceroyalty of Peru” at the end of the 18th century.

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Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations – Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations – Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:50:31 minutes | 1,96 GB | Genre: Classical
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Created in Leipzig in March 1731 and then revised for the Holy Week of 1744, on a text by Christian Friedrich Henrici, aka Picander, the St Mark Passion was composed by Bach using existing works.

The autograph score is lost but recent musicological research shows that some pieces like the Funeral Ode BWV 198 or an aria from the cantata BWV 54 had been recycled.

Every performance is thus a reconstruction by the performing artist. Jordi Savall offers his own vision, made of subtle chiaroscuro, suffused with serenity and meditation.
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