For those who enjoy historically-informed recordings, and even for those who have no strong feelings on the matter, this collection of late 15th century music is simply relentless in its edifying and entertaining value. Artistic director Michael Jaffee and the Waverly Concort have assembled a recording that captures the listener's historic ...
Ambitious even by Jordi Savall's standards, Isabel I: Reina de Castilla (Isabella I: Queen of Spain) is a single disc that attempts nothing less than a musical portrait of Spain during Isabella's rule. The queen is known to Americans principally as the monarch who dispatched Columbus to sail the ocean blue, but several of her other actions (and ...
For fans of the pomp and majesty of royalty, here's a collection of music for Isabel I, the Queen of Castilla (1454 -- 1504). Conceived, compiled, and conducted by Jordi Savall and performed by La Capella Reial de Catalunya with Hesperion XXI, the music is an impressive mixture of hymns and marches, songs and dances, strength and sensitivity. ...
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