Alturas de Machu Picchu is the seventh studio album by the Chilean band Los Jaivas, released in 1981, and probably the most important and popular of all his discography. In it, the band use the poem by Pablo Neruda, of the same title, published in h…
When the baroque extravagance crosses oceans... After meeting the musical traditions of the New World, the European Baroque repertoire enriched itself with new colours and rhythms, which make it irresistible. Jordi Savall invites us to an unpreceden…
Viktoria Mullova and friends capture the spirit and atmosphere of Rio in this collection of songs by some of the greatest Brazilian popular music composers of the 20th century such as Claudio Nucci, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Caetano Veloso. Joined by…
“This is a beguiling, mesmeric sequence of instrumental music from Armenia, in which Hesperion XXI are joined by a group of that country’s finest musicians...[The duduk's] beautiful, musky sound seductively reflects the predominantly nostalgic, …
". . . expect lively Latin rhythms, trumpets a-plenty, and some of Karl Jenkins' trademark Adiemus close-harmony singing . . . the music gradually builds in intensity . . . unmistakably Adiemus . . . [Canción turquesca]: Rolando Villazón…
“This is an entrancing CD, with dances, laments, and feast-day songs linked in a slow-quick-slow structure. Perhaps as an implicit tribute to Montserrat Figueras, there are no vocal numbers, but the musicians Savall has assembled from the relevant c…
“Avital's follow-up to his superb recording of Bach concertos only confirms that we already knew: that here is a musician who recognises no boundaries except those of good taste, and who has the artistry to persuade listeners to follow him anywh…