Venezia Millenaria 700-1797

Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI

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Venezia Millenaria 700-1797 Review

by James Manheim

Despite its hefty, hardbound, 300-plus-page book and attendant top price, Jordi Savall's Venezia Millenaria has appeared on commercial sales charts. It's easy to see why: this is one of Savall's most ambitious concepts, covering the promised millennium of the history of the city of Venice, Italy, plus a bit more as a bonus, taking you up to the end of Venice's independence. The book contains enough information that it could serve as the basis for a little travelers' course, but there's also a case to be made for just listening and letting a thousand years of music wash over you. Venice was a diverse city where numerous languages could be heard on the street, and Savall represents the various musical cultures that made up Venice's mosaic -- not only Turks and Byzantines, but Greeks, Jews, and even Cypriots. All this while unearthing unusual works that depict major events of the time, including the big ones (the fall of Constantinople) as well as those that you may not have read about (sample the marvelous Clément Janequin battle chanson depicting the 1515 Battle of Marignan). Savall brings aboard Eastern musicians to complement his Hesperion XXI and Concert de Nations choir. The whole production would be worth the money even for the texted Beethoven symphony movements at the end, and there is so much more. An impressive achievement even by Savall's standards.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Venezia Millenaria
	1	Fanfare Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	01:11	Amazon
	2	Allèluia (Choral byzantin) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	05:26	Amazon
	3	Halatzoglou kratema Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	01:45	Amazon
	4	Chanson de Croisade: Pax in nomine Domini Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:55	Amazon
	5	Danse de l'âme (Afrique du nord) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:44	Amazon
	6	(Ton Despóti ke Arhieréa) Hymne pour les services des Matins Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	06:50	Amazon
	7	Chanson & Danse arménienne (XIIIe siècle) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:35	Amazon
	8	Conductus; O totus Asie Gloria, Regis Alexandria Filia (XIIIe siècle) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:19	Amazon
	9	Istampitta: Saltarello (mss. XIVe siècle) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:25	Amazon
	10	Pàsan tin elpida mu Ioannis Damaskinos / Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:35	Amazon
	11	Chiave, chiave Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	01:20	Amazon
	12	Adoramus te Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:57	Amazon
	13	Hirmos Calophonique: Tin Déisin mu Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	05:26	Amazon
	14	Marche Ottomane Nikriz peşrev Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:08	Amazon
	15	Lamentio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	07:42	Amazon
	16	La Guerre: La Bataille de Marignan Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	07:21	Amazon
	17	Cantique des Cantiques. (3,1-4) Qamti be-Ishon Layla (Je me suis levè en pleine nuit) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	03:20	Amazon
	18	Villanesca alla napolitana: Vecchie letrose Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:46	Amazon
	19	Der makām-l Uzzäl Sakîl Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:21	Amazon
	20	Madrigal: Oíd, oíd...[...las buenas nuevas de Lepanto] Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	06:02	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Venezia Millenaria
	1	Psaumes de David. Ficht wider meine Anfechter (Psaume 35) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:13	Amazon
	2	(Géfsasthe ke idete) Hymne de la Sainte Eucharistic Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:30	Amazon
	3	Sousta Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	01:58	Amazon
	4	Ricercar VII Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:35	Amazon
	5	(Se Hymnúme). Hymne de la Sainte Eucharistie (en slave) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:22	Amazon
	6	Laïla Djân Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:34	Amazon
	7	Psaume 137, (1-6): 'Al nàhärót bavél (Sur les rivières de Babylone) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	03:34	Amazon
	8	Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153 Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	16:51	Amazon
	9	Sinfonia Seconda Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:14	Amazon
	10	Der Makām-i-Rehavi Çember-i-Koca-Marche ottomanc Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	03:05	Amazon
	11	Di queste selve venite, o Numi de La Senna festeggiante: L'Età dell'Oro, La Virtù, La Senna (1 part, n.19) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:12	Amazon
	12	Sonate n. 11, A-Dur KV 331: Alla turca (Allegretto) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	04:09	Amazon
	13	Deo gratias - Hymne Orthodoxe Russe Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	07:26	Amazon
	14	Chanson Constitutionnelle Nous sommes tous égaux Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:40	Amazon
	15	Canzonette veneziane da battello. Raccolta di gondoliere: Per quel bel viso Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	03:43	Amazon
	16	Canzonette veneziane da battello. Raccolta di gondoliere: Mia cara Anzoletta Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	02:50	Amazon
	17	La Sainte Ligue (La nuit est sombre) I. La nuit est sombre (D'après l'Allegretto de la 7e Symphonie de Beethoven, II. Vengeons la grande ombre de Guise (D'après l'Allegro final de la 5e Symphonie de Beethoven) Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall / Hespèrion XXI	09:41	Amazon