Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes)
2. Ay luna que reluzes
3. Officium Defunctorum, for 4 voices: In Primo Nocturno - Lectio I
4. No la devemos dormir, villancico
5. Officium Defunctorum, for 4 voices: In Primo Nocturno - Lectio II
6. Si la noche haze escura (attrib. Francisco Guerrero)
7. Romance del Conde Clara ('Media Noche era por filo...')
8. Hor ch'el ciel e la terra e'l vento tace, madrigal for 6 voices and 2 violins (from Book 8), SV 147: 1. Hor che'l ciel, e le terra
9. Hor ch'el ciel e la terra e'l vento tace, madrigal for 6 voices and 2 violins (from Book 8), SV 147: 2. Così sol d'una chiara fonte v
10. Nana (Aurtxo txikia negarrez), traditional lullaby
11. Rorro ('Desvelado dueño mio'), for vocal ensemble
12. El Mariner, folk song
13. With the Doll (S kukloy), song for voice & piano (The Nursery No. 4)
14. Kuus, kuus kallike, Estonian lullaby for 2 voices & ensemble
15. Les voix humaines, for voice & theorbo (improvisation after Marin Marais)
16. Popular Spanish Songs (7), for voice & piano, G. 40: Nana ("Duermete, niño, duerme")

Disc 2:

1. Quando el rey Nimrod
2. Estas noches à tan largas
3. Lullaby
4. The night watch, almain for bandora
5. Work(s): Nuit (In navitatem Domini canticum)
6. La Reveuse, for viola da gamba & continuo in F minor (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 82)
7. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: A Dance for the Followers of Night
8. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Prelude ("Come all ye songsters of the sky")
9. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: A Fairies' Dance
10. Alcyone, opera: Act 3. Prelude
11. Alcyone, opera: Act 5. Symphonie pour le Sommeil
12. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
13. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: Largo alla Siciliana "La Paix"
14. Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), for orchestra, H. 20/1 A: Sonata N
15. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
16. Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music), for orchestra in C minor, K. 477 (K. 479a)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33870 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-09
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .50 pounds

Customer Reviews

Quite a Production
This is a compilation/concept album of 2 CDs bringing together some of Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall's best work from 1993-2008 with the common theme of night music. One of the CDs consists of accompanied vocal selections while the other is purely instrumental.

I am impressed by the thoroughness and care that went into producing this package. There is an extensive booklet giving original texts as well as translations into French, English, Castellan, German, and Italian. The only thing I noticed that was missing was recording dates, given that they occurred over a rather wide range of time. The notes do refer to the original releases, however; so if one were sufficiently determined, he/she could trace back to the original dates and recording venues in that way.

Especially beautifully recorded and stylish performances.