- Conductor: Jordi Savall
- Composer: Anon
- Audio CD (1 Feb 2010)
- Number of Discs: 3
- Format: Box set, Hybrid SACD
- Label: Indies Aus/Zoom
- ASIN: B002SKMGDY
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 47,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I did not purchase this from Amazon or from anywhere else -- it was a Christmas present.
Beg, steal or borrow to get this treasure if you are an early music enthusiast, because essay CDs don't get any better than this. It is impeccably presented, with scholarly texts and imaginative esays in the form of a hard cover book in several languages, with full colour illustrations and many documents from the period. There are three CDs accompanying the book, and the whole will provide you with many hours of discovery, pleasure and study.
The participating musicians -- Jordi Saval, his ensemble and the superb Montserrat Figueras are all at the very top of their profession, and the music is supplemented by Latin and French texts of the times, such as, for example, the Papal Bull from 1252, "Ad Extirpanda", which establishes the Inquisition. That and the other similar texts are read by legendary Rene Zosso, the masterful interpreter (and singer) of medieval poetry.
This one is definitely not for the i-pod!
Beg, steal or borrow to get this treasure if you are an early music enthusiast, because essay CDs don't get any better than this. It is impeccably presented, with scholarly texts and imaginative esays in the form of a hard cover book in several languages, with full colour illustrations and many documents from the period. There are three CDs accompanying the book, and the whole will provide you with many hours of discovery, pleasure and study.
The participating musicians -- Jordi Saval, his ensemble and the superb Montserrat Figueras are all at the very top of their profession, and the music is supplemented by Latin and French texts of the times, such as, for example, the Papal Bull from 1252, "Ad Extirpanda", which establishes the Inquisition. That and the other similar texts are read by legendary Rene Zosso, the masterful interpreter (and singer) of medieval poetry.
This one is definitely not for the i-pod!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I thought that this was an original idea, which was very well executed. The standard of the performance on the CD's was very high, and the information about the Cathars and the background to the roman Church's "Cathar Crusade" was of the highest standard. Anyone who wants an introduction to this disgraceful episode in Church history should read this introduction.
This in not a CD cover note, it is a book in itself!
This in not a CD cover note, it is a book in itself!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a lavish release: a stunning book packed with images and information about the history, persecution, and destruction of the Albigensian cathars, and three well-filled CDs. Savall and his ensemble make a haunting, wonderful sound, but I cannot help feeling that it is in every last detail the sound they have been making for the last twenty years. Even though I can put my feet up and enjoy both the book and the music, I cannot make myself believe that the performances I hear have any specific connection to the history I am being told - which is slightly disturbing when the history is so tragic.
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