Francisco Javier : La ruta de Oriente
La route de l'Orient

"This two-disc set is perhaps Jordi Savall's most ambitious and handsome one yet! ... But the compositions are either in the stellar or the hear-only-once categories".

"the musical performances by Savall's ensemble Hesperion XXI and his usual lineup of soloists, complemented here by Japanese performers, is packaged lavishly within the covers of a glossily illustrated 264-page book with texts in five languages. The multilingual presentation doesn't make it easy to find one's way around, but the discs themselves are vividly performed, and their variety is beguiling".

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