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Musical Freedom Still Motivates Classical Label
Fri Aug 8, 8:44 PM ET
By Steve Smith
NEW YORK (Billboard) - In 1998, internationally renowned
Spanish viol virtuoso/conductor Jordi Savall and his wife,
soprano Montserrat Figueras, founded the Alia Vox record label
out of a sense of frustration with the limitations imposed
by working with other labels.
Instead of dealing with continual corporate upheaval and the
dictates of commercialism, the pair chose a path that no doubt
added considerably more work to schedules already crowded
with performances by their three noted ensembles, Hesperion
XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert de Nations.
Five years later, Savall and Figueras can look upon their
decision with understandable pride. Alia Vox now boasts a
catalog of more than 30 titles that have reaped enormous
international acclaim -- including a recently announced Latin
Grammy Award nomination for best classical album for last
year's stellar recording of Biber's "Battalia" and "Requiem"
-- as well as worldwide sales in excess of 600,000 units.
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-Neb Rodgers <[log in to unmask]>
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