Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al - Alia Vox - AVX 9861 - 7619986098616

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Traditional, Sephardic : Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes)

Performers: Pedro Estevan (Percussion); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Arianna Savall (Harp); Jordi Savall (Vielle)
Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.

Anonymous, Villancico : Ay luna que reluzes

Performers: Lambert Climent (Tenor); Francesc Garrigosa (Tenor); Maite Arruabarrena (Soprano); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Carlos Mena (Countertenor)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.

Cristóbal de Morales (circa 1500 - 1553) : Officium Defunctorum, for 4 voices :: In Primo Nocturno - Lectio I

Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Form: Choral

Bartomeu Càrceres : No la devemos dormir, villancico

Performer: Montserrat Figueras (Soprano)
Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.

Cristóbal de Morales (circa 1500 - 1553) : Officium Defunctorum, for 4 voices :: In Primo Nocturno - Lectio II

Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Form: Choral

Anonymous, Spanish : Si la noche haze escura (attrib. Francisco Guerrero)

Performers: Sergi Casademunt (Tenor Viola da gamba); Maite Arruabarrena (Soprano); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Jordi Savall (Bass Viola da gamba); Carlos Mena (Countertenor)
Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.

Mudarra, Alonso de : Romance del Conde Clara ("Media Noche era por filo...")

Performers: Jordi Ricart (Baritone); Francesc Garrigosa (Tenor); Luis Vilamajo (Voice); Furio Zanasi (Baritone); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Arianna Savall (Soprano)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 1546

Monteverdi, Claudio : Hor che'l ciel e la Terra

Performers: Lambert Climent (Tenor); Francesc Garrigosa (Tenor); Daniele Carnovich (Bass); Gloria Banditelli (Mezzo Soprano); Paolo Costa (Countertenor); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: circa 1638

Traditional, Basque : Nana (Aurtxo txikia negarrez), traditional lullaby

Performers: Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Jordi Savall (Bass Viola da gamba)
Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644 - 1728) : Rorro ("Desvelado dueño mio"), for vocal ensemble

Performers: Lambert Climent (Tenor); Adriana Fernandez (Voice); Daniele Carnovich (Bass); Luis Vilamajo (Voice); Furio Zanasi (Baritone); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Carlos Mena (Countertenor)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Traditional, Catalan : El Mariner, folk song

Performers: Arianna Savall (Soprano); Arianna Savall (Harp)
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.

Mussorgsky, Modest : With the Doll (S kukloy), song for voice & piano (The Nursery No. 4)

Performers: Paul Badura-Skoda (Piano); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1870

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Kuus, kuus kallike, Estonian lullaby for 2 voices & ensemble

Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur); Sergi Casademunt (Tenor Viola da gamba); Sophie Watillon (Treble Vla da gamba); Begona Olavide (Psaltery); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Arianna Savall (Soprano); Jordi Savall (Bass Viola da gamba)
Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Savall, Ferran : Les voix humaines, for voice & theorbo (improvisation after Marin Marais)

Performer: Ferran Savall (Theorbo)
Running Time: 7 min. 56 sec.

Falla, Manuel de : Canciones populares españolas (7) :: Nana ("Duermete, niño, duerme")

Performers: Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Guitar); Montserrat Figueras (Soprano); Jordi Savall (Bass Viola da gamba)
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1914

Traditional, Sephardic : Quando el rey Nimrod

Performers: Dimitris Psonis (Santur); Driss Maloumi (Oud); Yair Dalal (Oud); Begona Olavide (Psaltery); Pedro Estevan (Percussion); Jordi Savall (Vielle)
Notes: Composition written: Turkey.
Running Time: 7 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Medieval
Form: Vocal

Traditional, Catalan : Estas noches à tan largas

Performer: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XX
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.

Holborne, Anthony : Lullaby

Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance

Holborne, Anthony : The night watch, almain for bandora

Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Hesperion XXI
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Work(s) :: Nuit (In navitatem Domini canticum)

Performer: Jordi Savall (Vielle)
Conductor: Jordi Savall
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations
Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Marais, Marin : La Reveuse, for viola da gamba & continuo in F minor (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 82)

Performers: Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Guitar); Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord); Rolf Lislevand (Theorbo)
Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: A Dance for the Followers of Night