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The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....continue...

Mussorgsky Dis-Covered

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak; The Street Urchin (Ozornik; The Ragamuffin), song for voice & piano; Songs and dances of death; With the Doll (S kukloy), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 4); Darling ...
Performers: Kulman, Elisabeth; Shilkloper, Arkady; Skuta, Miki; Theissing, Tscho

Arranged by violinist Tscho Theissing, these songs by Mussorgsky are a combination of the composer's musical material and Theissing's experience as a jazz musician. The...continue...
Recording information: Studio Wavegarden, Mitterretzbach, Austria (08/30/2009-09/03/2009)....continue...

Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2008-09-09

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes); Quando el rey Nimrod; Anonymous, Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum; Bartom...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Costa, Paolo; Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; El Maloumi, Driss; Esteva...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Le Concert des Nations

"This production has great sound all through, and performances are stunning... Alia Vox is a model of production values; while others cut, they offer book...continue...

Mussorgsky: Songs Volume 1 / Aage Haugland, Poul Rosenbaum

1 CD / Point Classics / 2005-04-15

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: With Nurse (S nyaney), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 1); In the Corner (V uglu), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 2); The Beetle (Zhuk), song for voice & piano (The ...
Performers: Haugland, Aage; Rosenbaum, Poul

Ninna Nanna - Lullabies. M.figueras, Hespèrion Xxi

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2003-02-01

Works: Jordi Savall: José embala o menino, cançao de embalar for voice & ensemble; Mareta, mareta no'm faces plorar, cançó de bressol for voice & ensemble; La mare de Déu, canç...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; D?az-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi
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Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

"There have been anthologies of lullabies before, but surely few that have ranged as widely as this one...Montserrat Figueras spins beautiful lines from exotic material"...continue...