Traditional, Sephardic > Soprano

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...

Mare Nostrum / Montserrat Figueras

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-01-10

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Una matica de ruda; A la una yo nací (Sarajevo); La estrellas de los cielos; Alef, mem, shin (The Three Principles), traditional song; La Armada Turca, folk song (Turkish)...
Performers: Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; Dincer, Gursoy; El Maloumi, Driss; Elmaleh, Lior [Vocals]; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Nedyalkov, Nedyalko; Psonis, Dmitri; Sarikouy...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Mare Nostrum (Latin for "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most important focal points of cultural, political and...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de la Misericorde, Bordeaux (07/2011); Collégiale de Cardona (Catalogne) (07/2011); Franc-Warêt Church, Namur, Belgium (07/2011); L'Abbaye de Fontfroide (07/2...continue...

La Sublime Porte: Voix d'Istanbul, 1430 - 1750 / Figueras, Elmalch

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2011-12-13

Works: Dervis Mehmed: Uzzäl usules Darb-i feth, taksim & makam; Hace Abdülkadir Meragi: Kâr-i Ses-âvâz, segâh kâr; Amed nesim-i, rast nakis beste; Anonymous, Armenian: Sir...
Performers: Dincer, Gursoy; Elmalich, Lior; Figueras, Montserrat
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

The Sublime Porte (SublimeGate) was the name of the open court of the sultan, led by the Grand Vizier. It got its name from the...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (02/15/2010); Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (2011-05-16_2011-05-18&2011-)....continue...

Only

1 CD / Sub Rosa Studio / 2011-08-02

Works: John Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice & closed piano; Experiences no 2, for voice; Morton Feldman: Only; Hanns Eisler: Von der Freundlichkeit der Welt, for voice & piano; Giac...
Performers: Echardour, Maxime; Pousseur, Marianne

Personnel: Marianne Pousseur (vocals).

Henri Pousseur, one of the most significant avant-garde composers of the mid-20th century, left an impressive artistic progeny: composer Denis, theater di...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; Dalal, Yair; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedr...
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...

Victoria de los Angeles - Live in Recital

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-09-19

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Pirro e Demetrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La serva padrona; George Frederick Handel: Radamisto, HWV 12; Benedetto Marcello: Quanta invidia mi fai, cantata for soprano & ...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Zanetti, Miguel

The beloved Spanish soprano is heard in a ravishing 1972 recital from Buenos Aires Teatro Colon. Included with some of her favorite recital works are...continue...

Isabel I - Reina de Castilla / Savall, Hesperion XXI, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2005-03-08

Works: Anonymous, Canciero de Montecassino: Exultet caelum laudibus, vespers hymn (66); Turkish Traditional: Marcha turca; Anonymous, El Cancionero de Colombina: Toccata (68); Dinos, madre del donsel, villa...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Bernal, Miguel; Carnovich, Daniele; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Olavide, Begona;...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Alia Vox's series 'Musicas Reales' focuses on music from the Spanish royal courts through the centuries. For the third volume, Jordi Savall leads Montserrat Figueras,...continue...

Harmonie Universelle Vol 2 - Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2005-01-11

Works: Anonymous, Catalonian: El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption; Sephardic Traditional: Lavava i suspirava, romance; Tobias Hume: Hark! Hark! (No 10 in Musical Humors...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Cocset, Bruno; Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Fernandez, Adriana; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Hantai, Marc; Kraemer, Manfredo; L...
Conductors: ; Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

"Sometimes these are performers in a certain repertoire, on certain instruments, and in certain moments in music history that are so dominant and authoritative that,...continue...

Isabel I - Reina de Castilla / Savall, Hesperion XXI, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2004-12-14

Works: Anonymous, Canciero de Montecassino: Exultet caelum laudibus, vespers hymn (66); Turkish Traditional: Marcha turca; Anonymous, El Cancionero de Colombina: Toccata (68); Dinos, madre del donsel, villa...
Performers: Bernal, Miguel; Borras, Josep; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Carnovich, Daniele; Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Lawrence-King, Andrew; ...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

For this recording, Jordi Savall leads Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Herperion XXI in a program devoted to Isabella I, Queen of...continue...

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
Conductors:
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...

Harmonie Universelle. M.figueras, Hesperion Xxi, Cap.reial D

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2001-04-01

Works: Anonymous, Spanish: Rodrigo Martinez; Dindirín, dindirín, song; Sibil-la Mallorquina (Mallorca) (reconstructed by J. Savall); Sephardic Traditional: El moro de Antequera (Rhodes); Hermo...
Performers: Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Gonzalez-Campa, Adela; Lislevand, Rolf; Savall, Jordi
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Ensemble: Hespèrion XX; Hespèrion XXI; Le Concert des Nations

Sacred and Profane - Rossi, Morley, et al / Salomone Trio

1 CD / Titanic / 1998-09-01

Works: Anonymous: Alleluya Psallat; Nas Mentes Senpre Teer; Mizmor l'David; Morena Me Llaman; Anonymous, German: Alle, psallite cum luya; Anonymous, Montpellier MS: Pucelete bele / Je languis / Domino, mote...
Performers: Costa, Marie; Flamm, Carol
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Ensemble: Salomone Trio