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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...

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...

Hispania & Japan: Dialogues / Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2011-10-11

Works: Ichiro Seki: Improvisation on "O gloriosa Domina" for shakuhachi; Improvisation on "O gloriosa Domina" for biwa & shakuhachi; Gregorian Chant: O gloriosa Domina, hymn in mode 2; Quod eva tristis abst...
Performers: Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Delpierre, Beatrice; Edouart, Prahbu; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Koinuma, Hiroyuki; Psonis, Dmitri; Seki, Ichiro; Tanaka, Yukio; Zuckerman, Ken
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Jordi Savall's The Road to Orient, released in 2006, presented a musical portrait of Francisco Javier and his remarkable trip from Spain to Japan. During...continue...
Recording information: Abadía de Fontfroide, Narbonne, France (07/2007); Colegiata de Cardona, Barcelona, Spain (07/2007); Abadía de Fontfroide, Narbonne, France (2006-12-??&2007-02-??_2007-...continue...

Songs of the Catalunya mil-lenaria / Montserrat Figueras, Hesperion XX & XXI

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2011-07-12

Works: Christmas Traditional: El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan); Catalan Traditional: La Filadora, folk song; El fill del rei, folk song; El Mestre, folk song; El Comte Arnau, folk s...
Performers: Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Lislevand, Rolf; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Ferran
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Montserrat Figueras

Originally released in 1988, this re-issue in Alia Vox's Heritage series features soprano Montserrat Figueras in a program of traditional Catalan songs - a repertoire...continue...

Dinastia Borja (The Borgia Dynasty / Hespèrion XXI.

3 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2010-09-14

Works: Traditional Arabic-Andalusian: Billadi Askara Min adbi Llama, traditional mowachah; Anonymous: Le Ductia; Viva el Gran Re Don Fernando; Fortuna Desperata; Un Cavalier Di Spagna, for consort; Fanfare;...
Performers: Elmalich, Lior; Figueras, Montserrat; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mayoral, David; Nedyalkov, Nedyalko; Vilamajo, Luis; Zanasi, Furio
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Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

To coincide with the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Borgia, Fourth Duke of Gandia, Jordi Savall and Alia Vox offer this visually...continue...

Jerusalem

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2009-01-13

Works: Jordi Savall: Jerusalem, City of Two Peaces
Performers: Ali, Kahled Abu; Ali, Usama Abu; Alqhai, Fahmi; Amyan, Razmik; Arman, Khaled; Badarne, Wabab; Bashir, Omar; Belpierre, Beatrice; Carnovich, Daniele; Cassinari, Francesca; Cohen, Dvir; Dalal, Yair; El...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Al-Darwish; Hespèrion XXI ; Les Trompettes de Jéricho

Jerusalem is simultaneously a Jewish, Arab and Christian city - a city of pilgrimage, exile and refuge. The project, the result of many years of...continue...

Francisco Javier - The Route of the Orient / Savall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2008-01-08

Works: Jordi Savall: Francicso Javier
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Baquir, Lahoucine; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Delpierre, Beatrice; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; Edouart, Prahbu; El Maloumi, Driss; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Hirao, Masak...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Following the acclaim he garnered for his 'Christopher Columbus' project, Jordi Savall set out to recreate in music the voyages of St. Francis Xavier (1506-...continue...

Ludi Musici

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2007-09-11

Works: Afghan Traditional: Laila Djân, song; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Anonymous, Turkish: Makam 'Uzäl Sakil "Turna", traditional melody (Ms. de Kantemiroglu); ...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arman, Khaled; Behringer, Michael; Bernal, Miguel; Borras, Josep; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Cheetham, Richard; Climent, Lambert; Clos, Marc; Dalal, Y...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Kaboul; Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Le Concert des Nations

The most danceable and foot-stomping tracks chosen from the recordings Jordi Savall has made for Alia Vox are brought together in this lively seventy-minute collection....continue...

Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises / Savall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2007-03-20

Works: Jordi Savall: Christophorus Columbus
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Mayoral, David; Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Ol...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

The famous navigator Christopher Columbus was also a clear-sighted witness of the changes of the fifteenth century. It was the end of 'Al-Andalus,' the Muslim...continue...

Don Quijote de la Mancha / Savall, Figueras , et al

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2006-01-10

Works: Jordi Savall / Manuel Forcano: Miguel de Cervantes
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Bonavita, Rafael; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Garcia-Bernalt, Carlos; Garrigosa, Francesc;...
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Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

400 years since the publication of Don Quixote, Jordi Savall presents this fascinating collection featuring all the airs, songs and ballads written or quoted by...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
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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...