Traditional, Berber

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...

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...
Conductors:
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...

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...