Songs of Catalonia

Cançons de la Catalunya mil·lenària
Planys & Llegendes
Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir.
Astrée (Auvidis) E 8758 [CD]
Astrée "Naïve" « Musica Iberica » ES 9937 [CD]
Alia Vox AVSA 9881 [SACD-H]

Contents:

  1. El fill del rei (soprano, harp, guitar, viol)
  2. La filadora (flute, cornet, shawm, harp, theorbo, violone, percussion)
  3. El comte Arnau (2 voices, viol consort, cornet, shawm, 2 sackbuts, violone, theorbo, percussion)
  4. El cant dels ocells (viol consort, theorbo, harp)
  5. Cançó del lladre (soprano, harp, theorbo, viol, violone)
  6. El mestre (viol consort, harpsichord, violone)
  7. El testament d'Amèlia (soprano, flute, viol consort, theorbo, guitar, harp, violone)
  8. Mariagneta (flute, cornet, shawm, tenor sackbut, bassoon, viol, harpsichord, theorbo, violone)
  9. Els segadors (chorus, instrumental ensemble)

Playing time: 71' 35"

Performers:
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya:
Francesc Garrigosa (tenor), Rolf Lislevand (guitar, theorbo), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Pedro Memelsdorff (flute), Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornet), Alfredo Bernardini (shawm), Daniel Lassalle (tenor sackbut), Bernard Fourtet (bass sackbut), Josep Borras (bassoon), Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Jordi Savall (treble & bass viols), Eunice Brandao (viol), Sergi Casademunt (viol), Paolo Pandolfo (viol), Lorenz Duftschmid (violone), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Maite Arruabarrena (soprano), Carme Marques (soprano), Maria Dolors Cortes (alto), Josep Maria Gregori (countertenor), Lambert Climent (tenor), Jordi Ricart (baritone), Lluis Ramon Sales (bass)
Jordi Savall, dir.

Recording site and date:
Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona (Cataluña) [07/1988, 02/1990)
Église romane de Saint-Lambert-des-Bois [01/1977], from ES 9937, wrong date probably
Rel.: 1991 (E), 11/30/1999 (ES)

Excerpts:
[1] Fontalis (Auvidis) "Portrait" ES 9901 [CD] Montserrat Figueras: La Voix de l'émotion - The Voice of emotion
[9] Fontalis (Auvidis) "Portrait" ES 9906 [CD] Offertorium - La Capella Reial de Catalunya
[9] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8500 [CD] España - Anthologie de la Musique espagnole - Anthology of Spanish Music
[9] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8600 [CDx7] España XVe-XXe - Six siècles de musique espagnole

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 373-149 (july/august 1991)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge