Montserrat Figueras & Jordi Savall - Songs Of The Millenial Catalonia (2011)

Tracklist

01. El Cant dels Ocells (The Singing of the Birds)
02. La Filadora (The Spinning)
03. El Fill del Rei (The King's Son)
04. El Mestre (The Teacher)
05. El Comte Arnau (Count Arnaud)
06. Mariagneta
07. Cançó del Lladre (Song of the Thief)
08. El Testament d'Amèlia (The Will of Amelia)
09. Mareta no'm faces plorar (Mummy, donʼt make me cry)
10. Cancó de Bresol: La mare de Déu (Lullaby: Mother of God)
11. Els Segadors (Reapers)-original historic romance
12. Els Segadors (Reapers)-Hymn of Catalonia

This reissue in the Heritage series from 1988 enables us to hear Montserrat Figueras singing the repertoire she embodies like nobody else: traditional Catalan songs. This performance is the natural continuation of her exploration of the great works connected to Catalonia, e.g. the Song of the Sybil or the Red Book of Montserrat (Gregorian manuscript). On this shore of Mediterranean Sea, traditional and ‘classical’ repertoires are connected in a very intimate way. This album is a landmark of in the career of Montserrat Figueras: her innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to the historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, sounds at its best.

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac]