Montserrat Figueras - Lux Feminae 900 - 1600 (2006)

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This collection of mostly unfamiliar music from 900 to 1600 forms an homage to womanhood, femininity, sung by one of the most captivating early-music singers on disc. The ensemble, though made up of familiar personnel including her husband Jordi Savall, her daughter Arianna, Pierre Hamon, and Andrew Lawrence-King, is not credited as Hespèrion XXI. The program is framed by Flavit Auster, a sequence in honor of the Blessed Virgin from Codex Las Huelgas that begins and ends the program. Other women honored are the Sibyl in an abridged rendition of the first Cant de la sibilla that Figueras recorded, and Beatriz de Dia, the first trobairitz. Sacred and profane music follow in succession, with a Cárceres villancico about a wife inviting another man to come in followed by a mystical poem of the Carmelite St. Teresa set as a contrafactum to an unknown melody. A kind of philosophical cast is thrown over the program by notes that divide the songs among seven aspects of womanhood. Figueras is a supreme artist. The performances are uniformly first-rate, and the surround sound is palpable. The packaging is exactly like two recent Orlando Consort issues, a bound CD-size book of 172 pages, lavish with color printing; texts with six sets of notes and translations; and all the necessary documentation. The total product could not be done better. Buy this and you will treasure it. FANFARE: J. F. Weber

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Track List

0 LUX
1. Prosa: Flavit auster Codex de las Huelgas (s.XIII) (3:15)
M.Figueras, T. Aagaard, A. Savall, B. Olavide, L. Bonnal

I FEMINA ANTIQUA
2. Sibilla Latine Judicii Signum Anonimus Cordoba (s.X9 (10:14)
M.Figueras, T. Aagaard, A. Savall, L. Bonnal, B. Olavide

II FEMINA NOVA
3. Jarcha Gar kom lebare, Al-Andalus(s.XII) (6:18)
M.Figueras, D. El Maloumi, F. Alqhai, B. Olavide

4. Canco: Estat ai en greu cossirier Text: Beatritz de Dia (s.XII) (5:12)
Musica: Raimon de Miraval
M.Figueras, J. Savall, (c. 1180-1215)

III FEMINA LUDICA
5. Villancet: Soleta so jo aci Bartomeu Càrceres (2:28)
M.Figueras, J.Savall, A. Lawrence-King, B.Olavide, C.Rizzo
6. Vilancico: Nina y Vina Anonimus (CPM) (2:54)
M.Figueras, J.Savall, R. Lislevand, B.Olavide, C.Rizzo
7. Vilancico: Yo me soy la morenica, Anonimus (CM Calabria) (2:04)
M. Figueras, A. Lawrence-King, Violes, P. Estevan

IV FEMINA MISTICA
8. Alma, buscarte has en Mi, Text: Sta. Teresa de Jesus (7:49)
Musica: Moxica (CPM)
M. Figueras, J. Savall, F. Heumann, A. Lawrence-King, B. Olavide

V FEMINA AMANS
9. Hal sabil likhalwa Text: Um Al Kiram (s.XI9 (5:23)
Musica: Anonimus (Al-Andalus)
M. Figueras, D. El Maloumi, B. Olavide
10. Cantiga de amigo: Ondas do mar Martin Codax (s.XIII) (4:17)
M. Figueras, T. Aagaard, A.Savall, L. Bonnal, B. Olavide

VI FEMINA MATER
11. Vilancet: Soleta i verge estich Bartomeu Càrceres (3:28)
M.Figueras, J.Savall, A. Lawrence-King, C.Rizzo
12. Nana:Aurtxo txikia negarrez Anonimus (Pais Vasco) (2:23)
M. Figueras, J. Savall

VII FEMINA GEMENS
13. Plany d'Estelina Text: Manuel Forcano (5:47)
Musica: Anonimus Sefardi
M. Figueras, J. Savall
14. Saeta antigua Anonimus (Andalucia) (5:22)
M. Figueras, P. Hamon, M. Clos

0 LUX
15. Prosa: Flavit auster Codex de las Huelgas (s.XIII) (3:26)
M. Figueras, T. Aagaard, A. Savall, B. Olavide, L. Bonnal

Montserrat Figueras
Tina Aagaard, Arianna Savall sopranos
Bogana Olavide mezzosoprano & psalterium
Laurence Bonnal contralto
Pier Hamon flutes
Andrew Lawrence-King arpa cruzada
Rolf Lizlevand guitare Driss El Maloumi oud
Jordi Savall lira d'arc, rebab, violes de gambe (soprano & basse)
Fahmi Alqhai, Friederike Heumann viole de gambe (basse)
Pedro Estevan, Marc Clos, Carlo Rizzo percussions
Recording Date 2005
AliaVox 2006

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Montserrat Figueras / Lux Feminae (900-1600)

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