Montserrat Figueras - Lux Feminæ 900-1600 (2006) (Repost)
Montserrat Figueras - Lux Feminæ 900-1600 (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 70:53 | 401 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Alia Vox | Catalog: AVSA 9847
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 70:53 | 401 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Alia Vox | Catalog: AVSA 9847
The words sumptuous and ambitious both apply to this release by soprano Montserrat Figueras, accompanied by musicians from the orbit of early music miracle-maker Jordi Savall. Consider the hardbound, 170-page booklet, with no fewer than 44 reproductions of medieval Iberian artwork and music manuscript, many in full color. It's true that the 170 pages allow for the rendering of Figueras's notes into six languages: Catalan, English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Song texts, which are in various languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and Basque along with various Iberian forms of the Middle Ages, are also translated into these six languages. But Figueras's essay is a weighty thing in itself. She proposes nothing less than an evolutionary typology of women as musically represented in medieval Spain, dividing her 15 pieces into the categories of "Femina Antiqua" (Woman of Antiquity), "Femina Nova" (The New Woman, among whom are classed the female poets who blossomed in the era of the troubadours), "Femina Ludica" (The Playful Woman), "Femina Mistica" (The Mystic Woman), "Femina Mater" (Woman the Mother), and "Femina Gemens" (The Lamenting Woman). Apparently these categories are Figueras's own, not drawn on ideas of other writers – it wouldn't be the first time performers led scholars to a new understanding of medieval music, but it will be interesting to see how the disc is received in specialist circles. She discusses the individual works, whose themes cross ethnic lines and the line between sacred and secular, both in a characteristically Spanish way. And each thematic category is accompanied by its own poetic "glosa" or gloss, written by Manuel Forcano.
The musical realization of these ideas is gorgeous. The accompaniment, which at times includes a rebab and other Arabic instruments as well as European medieval stringed instruments, is subtle, changing its shape according to the ethnic origin and the nature of the piece but never coming to the fore. The focus remains squarely on Figueras's remarkable voice. You can listen to it for its sheer surface, which somehow is both pure and earthy at the same time. But then you'd miss her powerful way of interpreting the texts, which range from the sublime (the Femina Mistica is no less than Saint Teresa of Avila, whose reflections on the soul, the very essence of feminine interiority, are set to the tune of an existing villancico), to the ridiculous (the villancico Soleta so jo aci of Bartomeu Càrceres may be among the earliest formulations of "Quick, come on up, my husband is out of town"). Some of the music here was actually composed by women, while some genres, such as the medieval Spanish canción de amigo and one type of villancico, typically depict women, which "allows us," Figueras writes, "to imagine a possible female creative presence." Dealing with the voice of a mere mortal, one might take issue with that particular bit of speculation. But the power of Figueras's female archetypes doesn't leave much room for argument. This disc is an absolutely essential purchase for Figueras fans and for anyone whose interest runs toward women's history, and it is strongly recommended for everyone else, especially those fascinated by the golden age in which Spain's multiple cultures – Christian, Islamic, and Jewish – flowed together. – James Manheim
Montserrat Figueras - Lux Feminæ 900-1600 (2006) (Repost)
Track List:
O Lux
1. Prosa: Flavit Auster 3:15
Composed By – Codex De Las Huelgas (S. XIII)*
I. Femina Antiqua
2. Sibila Latina: Judicii Signum 10:14
Composed By – Anonimus Córdoba (S. X)*
II. Femina Nova
3. Jarcha: Gar Kom Lebare 6:18
Composed By – Al-Andalus (S. XII)*
4. Cançó: Estat Ai En Greu Cossirier 3:12
Composed By – Raimon Miraval*
Composed By [S. XII] – Beatritz De Dia*
III. Femina Ludica
5. Villancet: Soleta So Jo Aci 2:28
Composed By – Bartomeu Cárceres
6. Villancico: Niña Y Viña 2:54
Composed By – Anonimus (CMP)*
7. Villancico: Yo Me Soy La Morenica 2:04
Composed By – Anonimus (CM Calabria)*
IV. Femina Mistica
8. Alma, Buscarte Has En Mi 7:49
Composed By – Moxica (CMP)*, Sta. Teresa de Jesús*
V. Femina Amans
9. Hal Sabil Likhahra 3:28
Composed By [Al-Andalus S. XII] – Um Al Kiram*
10. Cantiga D'Amigo: Ondas Do Mar 4:17
Composed By [S. XIII] – Martin Codax
VI. Femina Mater
11. Villancet: Soleta I Verge Estich 3:28
Composed By – Bartomeu Cárceres
12. Nana: Aurtxo Txikia Negarrez 2:23
Composed By – Anonimus (País Vasco)*
VII. Femina Gemens
13. Plany d'Estelina 5:47
Composed By – Anonimus Sefardi*, Manuel Forcano
14. Saeta Antigua 5:22
Composed By – Anonimus (Andalucía)*
O Lux
15. Prosa: Flavit Auster 3:26
Composed By – Codex De Las Huelgas (S. XIII)*
Performers:
Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Tina Aagaard - sopranos
Begoña Olavide - mezzosoprano & psalterium
Laurence Bonnal - contralto
Pierre Hamon - flûtes
Andrew Lawrence-King - arpa cruzada
Rolf Lislevand - 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, Carlo Rizzo, Marc Clos - percussions
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