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Montserrat Figueras

Montserrat Figueras has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 5 May 2017.

Montserrat Figueras García (15 March 1942, Barcelona, Catalonia – 23 November 2011, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia) was a Catalan soprano who specialized in early music.

Figueras was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and began studying early singing techniques together with her sister Pilar Figueras in 1966 and developed an approach and technique for singing early music which combined historical fidelity with vitality.

In 1974 she and Jordi Savall, her husband since 1968, Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith formed Hespèrion XX, an early music ensemble. Figueras and her husband were members of a newer version of that ensemble, Hespèrion XXI. They also founded the groups La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.

Figueras also performed and recorded regularly as a solo artist. She and her husband performed with their children: daughter Arianna Savall and son Ferran Savall.

She died, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was held at the Monastery of Pedralbes in Barcelona.

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Montserrat Figueras

Montserrat Figueras has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 5 May 2017.

Montserrat Figueras García (15 March 1942, Barcelona, Catalonia – 23 November 2011, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia) was a Catalan soprano who specialized in early music.

Figueras was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and began studying early singing techniques together with her sister Pilar Figueras in 1966 and developed an approach and technique for singing early music which combined historical fidelity with vitality.

In 1974 she and Jordi Savall, her husband since 1968, Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith formed Hespèrion XX, an early music ensemble. Figueras and her husband were members of a newer version of that ensemble, Hespèrion XXI. They also founded the groups La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.

Figueras also performed and recorded regularly as a solo artist. She and her husband performed with their children: daughter Arianna Savall and son Ferran Savall.

She died, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was held at the Monastery of Pedralbes in Barcelona.

Original source: Last.fm

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Berceuse Amazigh
Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI
Alia Vox2002
Hor Ch'È Tempo Di Dormire (Canzonetta Spirituale Sopra Alla Nanna)
Tarquinio Merula, Montserrat Figueras, J.-P. Canihac, T. Koopman, A. Lawrence King, R. Lislevand, L. Duftschmid, J. Savall
Astrée Auvidis1993
El Cant Dels Aucells
Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox2011
Lamento D'Arianna
Claudio Monteverdi, Montserrat Figueras, A. Lawrence-King, R. Lislevand, T. Koopman, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox2011
Sibil·la Valenciana (Cathédrale De València)
Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox1999
Nana Andaluza: Duerme Mi Niña
Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox2011
La Folia: Yo Soy La Locura
Miguel de Cervantes, Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox2005
Canarios (Improvisations Instr.) (Jordi Savall)
Jordi Savall, Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Ferran Savall, Pedro Estevan
Alia Vox2005
La Salve (Arianna Savall)
Jordi Savall, Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall, Ferran Savall, Pedro Estevan
Alia Vox2005
VI. Un Nuevo Mundo Cultural. Llegada A Japón
Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial De Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox2007