El Cant de la Sibil-la

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Release Date: 29th Jul 2013
Catalogue No: NC40020
Label: Naive
Series: LA Collection
Length: 54 minutes

anon.: Sibil-la latine [Spain, 10th-11th centuries]

Work length18:31

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Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Capella Reial de Catalunya, La
Jordi Savall
Recorded: 1988
Recording Venue: Collegiale romane du Chateau de Cardona, Spain

anon.: Sibil-la provencale [Spain, 12th-13th centuries]

Work length12:58

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Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Capella Reial de Catalunya, La
Jordi Savall
Recorded: March 1988
Recording Venue: Collegiale romane du Chateau de Cardona, Spain

anon.: Sibil-la catalane [Spain, 15th century]

Work length22:52

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Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Capella Reial de Catalunya, La
Jordi Savall
Recorded: March 1988
Recording Venue: Collegiale romane du Chateau de Cardona, Spain

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The soprano Montserrat Figueras discovered the Songs of the Sibyl one Christmas, while still a teenager, at a Midnight Mass in Palma de Mallorca. She was fascinated, experiencing “the privilege of touching something essential”. With her husband, the Catalan conductor and viol player Jordi Savall, an indefatigable archaeologist of early music for 40 years now, she revived the generous timbres of the Songs of the Sibyl, explored at that time by no other singer.

The result is a unique heritage, a testimony to an immense and enduring culture whose influence spread throughout the Mediterranean basin. This programme, recorded in 1988 a year after the foundation of their ensemble La Capella Reial de Catalunya, presents three Songs of the Sibyl: the understated and profound Latin version (10th – 11th century), the Provençal (13th century) with oud, influenced by the art of the troubadours, and the Catalan, a close cousin of the medieval Mystery plays. The gathering of these songs has unearthed an unparalleled repertoire eminently worthy of reassessment and resurrection.

El Cant de la Sibil-la

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