Lux Feminæ
Seven portraits of woman from ancient Hesperia
Montserrat Figueras (canto), Tina Aagaard, Arianna Savall (sopranos), Laurence Bonnal (contralto), Begoña Olavide (mezzo, psalterium), Andrew Lawrence-King (arpa cruzada), Jordi Savall (lira, rebab, violas da gamba), Frederike Heumann, Fahmi Alqhai (bass viols), Pierre Hamon (flutes), Driss El Maloumi...
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
Figueras is in her element. She can be dramatic or passionate, facetious or sorrowful; a young girl who wants her freedom and is only restrained with difficulty; and a saintly soul in a mystical...
Lux Feminæ
Seven portraits of woman from ancient Hesperia
Montserrat Figueras (canto), Tina Aagaard, Arianna Savall (sopranos), Laurence Bonnal (contralto), Begoña Olavide (mezzo, psalterium), Andrew Lawrence-King (arpa cruzada), Jordi Savall (lira, rebab, violas da gamba), Frederike Heumann, Fahmi Alqhai (bass viols), Pierre Hamon (flutes), Driss El Maloumi...
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
Figueras is in her element. She can be dramatic or passionate, facetious or sorrowful; a young girl who wants her freedom and is only restrained with difficulty; and a saintly soul in a mystical...
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Contents and tracklist
I. Femina Antiqua: Sibila Latina - Judicii Signum (Anonimus Córdoba, S. X)
Work length10:14
This work is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineChoral & Song Choice
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2006Editor's Choice
October 2006
Figueras is in her element. She can be dramatic or passionate, facetious or sorrowful; a young girl who wants her freedom and is only restrained with difficulty; and a saintly soul in a mystical union with God. Highly recommended.
the best kind of musical archaeology, performed with imagination and unquenchable enthusiasm.
