Cancons de la Catalunya Mil-lenaria : Figueras(S)Savall / Capella Reial Catalunya

This reissue in the Heritage Series - the original album was released in 1988 - enables US to hear the unique Montserrat Figueras singing a repertoire she embodies like nobody else : The traditional songs of Catalonia. This performance is the natural continuation of her exploration of the great works connected to Catalogne, eg: The Song of the Sybille or the Red Book of Montserrat (Gregorian manuscript): On this shore of Mediterranean Sea, traditional and classical repertoires are connected in a very intimate way. This album is a landmark of in the career of Montserrat Figueras: her innovative style of interpretation, characterized by great fidelity to the historical sources combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, sounds at it's best.