Playing time: 54' 30
Performers:
Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Vocal Ensemble:
Maite Arruabarrena (soprano), Carmen Marques (soprano), Maria Dolors
Cortes (mezzo-soprano), Josep Maria Gregpri (tenor), JeanYves Guerry
(tenor), Juan Cruz (tenor), Lambert Climent (tenor), Pedro Ormazabal
(tenor), Jose Cabré (baritone), Jordi Ricart (tenor), Daniele
Carnovich (bass), Antoni Oliva (bass)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Instrumental Ensemble:
Jordi Savall (bowed vielle, viol), Eunice Brandao (alto viol),
Sergi Casademunt (tenor viol), Lorenz Duftschmid (bass viol), Robert
Crawford Young ('ud), Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornett), Alfredo
Bernardini (shawm), Daniel Lasalle (sackbut), Lorenzo Alpert
(basson), Josep Boras (bassoon), Angel Pereira (percussion)
Jordi Savall, dir.
Recording site and date:
Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona (Cataluña), Spain [03/1988];
Rel.: 1988 (E), 1994 (E8), 2002 (ES), 2011 (AVSA)
Excerpts:
[1, exc.] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8500
[CD] España - Anthologie de la Musique espagnole - Anthology
of Spanish Music
[1, exc.] Astrée (Auvidis) E 8600
[CDx7] España XVe-XXe - Six siècles de musique
espagnole
[3, exc.] Fontalis (Auvidis) ES 9902 [CD]
Vox Æterna: XIème siècle - XVIIIème
siècle
Compilation:
Astrée (Naïve) « Musica
Iberica » ES 9984 [CDx5] Musica Iberica: El Canto de la
Sibilla I & II, El Cancionero de Palacio, Cantigas, ...
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 346-151 (february 1989) - Diapason d'Or
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 35/2-629 (november/december 2011)
Comments:
Information from CD.
This program presents some of the many surviving versions of the Sibyl song. Some of these versions date back to the earliest surviving Western musical sources.
The following volumes of this series, showing the Sibyl lyrics appearing in the more usual repertory:
Some other programs featuring Sibyl songs:
A classic related program from Catalunya:
Another program derived from many sources by the present ensemble:
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To FAQ references to this recording.
To FAQ CD index page.
Todd M. McComb