Artist's albums
Music at the Time of Beaumarchais
2017 · album
The Voice of Emotion II
2014 · album
El Cant de la Sibil.la
2013 · album
La Capella Reial de Catalunya - 25th Anniversary
2013 · album
Pro Pacem
2012 · album
The Voice of Emotion
2012 · album
Monteverdi - Madrigali e lamenti
2011 · album
Mozart : Requiem
2011 · album
Songs Of The Millenial Catalonia
2011 · album
El Nuevo Mundo
2010 · album
Cançons De La Catalunya Millenaria
2009 · album
El Cant De La Sibillla I
2009 · album
El Canto De La Sibilla II
2009 · album
Tarquinio Merula: Arie E Capricci A Voce Sola
2009 · album
Jerusalem
2009 · album
La Barcha D'Amore
2008 · album
Ludi Musici - The Spirit of Dance
2007 · album
Christophorus Columbus - Lost Paradises
2006 · album
Lux Feminæ 900-1600
2006 · album
Du Temps & De L'Instant
2005 · album
Homenatge Al Misteri D'Elx - La Vespra
2004 · album
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Biography
Soprano Montserrat Figueras was an early music singer best known for her work with the group Hespèrion XX (now known as Hespèrion XXI). A member of a musical family, she studied singing as a young girl with Jordi Albareda, originally as part of her studies to be an actress. She joined a local chorus called Aleluya, and then, having developed an interest in early music, she joined Enris Gispert's Catalan early music ensemble Ars Musicae. In 1968, Figueras married Jordi Savall, who was then a viol player for Ars Musicae. Together they traveled to Basel, Switzerland, to study there in the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Basle Music Academy. She, Savall, and keyboard player Ton Koopman recorded a successful LP called El barroco español. She and Savall, together with Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith, then founded Hespèrion XX (which became Hespèrion XXI in 2000), specializing in early music of the Italian and Iberian peninsulas. She and Savall also founded La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations. Figueras frequently performed with La Capella Reial de la Catalunya and Hespèrion XXI. Her solo programs centered around repertory from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, but also included some modern works, as well as some Mozart. She made over 60 recordings, many with Savall and their ensembles.