Hirundo Maris

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This disc is dedicated to the memory of Savall’s mother, the Catalan early-music soprano Montserrat Figueras, who died last November. The daughter has taken much from her parent — but, with her... — Sunday Times, 22nd July 2012 More…

Release Date: 25th Jun 2012
Catalogue No: 2784395
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 79 minutes

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trad.: El Mestre

Work length6:33

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Buenas Noches

Work length5:49

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Ya Salió De La Mar

Work length2:36

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Om Kvelden

Work length4:38

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: El Mariner

Work length6:14

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Savall, A: Le Chant des Étoiles

Work length3:44

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Morena Me Llaman

Work length6:10

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Bendik og Årolilja

Work length7:01

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Ormen Lange

Work length2:50

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Ruiz de Ribayaz: Tarantela

Work length4:46

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: The water is wide

Work length5:24

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: El Noi de la Mare

Work length3:32

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Josep i Maria

Work length3:28

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Johansen, P: Penselstrøk

Work length5:19

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Halling

Work length2:53

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

trad.: Yo M'enamorí D'un Aire

Work length5:35

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Margit Holmberg: Trollmors Vuggesang

Work length3:13

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Arianna Savall (voice), Petter Udland Johansen (voice), Sveinung Lilleheier (guitar), Miquel Ángel Cordero (double bass), David Mayoral (percussion)
Recorded: 2011-01-07
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

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Hirundo Maris is Latin for “sea swallow” and, like that bird’s nomadic flight, singer and harpist Arianna Savall’s quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group - drifts on musical currents between Norway and Catalonia, and adds its own songs, created on the wing. Savall and co-leader Petter Udland Johansen have shaped a band with a bright, glistening timbral blend, capped by Arianna’s ice-clear voice, eminently well-equipped to address songs of the north and the south.

Arianna Savall’s leader debut for ECM New Series follows her distinguished contributions to Rolf Lislevand’s Nuove musiche (4763049) and to Helena Tulve’s Lijnen (4766389) - sensuous early music on the one hand, bracingly contemporary composition on the other.

In both genres she has proven to be a charismatic singer. Hirundo Maris, with its very fresh instrumental textures, takes another trajectory.

Savall and Petter Udland Johansen describe their project as a journey linking the Mediterranean and the North Sea. Near the centre of the sound are Arianna’s sparkling harps and the drones of Johansen’s Hardanger fiddle; when the colours of the mandolin and more unexpectedly the Dobro (not often heard outside bluegrass contexts) are added, a message is sent about the universality of song as well as of the transatlantic travels of old ballads… Arianna Savall’s voice is already familiar to many who have followed the outstanding work of her parents, Catalan viol master Jordi Savall and singer Montserrat Figueras: until 2008 Arianna played and sang as a member of her father’s ensembles, including Hespèrion XXI.

This album is dedicated to the memory of her mother, who died in December 2011.

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22nd July 2012

This disc is dedicated to the memory of Savall’s mother, the Catalan early-music soprano Montserrat Figueras, who died last November. The daughter has taken much from her parent — but, with her Norwegian colleague Petter Udland Johansen, Savall brings other sound worlds to bear.

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