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'The instrument Liszt played wasn't only a mere piano, but the imaginations and bodies of his audiences.' Photograph: Archivo Iconografico, SA/Corbis It's a critical commonplace to say, when a performance has touched the heights of instrumental brillianc

Montserrat Figueras, who has died aged 69, was hailed as the heart and soul of the various baroque ensembles assembled and directed by her husband, the great viola da gamba player Jordi Savall.

I asked her to pull in at the side of the road so I could pay more attention. It was obviously something medieval: a drone below a slow-moving chordal choral texture above which a dazzlingly clear soprano voice spun a line of the purest silk, as strong a

The Catalan soprano Montserrat Figueras, who has died of cancer aged 69, was a specialist in baroque and earlier music. Her distinctive vocal style defined the ensembles she co-founded with her husband, the viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall. Their wor

I am saddened to learn of the death of , the great Catalonian early music singer. With her husband, gambist and conductor Jordi Savall, she was a central part of the great early music revival of the past few decades. Here, one of Figueras’ most widely