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Folk Songs

Trio Mediaeval

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Format: CD

Cat No: 4766179

Release Date:  31 December 2008

Label:  ECM Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  028947661795

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    After three very-well received recordings - “Words of the Angel,� “Soir, dit-elle� and “Stella Maris� – combining medieval sacred music and contemporary composition, a strikingly different project from the Trio Mediaeval. Here the singers, “precise and on fire�, in Paul Griffiths’s description, investigate their Scandinavian roots, with a powerful and compelling account of Norwegian folk songs. On several selections they are joined by percussionist Birger Mistereggen, specialist in the rare Norwegian folk-drum tradition. This is a disc that will communicate across categories, to a broad listenership. For the sources that Trio Mediaeval explore here are the same sources that have inspired many Nordic jazz improvisers...

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Little Child
      • 2. Rest Now, Sweet Child
      • 3. Villemann And Magnhild
      • 4. The Thieves
      • 5. The Sun Is Setting
      • 6. In My Reckless, Youthful Days
      • 7. Gjendine's Lullaby
      • 8. Wedding March From Gudbrandsdalen
      • 9. The Song Of Roland
      • 10. Sun-prayer
      • 11. I Know a Stronghold In Heaven
      • 12. All the Earth Now Rests In Peace
      • 13. Dance From Vestfold
      • 14. I Don't Think Much Of Those Boys
      • 15. Beloved Jerusalem
      • 16. Till, Till Tove
      • 17. Lova Line
      • 18. Dance, Do Not Cry Now
      • 19. The Day Of Joy
      • 20. Saviour Of the Nations, Come