Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs

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...