Trio Mediaeval
『Folk Songs』
Ballads, Hymns and Lullabies
Traditional songs from Norway
arranged for voices and percussion
CD: ECM Records GmbH
Series: ECM NEW SERIES
ECM 2003 (2007)
Manufactured and Marketed by Universal Music Classical, New York
Distributed by Universal Music Distribution
TRIO MEDIAEVAL
Anna Maria Friman
Linn Andrea Fuglseth
Torunn Østrem Ossum
Birger Mistereggen: percussion and jew's harp
1. Det lisle bånet (The little child) 4:43
[Medieval ballad, Telemark]
Arr. Tone Krohn
2. So ro, godt barn (Rest now, sweet child) 3:07
[Vestfold]
Arr. Tone Krohn
3. Villemann og Magnhild (Villemann and Magnhild) 1:49
[Medieval ballad, after Kalenda Maya]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
4. Tjovane (The thieves) 2:36
[Medieval ballad, southern Norway, after Kirsten Bråten Berg]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
5. Nu solen går ned (The sun is setting) 3:56
[Telemark, after Sondre Bratland]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
6. I mine kåte ungdomsdagar (In my reckless, youthful days) 3:41
[Telemark, after Tiriltunga]
Arr. Andrew Smith
7. Gjendines bådnlåt (Gjendine's lullaby) 3:52
[Written down by Edvard Grieg after Kaia Gjendine Slaalien, Jotunheimen]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
8. Bruremarsj frå Gudbrandsdalen (Wedding march from Gudbrandsdalen) 3:05
Arr. Tone Krohn
9. Rolandskvadet (The song of Roland) 2:49
[Medieval ballad]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
10. Solbønn (Sun-prayer) 1:20
[Telemark, after Berit Opheim]
Solo: Linn Andrea Fuglseth
11. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (I know a stronghold in heaven) 2:57
[Hallingdal, German text before 1600, translation by Bernt Støylen]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
12. Nu vilar hela jorden (All the earth now rests in peace) 3:28
[Old Swedish Town, Ukraine, after Tone Krohn]
Solo: Anna Maria Friman
13. Springdans fra Vestfold (Dance from Vestfold) 1:37
Arr. Tone Krohn
14. Eg aktar inkje (I don't think much of those boys) 1:33
[Telemark, after Tiriltunga]
Arr. Tiriltunga
15. Den elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem) 3:24
[Vestfold, after Arnt Bøe, text by Niels Brorson]
Arr. Tone Krohn
16. Till, till tove 4:48
[Vestfold]
Arr. Tone Krohn
17. Lova Line 3:44
[Vest-Agder, after Kirsten Bråten Berg]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
18. Danse, ikke gråte nå (Dance, do not cry now) 1:58
[text/mel.: Lillebjørn Nilsen, Oslo]
Lillebjørn Nilsen / Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth)
19. Den signede dag (The day of joy) 2:49
[Vestfold, after Tone Krohn]
Solo: Torunn Østrem Ossum
20. Folkefrelsar, til oss kom (Saviour of the nations, come) 3:02
[Melody from Einsiedeln 12th century, revised 1524 by martin Luther, words after AMbrosius (d. 397), "Veni redemptor gentium", transl. from German by Bernt Støylen]
Arr. Linn Andrea Fuglseth
All parts for percussion and jew's harp by Birger Mistereggen
Recorded February 2007
Propstei St. Gerold
Tonmeister: Peter Laenger
Cover Photos: Guido Gorna
Liner Photos: Sascha Kleis (landscapes), Åsa Maria Mikkelsen/Kolonihaven
Design: Sascha Kleis
Produced by Manfred Eicher
An ECM Production
◆本CDについて◆
スリップケース。ブックレット（全32頁）にトラックリスト＆クレジット、「Roots and Branches: A performer's note」、歌詞（原文／英訳）、写真図版（モノクロ）7点。
トリオ・メディーヴァル『フォーク・ソングス』。古楽（宗教音楽）＆現代音楽を主なレパートリーとするノルウェーの女性ヴォーカル・グループの4作目で、民俗音楽系パーカッショニストのビルゲル・ミステレッゲンをゲストに迎えて自らの音楽的ルーツであるノルウェー民謡＆中世物語歌（バラッド）を歌っています。民謡とはいうものの、たいへん洗練されていて宗教音楽的といってもよいです。ブックレットにはややパンキッシュなアーティスト写真やおごそかな風景写真が掲載されています。
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Rolandskvadet（中世の物語歌「ロランの歌」）
Gjendines bådnlåt（グリーグ採集「イェンディーネの子守唄」）
