Cansós de Trobairitz

Cansós de Trobairitz
Hespèrion XX - Jordi Savall
EMI (Electrola) "Reflexe" 1C 063-30 941 [LP]
EMI (Electrola) "Reflexe" 1C 065-30 941 Q [LP]
EMI (Electrola) "Reflexe" CDM 7 63417 2 [CD]
Virgin Edition 61310 [CD]

Contents

  1. Vos que.m semblatz dels corals amadors (2 voices, 2 flutes, percussion)
    Words by Condessa de Provenza Gardensa (c.1193-c.1215) & Gui de Cavaillon (fl.c.1210)
    Music by Gaucelm Faidit (c.1150-c.1220)
  2. Estat ai eu greu cossirier (voice, vielle, lyre)
    Words by Condessa de Dia (fl.c.1200)
    Music by Raimon de Miraval (c.1180-1215)
  3. Na Carenza al bel cors avinen (2 voices, lute)
    Words by anon
    Music by Arnault de Maruelh (c.1170-1200)
  4. Si.us quer conselh, bel' ami' Alamanda (2 voices, vielle, lute, lyre, guitar)
    Words & Music by Giraut de Bornelh (c.1140-c.1200)

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  5. Ab joi et ab joven m'apais (voice, flute, vielle, guitar, rebab, percussion)
    Words by Condessa de Dia
    Music by Bernart de Ventadorn (c.1135-c.1195)
  6. A chantar m'er de so q'ieu no voldria (voice, lyre)
    Words & Music by Condessa de Dia
  7. S'anc fui belha ni prezada (2 voices, flute, lute, guitar, vielle, lyre)
    Words & Music by Cadenet (fl.c.1220)

Performers:
Montserrat Figueras (voice), Josep Benet (voice), Pilar Figueras (voice), Jordi Savall (vielle & lyre), Hopkinson Smith (lute & guitar), Lorenzo Alpert (flute), Gabriel Garrido (flute & percussion), Christophe Coin (vielle & rebab)

Playing time: 50' 06"

Recording site and date:
Evangelische Kirch, Seon [June 1977];
Rel.: 1978 (LP), 1990 (EMI Reflexe 63417), 1996 (Virgin Edition 61310)

Excerpts:
[5] Virgin Classics 0946 356902 2 4 [CD] Music from the time of the Crusades (1096 - 1270).

Compilation:
EMI Classics 7243 8 26508 2 9 [CDx6] REFLEXE Vol. 7 Stationen Europäischer Musik
Virgin 7243 5 61 964 2 1 [CDx8] España Antigua

Comments:
Information from CD (Todd McComb), LP and Bielefelder Katalog (Pierre-F. Roberge).

The trobairitz were female troubadours, and that is the subject of this recording.

Some other recordings devoted to similar repertory:

Romance of the Rose
Feminine Voices from Medieval France
Heliotrope - Joyce Todd
Koch International 7103
The Sweet Look and the Loving Manner
Trobairitz love lyrics and chansons de femme from Medieval France
Sinfonye - Stevie Wishart
Hyperion 66625
La chanson d'ami
Chansons de femme; XII et XIIIe siècles
Katia Caré / Ensemble Perceval - Guy Robert
Arion 68290
Rose tres bele
Chansons & polyphonies des Dames trouvères
Diabolus in Musica - Antoine Guerber
Alpha 156
A chantar
Lieder der Frauen-Minne im Mittelalter
Estampie, Münchner Ensemble für frühe Musik - Michael Popp
Christophorus 74583
Ave Eva: Chansons de femmes, XIIe et XIIIe siècles
Brigitte Lesne (voice, harp, percussion)
Opus 111 30-134

A later recording by Figueras & Savall, of songs from Catalonia in this and later eras:

Cançons de la Catalunya millenària
Planys & Llegendes
Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Astrée 8758

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Todd M. McComb