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ECM has always stretched the boundaries of jazz, and with its New Series champions much adventurous classical music, most newly composed. Trio Mediaeval's latest release, Folk Songs, an ethereal and haunting collection of Norwegian folk music, fits comfortably in neither. The Trio's three previous albums for ECM, Words of the Angel (2001), Soir, dit-elle (2004) and Stella Maris (2005), consisted of medieval polyphonic music surrounding contemporary compositions done a cappella, and they received much acclaim, reaching the ...

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Trio Mediaeval: Folk Songs

Read "Folk Songs" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 19, 2007

One of the most remarkable aspects of the Scandinavian music scene, no matter what the musical space, is how fluid it is, and how few borders exist--if any exist at all. Anything is possible. The three singers of Trio Mediaeval--Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Tornn Østrem Ossum--first emerged in the early part of the decade as interpreters of a classical repertoire, albeit one that ranged from early sacred music to the writing of contemporary composers including Gavin Bryars ...