Maria
Medieval Songs and Swedish Traditional Music
Helena Ek (soprano), Göran Månsson (pipes, frame drum, hurdy-gurdy), Johannes Landgren (organ), Marie-Louise Marming (medieval fiddle) & Berit Lindberg (harp)
This disc is a pan-European mixture from all times and places, of music in honour of the Virgin Mary...The choice of instruments is made to suit the country of origin and the period in which...
Maria
Medieval Songs and Swedish Traditional Music
Helena Ek (soprano), Göran Månsson (pipes, frame drum, hurdy-gurdy), Johannes Landgren (organ), Marie-Louise Marming (medieval fiddle) & Berit Lindberg (harp)
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This disc is a pan-European mixture from all times and places, of music in honour of the Virgin Mary...The choice of instruments is made to suit the country of origin and the period in which...
About
This unique collection of works brings two major names together on one CD. Helena Ek’s artistic activities include television and radio and has recorded several CDs with Sony and Virgin Classics. Göran Månsson is widely respected as one of Sweden’s most dynamic folk pipes players and has recorded CDs for BIS, Sony and Universal.
Contents and tracklist
- Helena Ek, Nils Söderström, Erik Axel Karlfeldt
- Helena Ek, Göran Månsson, Berit Lindberg
- Helena Ek, Göran Månsson, Jacques de Cambrai
- Helena Ek, Göran Månsson, Alfonso X El Sabio
- Helena Ek, Marie-Louise Marming, Oswald von Wolkenstein
- Helena Ek, Göran Månsson
- Helena Ek, Berit Lindberg, Leonel Power
- Helena Ek
Awards and reviews
November 2007
This disc is a pan-European mixture from all times and places, of music in honour of the Virgin Mary...The choice of instruments is made to suit the country of origin and the period in which it was written. It works most effectively...A final verdict: a pleasant disc, nicely conceived and well worth searching out.
