Discography of trouvère, troubadour, and related music
The following disks can be found in the classical room of any major record
store (Tower, Virgin, etc.). Some can be found at public and/or University
libraries, and most can be found at our house.
Some of the composers in this category could also reasonably fall under
the heading of Ars Antiqua.
We've drawn a sort of arbitrary dividing line between them.
The Recordings
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Theatre of Voices. Chansons de Trouvères. (Harmonia
Mundi HMU 907184)
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Paul Hillier's voice is accompanied by Andrew Lawrence King, variously
on psaltery, harp and portative organ, in nine pieces from northern France.
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Theatre of Voices. Proensa. (ECM 1368 837 360-2)
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Stephen Stubbs, Andrew Lawrence-King, and Erin Headley provide instrumental
accompaniment to Paul Hillier's voice in eight Provençal songs.
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Sinfonye. The sweet look and the loving manner. (Hyperion
CDA66625)
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Trobairitz love lyrics and French chansons de femme from medieval
France.
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Sinfonye. The Courts of Love. (Hyperion CDA66367)
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Music from the time of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Sinfonye. Bella Domna. (Hyperion CDA66283)
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The medieval woman as lover, poet, patroness and saint.
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Ensemble Alcatraz. Danse Royale. (Elektra Nonesuch 9
79240-2)
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French, Anglo-Norman and Latin songs and dances from the 13th century.
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Studio der Frühen Musik. Troubadours, Trouvères, Minstrels.
(Teldec 4509-97938-2)
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A two-CD set, recorded variously from 1966 to 1974, that has aged remarkably
well.
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Studio der Frühen Musik. Chanterai por mon coraige.
(Teldec 4509-95073-2)
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A one-disk compilation from the above.
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Sequentia. Trouvères - Courtly Love Songs from Northern
France. (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77155-2-RC)
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Say something here....
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Brigitte Lesne. Ave Eva. (Opus 111 OPS30-134)
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Subtitled "Songs of Womanhood from the 12th and 13th centuries".
Brigitte Lesne accompanies her own voice variously with harp and percussion.
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Esther Lamandier. Chansons de Toile. (Alienor AL 1011)
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Esther Lamandier's unaccompanied voice presents half a dozen chansons
de toile, sometimes described as songs for women to spin to; these
tend to have female protagonists, and often to be more sensual than the
fin'
amors tradition.
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Gothic Voices. The Spirits of England and France 2: Songs of the
Trouvères. (Hyperion CDA66773)
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Eighteen songs from northern France, 1170-1300.
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Gothic Voices. Music for the Lion-hearted King. (Hyperion
CDA66336)
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Sixteen songs in Latin, French, and Provençal from the late 12th and early
13th centuries.
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Heliotrope. The romance of the rose: feminine voices from medieval
France. (Koch International Classics 3-7103-2 H1)
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Nine lyrics from 12th-13th-century women -- most don't survive with music,
so they've been set to other music from the same time -- as well as four
estampies
which, if I understand it right, are modern arrangements based on various
surviving tunes of the time.
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Hespèrion XX. Cansós de Trobairitz. (EMI
reflexe CDM 7 63417 2)
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Jordi Savall's group, featuring the voice of his wife Montserrat Figueras
and various instrumental accompaniment, presents seven songs by Provençal
trobairitz
from around 1200 A.D.
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