Folk Songs

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Release Date: 2007-10-19

Labels: ECM Records, ECM New Series

Ballads, Hymns and Lullabies
Traditional songs from Norway arranged for voices and percussion


Det Lisle Bånet (The Little Child)
Medieval Ballad, Telemark

So Ro, Godt Barn (Rest Now, Sweet Child)
Vestfold

Villemann Og Magnhild (Villemann And Magnhild)
Medieval Ballad, after Kalenda Maya

Tjovane (The Thieves)
Medieval Ballad, southern Norway
after Kirsten Bråten Berg

Nu Solen Går Ned (The Sun Is Setting)
Telemark, after Sondre Bratland

I Mine Kåte Ungdomsdagar (In My Reckless, Youthful Days)
Telemark, after Tiriltunga

Gjendines Bådnlåt (Gjendine's Lullaby)
Written down by Edvard Grieg,
after Kaia Gjendine Slaalien, Jotunheimen

Rolandskvadet (The Song Of Roland)
Medieval ballad

Solbønn (Sun-Prayer)
Telemark, after Berit Opheim

Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg (I Know A Stronghold In Heaven)
Hallingdal, German text before 1600,
translation by Bernt Støylen

Nu Vilar Hela Jorden (All The Earth Now Rests In Peace)
Old Swedish Town, Ukraine, after Tone Krohn

Eg Aktar Inkje (I Don't Think Much Of Those Boys)
Telemark, after Tiriltunga

Den Elskte Jerusalem (Beloved Jerusalem)
Vestfold, after Arne Bøe, text by Niels Brorson

Till, Till Tove
Vestfold

Lova Line
Vest-Agder, after Kirsten Bråten Berg

Danse, Ikke Gråte Nå (Dance, Do Not Cry Now)
text/mel.: Lillebjørn Nilsen, Oslo

Den Signede Dag (The Day Of Joy)
Vestfold, after Tone Krohn

Folkefrelsar, Til Oss Kom (Saviour Of The Nations, Come)
Melody from Einsiedeln 12th century,
revised 1524 by Martin Luther, words after
Ambrosius (d. 397); "Veni redemptor gentium",
transl. from German by Bernt Støylen


Recorded February 2007
Propstei St. Gerold

An ECM Production

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