Sat, 02 Sep 2006
Bella Donna: Courtly Love
various, Bella Donna: The medieval woman:
Lover, Poet, Patroness and Saint
Mara Kiek
Sinfonye
Stevie Wishart
LP, Helios
Eleanor of Aquitane ruled from Poitiers in the early 12th
century and it is perhaps no too surprising that female
troubadors might have been given a shot at this court. This
collection of songs comes from manuscripts in the Peirpont Morgan
library in NYC and from the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
It's a nice collection too and Mara Kiek has a appropriately
variable voice that sometimes has an edge and is otherwise
smooth as a silk pillow. There are tales of absent crusaders
and unfaithful lovers and powerful love. In the background are
an array of period instruments.
And now for some wild boar and a bucket of burgundy.
(Baron K)
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