Troubairitz - Voice/Piano (Digital Download)

Tansy Daviess 17-minute song cycle Troubairitz is a setting 12^th-century poems by women troubadours in translations by Derek Mahon. The extraordinary emotional directness of these texts is honoured in Daviess sombre, soulful and dance-like songs, which are sparely scored for voice and percussion. Angular, spare but human. The Times (Geoff Brown), 1 April 2011