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Tristan & Iseult

The oldest versions of ‘Tristan’ from the Celtic lands of Western Europe were recited by bards and minstrels, and to a greater extent, were never written down. We do, however, have many beautiful versions of this tale notated in the later Middle Ages. The Camerata has chosen to return to the oldest surviving sources for this program. At the suggestion of Erato records, Joel Cohen prepared a version of Tristan & Iseult for recording in Boston during the fall of 1987. Henri Ledroit, who was the Tristan of those recording sessions, also participated in the first public performances, in New York and Boston, early in 1988. Erato’s recording of Tristan & Iseult won the Grand Prix du Disque shortly after its appearance in early 1989.