20th-century Troubadour
Esther Lamandier refreshes the repertoire other singers fail to reach. From the songs of travelling minstrels to 20th-century tangos, from hymns to the Virgin to tales of courtly love, Lamandier has made a virtue of half-forgotten works in medieval Latin, high German and ancient Provencale.
Christopher Page talks to the French singer about the repertoire she has made her own.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON