Schola Cantorum Reykjavik, Hörður Áskelsson - Haflidi Hallgrimsson: Choral works (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Rúra, rúra barni
02. Myrtuskógur
03. Níunda Stund: I. Engill
04. Níunda Stund: II. Níunda Stund
05. Níunda Stund: III. Nótt
06. Endurkoma
07. Sónhenda LXXVIII
08. Your Image
09. Lofið Guð I hans helgidómi

Following the critically acclaimed recording of Hallgrímsson’s carol Joseph and the Angel, which featured on Resonus’s 2012 Christmas release This Christmas Night (RES10113), this latest album is performed by Schola Cantorum Reykjavík under the direction of their conductor Hörður Áskelsson.

Made up entirely of world premiere recordings, this album features most of Hallgrímsson’s smaller-scale choral works including the three-movement work Níunda Stund originally written in 1993 and revised in 2006 together with Rúra, rúra barni (sleep, sleep now darling). This piece is one of the composer’s simplest, but most immediately affecting, pieces, and is an arrangement of a traditional lullaby from the Faroe Islands.

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