Joanna Harries, Sholto Kynoch - Letters from Scandinavia (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Norge, Op. 58: No. 2, Til Norge
02. Roskilde
03. 4 Dikter Av Verner von Heidenstam, Op. 37: No. 1, Jutta kommer till Folkungarna
04. The Skagerrak
05. Sange ved Havet, Op. 17: No. 7, Sildig
06. Gudbrandsdalen
07. Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 4, Møte
08. Sognefjellet
09. 3 Sange, Op. 1: No. 3, Til mit Hjertes Dronning
10. Hallingdal
11. Mor Synger, Op. 52: No. 6, Skjærer
12. Telemark Forests
13. 6 Digte af Holger Drachmann, Op. 49: No. 6, Foraarsregn
14. Fredrikstad
15. Elegiske dikt, Op. 59: No. 2, På Norges nøgne fjelde
16. Strömstad
17. Visor och Stämningar, Op. 26: No. 4, Jungfru Blond och jungfru Brunett
18. Göta Canal
19. Säg mig, du lilla fogel
20. Norrland
21. Fjerran på enslig stig
22. Stockholm
23. 5 sånger till dikter af Bo Bergman, Op. 20: No. 2, Vid fönstret
24. Åland Islands
25. 6 sånger, Op. 90: No. 1, Norden
26. Finnish Forests
27. 6 sånger, Op. 72: No. 4, Kaiutar
28. Farewell
29. Haugtussa, Op. 67: No. 8, Ved Gjætle-Bekken

Letters from Scandinavia is, I hope, an adventure. It certainly has been for me in creating it. It began with a chance stumbling on Mary Wollstonecraft s Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway & Denmark, written on the cusp of the nineteenth century, at a time when most of the rest of Europe was almost entirely ignorant of the wild north. I soon discovered a treasure trove of historic travel writing about Scandinavia, which I duly devoured. Scandinavian song has to be the most unjustly underperformed of the song repertoire, but once discovered, it is difficult not to evangelise to everyone you meet about what they might be missing out on. It set me off on my own journey; I raided the archives of Nordic composers, both well-known and little performed.

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac]

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [Hi-Res]