Ensemble Adapter & Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Clavis Metrica (2025)

Icelandic composer Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson is known for creating unique music with idiosyncratic scores, often presented as animated notation. His recent project is the result of a collaboration with the experimental chamber group Ensemble Adapter. Originally conceived as a short piece, the work evolved into a full-length concert piece. Gunnarsson's music combines simple, almost "naïve" sounds (whistles, woodblocks, harp plucks), but its rhythmic foundation is extremely complex, inspired by the meters of the traditional Icelandic poetry "rimur." Despite its seemingly fragile and unsteady nature, the ensemble performs the music with exceptional rigor, highlighting its playful and utterly unique character.

Tracklist:
1-1 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Introduction [1:22]
1-2 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Stuðlafall [3:39]
1-3 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Ferskeytla [2:49]
1-4 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Stikluvik — Gagari [2:33]
1-5 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Stafhenda [1:45]
1-6 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Stafhenda — Samhenda [2:53]
1-7 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Samhenda — Stefjahrun [3:44]
1-8 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Valstýfa — Nýhenda [3:15]
1-9 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Breiðhenda (Nýlanghenda) [2:05]
1-10 Ensemble Adapter - Langhenda [2:29]
1-11 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Draghenda [3:55]
1-12 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Skammhenda [1:22]
1-13 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Úrkast [1:57]
1-14 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Dverghenda [2:15]
1-15 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Braghenda [3:38]
1-16 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Afhending [1:13]
1-17 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Valhenda [2:34]
1-18 Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson;Ensemble Adapter;Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson - Stúfhenda [3:02]