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Trio Mediaeval: Rímur

Read "Rímur" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Rimur (vocabolo che ha già fornito il titolo anche a un album dei Sigur Ros) sono le canzoni in rima o allitterate della tradizione epica islandese che forniscono la base di partenza per questo album del Trio Mediaeval, dove alle voci delle tre cantanti norvegesi si unisce quella strumentale del trombettista loro connazionale Arve Henriksen. I ...

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Rímur

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: St Birgitta Hymn – Rosa rorans bonitatem; O Jesu dulcissime; Om ödet skulle skicka mig; Morgunstjarna; Rís upp, drottni dyrð; St Magbnus Hymn – Nobilis humilis; Lata gjálla létt og hátt; Brureslått; St Sunniva Hymn – Eterna Christi munera; Krummi; Anda þinn guð mér gef þú vist ; Sulla lulla; Du är den första; Alma Rerdemptoris; Bíum bíum bambaló; Ja haver ingen kärare; Gammelkjerrringsvalsen.

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Article: Album Review

Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen: Rímur

Read "Rímur" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Rímur are songs in the unique Icelandic tradition of rhyming narrative verse. Transmitted orally for centuries, in the twentieth century they were recorded and transcribed by ethnographers and folk song collectors. They form part of the inspiration for this music, along with chants, folk songs, religious hymns, and fiddle tunes. There's also an emphasis on improvisation, ...

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Article: Album Review

Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen: Rímur

Read "Rímur" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Rímur is a collection of seventeen chants, hymns, folk songs and improvisations based on ancient Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish sources, brought into our contemporary way of sensing by singer/violinist Anna Maria Friman, singers Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Berit Opheim, and eminent trumpeter Arve Henriksen. The music of this album is a clear example of ...


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