Nordisk Sang

This Diamond Of A Recording Gives The Listener A Rare And Intimate Look At The Genuine Folk Music Of Scandinavia Away From The Festivals The Hype And The Fusions. Here Are The Willow Bark Flutes The Pristine Voices And The Fiddles Both Hardingfele And Standard Of Norway Usually In Solo Settings Or Simple Call And Responses Between An Instrument And A Voice. Central To The Proceedings Is Singer Kirsten Bråten Berg A Singer Of Such Pure Tone And Ethereal Spaces That The Ear Swoons Upon Hearing It. Lesser-Known But No Less Impressive Is The Voice Of Pernille Anker. Hardingfele Players Hallvard T. Bjørgum Torliev Bolstad And Gunnar Stubseid Show The Diverse Capabilities Of This Drone Fiddle. There Are Two Pieces For Transverse Flute One As A Duo With A Pipe Organ That Is Quite Unusual One For Solo Dulcimer And One For Willow Bark Flute To Round Out The Sounds Of Norway. There Are Only Two Slightly Larger Ensemble Pieces One A Trio For Voice Saxophone And Hardingfele Another For Voice Hardingfele Bouzouki The Illustrious Ale Möller And Recorder. All The Tunes Are Original Save For A Beautiful Solo Fiddle Piece By Hans Brimi. This Is A Worthy Collection Selected By The Norwegian Heilo Label And It Offers A Rare Look Inside The Folk Tradition. read less