Melodia

This anthology of music… is almost entirely the work of Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, who founded the excellent Carmina Chamber Choir (among whose soloists I could particularly commend the marvellously... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…

Release Date: 6th Jul 2009
Catalogue No: SMK56
Label: Smekkleysa

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Melodia is one of Iceland’s most remarkable music manuscripts. Written in 1660, it contains 223 songs of various kinds: folk-songs, hymns, polyphonic chansons, and Gregorian chant. This CD contains a fascinating selection of music from this long-neglected document of Iceland’s musical heritage, performed by Icelandic singers on period instruments.

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Awards Issue 2009

This anthology of music… is almost entirely the work of Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, who founded the excellent Carmina Chamber Choir (among whose soloists I could particularly commend the marvellously clean voices of Kirstín Erna Blöndal and Marta Guðrún Halldórsdóttir)... the entire collection is a triumph.

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