Sequentia
Edda. Myths from the Medieval Iceland
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Medieval | 76:52 | USA (P) & © 1999 BMG Entertainment
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1. Leikr elds ok ísa [2:15]
(The song of Fire and Ice)
fiddle piece, Elizabeth Gaver
2. Veit ek at et hekk [5:40]
(Hangakvæði Hávamála Óðinn’s Rune-verses, excerpt from
“Hávamál”, Sayings of the High One)
Benjamin Bagby
3. Hlióðs bið ek allar [10:10]
(“Vøluspá I”, The Prophecy of the Seeress)
tutti
4. Vreiðr var þá Ving-Þórr [13:51]
(“Þrymskviða” The Tale of Þrymr)
Benjamin Bagby
5. Nú erum komnar til konungs húsa [12:18]
(“Grottasøngr” The Song of the Mill)
Barbara Thornton
Lena Susanne Norin
Elizabeth Gaver
6. Baldrs minni [3:35]
(In Memory of Baldr)
fiddle piece, Elizabeth Gaver
7. Senn vóru æsir allir á þingi [9:32]
(“Baldrs draumar” Baldr’s Dreams)
Barbara Thornton
Benjamin Bagby
Elizabeth Gaver
8. Þat man hón fólkvíg [6:26]
(“Vøluspá II”, The Prophecy of the Seeress)
Lena Susanne Norin
Barbara Thornton
9. Ragnarøk [1:28]
(The End of the Gods)
fiddle piece, Elizabeth Gaver
10. Á fellr austan um eitrdala [11:33]
(“Vøluspá III”, The Prophecy of the Seeress)
tutti
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Sequentia
Ensemble for medieval music
Directors:
Barbara Thornton & Benjamin Bagby
Barbara Thornton – voice
Lena Susanne Norin – voice
Elizabeth Gaver – fiddles
Benjamin Bagby – voice, lyre
Instruments:
2 lyres by Rainer Thurau (Wiesbaden, 1990)
5-string fiddle by Richard Earle (Basel 1989)
3-string fiddle by Richard Earle (Basel 1995)
5-string fiddle by Rainer Ullreich (Wien, 1990)
Sources: Texts
The principle manuscript source of the Eddic texts
is the Codex Regius (13th century): Reykjavik,
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, Gl.kgl.sml.2365 4to.
(see essay by Heimir Pálsson).
Sources: Music
See the essays by Heimir Pálsson, Benjamin Bagby
and Elizabeth Gaver.
(P) & © 1999 BMG Entertainment
A & R direction: Nicola Kremer
Musical producer: Elizabeth Ostrow
Recording engineers: John Newton and Jeff Baust
(soundmirror, Boston, USA)
Editor: Jeff Baust
Recorded: 5-9 November 1996 in Skálholt, Iceland
Language consultant (before and during recording):
Helmir Pálsson
Front cover picture: Antikvarisk-Topografiska
Arkivet, Stockholm (a warrior – or possibly Oðinn? – being
greeted by a Valkyrie)
Design: Welcom/Munich
Text editing: Jens Markowsky (with thanks to Ursula
Dronke and Helmir Pálsson)
P.S. По многочисленным просьбам повторно выкладываю сей релиз!