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"Recitar cantando / Speaking in Song" on the album "Two Sides"

by Thrainn Hjalmarsson

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The work "Recitar cantando / Speaking in Song" for string quartet appears on Barokkbandið Brák's debut album "Two Sides" released on label Sono Luminus.

Performed by:
Laufey Jensdóttir, violin
Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir, violin
Þóra Margrét Sveinsdóttir, viola
Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir, violoncello

Direct link to track: sonoluminuslabel.bandcamp.com/track/speaking-in-song-recitar-cantando

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released September 23, 2022

About the album:
Tvær hliðar/Two Sides presents two contrasting sides of our music-making. On the first CD we perform our core repertoire of Italian and Swedish Baroque music, but Barokkbandið Brák also seeks to expand the repertoire for historical instruments by commissioning new works by up and coming Icelandic composers, and the second CD showcases new Icelandic music written specially for the ensemble. All of these works share the same sound world as all the music is performed on historical instruments from the baroque era.

Barokkbandið Brák was founded in 2015 by Icelandic violinists Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir and Laufey Jensdóttir. The ensemble mainly consists of Icelandic musicians who all share a passion for historically informed performance of Renaissance and Baroque music and seek to bring the music from this period to a wide audience in Iceland and abroad.

Since its founding the group has held numerous concerts in Iceland with great success. Most of Brák’s performances have been recorded and broadcasted by the Icelandic National Radio (RÚV). Brák has been regularly nominated for the yearly Icelandic Music Awards, and in 2020 won the award for "Concert of the Year". Barokkbandið Brák constantly seeks new concepts and frequently collaborates with renowned singers, dancers and instrumentalists from all over Europe to expand the range of possibilities.

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Composer, curator and tutor - Hjálmarsson is known for his detailed and finely woven sound world, where the act of listening plays a vital role. Here, the perception of sound is ever transforming, revealing an otherwise obfuscated narrative, unfolding in time. ... more

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