SACD2618 冥想, 第二集 混聲合唱作品 阿斯克爾頌 指揮 雷克雅未克聖歌學校唱詩班 Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis / Meditatio II (BIS)

冥想, 第二集 混聲合唱作品
霍魯爾·阿斯克爾頌 指揮
雷克雅未克聖歌學校唱詩班

With Meditatio I released in 2016, the Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis and Horour Askelsson presented music commemorating the departed. Recorded some six years later, Meditatio II similarly contains compositions that interpret man's thoughts and feelings about death, and celebrate the immobility and beauty found in age-old church texts such as Ave verum corpus, In paradisum, Lux aterna and Agnus Dei. With one exception, the fifteen works for mixed a cappella choir – none longer than 6 minutes – were written in the 21st century, and they originate in America and Europe. Seven Icelandic composers are represented, five of them from current or former members of the Schola Cantorum. Peaceful rather than desolate, these refined miniatures unfold over slow rhythms, coated with nuances that rarely go beyond the mezzo forte. This disc also includes an impressive arrangement of 'Sofou unga astin min', a traditional and bittersweet Icelandic lullaby, here sung without words.

Founded in 1996 by Horour Askelsson, who has remained its artistic director to this day, the Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis is comprised of 21 singers and has appeared on a number of BIS recordings.