Clockworking - New Icelandic Music on Period Instruments / Nordic Affect

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
July 31, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SIGFÚSDÓTTIR  GUDNADÓTTIR BJA
    • PERFORMER
      Nordic Affect
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2015
    • UPC
      053479700124
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SLE-70001
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Clockworking

      Composer: María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

      Ensemble: Nordic Affect

      Performer: María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    2. 2 Circles

      Composer: Hildur Guðnadóttir

      Performer: Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir

    3. From Beacon to Beacon

      Composer: Hafdis Bjarnadottir

      Ensemble: Nordic Affect

      Performer: Hafdis Bjarnadottir

    4. INNI, "Musica da Camera"

      Composer: Thurídur Jónsdóttir

      Performer: Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, Thurídur Jónsdóttir

    5. Shades of Silence

      Composer: Anna Þorvaldsdóttir

      Ensemble: Nordic Affect

    6. Sleeping Pendulum

      Composer: María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

      Performer: Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir


Sono Luminus announces the release of Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect’s debut album on the label, Clockworking, featuring the music of five Icelandic women composers – Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Hildur Gudnadóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, and Thurídur Jónsdóttir. The album was recorded by Georg Magnússon at The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, with mastering and post-production by Valgeir Sigurdsson.

REVIEW:

[A] brilliantly sensitive sound mixed more like up-close ambient music than chamber music, and it's one of the most evocative releases edging on either category in recent memory.

-- WQXR