Meditatio II - Music for Mixed Choir / Áskelsson, Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

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BIS
Release Date
April 7, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Traditional, Daniel Elder, Ola Gjeilo, Galina Grigorjeva, Audur Gudjohnsen, Pawel Lukaszewski, Thora
    • PERFORMER
      Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 07, 2023
    • UPC
      7318599926186
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2618
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Elegy

      Composer: Daniel Elder

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    2. Ave verum corpus

      Composer: Auður Guðjohnsen

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    3. In paradisum

      Composer: Galina Grigorjeva

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    4. Lux æterna

      Composer: Hreiðar Ingi Þorsteinsson

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    5. Vor hinsti dagur

      Composer: Haukur Tómasson

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    6. Sanctus: London

      Composer: Ola Gjeilo

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    7. Nú legg ég þér í lófa

      Composer: Þóra Marteinsdóttir

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    8. Ubi caritas

      Composer: Paul Mealor

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    9. Sofðu unga ástin mín (arr. H. Þórólfsson for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    10. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Björn Thorarensen

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    11. Ave verum corpus

      Composer: Sigurður Sævarsson

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    12. Fagurt er í fjörðum (arr. J. Hearne for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    13. Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Paweł Łukaszewski

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    14. In paradisum

      Composer: Pärt Uusberg

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

    15. Sleep

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis

      Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson


With Meditatio I released in 2016, the Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis and Hörður Áskelsson 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 æterna 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 ‘Sofðu unga ástin min’, a traditional and bittersweet Icelandic lullaby, here sung without words. Founded in 1996 by Hörður Áskelsson, 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.