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Meditatio II: Music for mixed choir - Áskelsson

Meditatio II: Music for mixed choir - Áskelsson

BIS  BIS-2618

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal


Works by Elder, Gjeilo, Grigorjeva, Guðjohnsen, Lukaszewski, Marteinsdóttir, Mealor, Saevarsson, Thorarensen, Tómasson, Uusberg, Whitacre, Þorsteinsson

Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis
Hörður Áskelsson (conductor)


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.

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