Anna Páliná Árnaðóttir and Draupner / Sagnadans: the traditional ballads of Iceland - CD
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Sagnadans (Dimma)

Icelandic vocalist Anna Páliná Árnaðóttir and the Swedish folk group Draupner come together to present the traditional ballads of Iceland, accompanied by percussionist and arranger Petur Gretarsson. All acoustic, but powerful renditions of these unique and little heard folk songs, which the Icelandic call 'story dances' or sagndans.

   

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Asu Kvaedi
Harmabotar Kvaedi
Tristrams Kvaedi

Icelandic has a strange word for its traditional ballads: sagnadans - story dance. Can a story be danced? Of course, aficionados of ballet would say, but the ballads are of a diffrent character. Although sagnadans is a recent term, it is used of old folk poems that tell a story in short verses with lyrical refrains. The ballads dramatise personal conflicts. They relate clashes between lovers, couples, parents and children, rivals. Strong emotions prevail; love that knows no bounds, jealousy and hatred, overbearing and the thirst for revenge. The stories find their way straight to the heart.
Textbook in Icelandic and English.

  • 1. Ásu kvæði. 3.16 trad
  • 2. Harmabótar kvæði. 4.27 trad
  • 3. Tristrams kvæði. 6.28 Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson
  • 4. Húfan dýra. 2.37 trad
  • 5. Sætrölls kvæði. 5.41 Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson
  • 6. Tófu kvæði. 3.59 trad
  • 7. Kóngssona kvæði. 4.07 Anna Pálína Árnaðóttir
  • 8. Kvæði af Ólafi liljurós. 5.41 Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson
  • 9. Draumkvæði. 4.41 trad

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