Benedikt Kristjansson – Drang in die Ferne (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

It sounds like being in a dreamland when Icelandic tenor Benedikt Kristjánsson sings folksongs from his homeland. For his first GENUIN album, the first-prize winner of the Greifswald International Singing Competition and Audience Award winner of the Leipzig Bach Competition has teamed up with the sought-after accompanist Alexander Schmalcz. Schmalcz congenially tunes into Kristjánsson’s nebulous landscapes when the singer juxtaposes the old melodies, sung a cappella, with Schubert’s Romanticism. A different language, a different time – but the same feelings and human destinies! Full of deep earnestness, a fine sense of sound and artistic unanimity: a moving duo!

Tracklist:
01. Fagurt er í fjörðum
02. Drang in die Ferne, Op. 71, D. 770
03. Der Wanderer an den Mond, Op. 80 No. 1, D. 870
04. Der Schiffer, Op. 21 No. 2, D. 536
05. Tunga mín vertu treg ei á
06. Dass sie hier gewesen, Op. 59 No. 2, D. 775
07. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 6, Der Neugierige
08. Versunken, D. 715
09. Stóðum tvö í túni
10. Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776
11. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung
12. Sofðu unga ástin mín
13. 2 Sönglög, Op. 14a: No. 2, Vögguvísa
14. Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D. 300
15. Kysstu mig, hin mjúka mær
16. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 17, Die böse Farbe
17. Willkommen und Abschied, Op. 56 No. 1, D. 767
18. Blástjarnan
19. Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933
20. Ísland farsælda frón
21. Auf dem Strom, Op. 119, D. 943