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Plaint, TheWho by FireIf Grief has any Pow'r to KillForester, TheA New GroundYou Know Who I AmHangoutO SolitudeWhich WillA New Scotch TuneMusic For a WhileA New Scotch TuneAn Evening HymnAlbum Remarks & Appraisals:
The Independent
Bare-bones settings of songs by Henry Purcell sit next to reworkings of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, with the spectral sounds of viola da gamba and the hurdy gurdy-like nyckelharpa (a Swedish "keyed fiddle") added to Pessi's virtuoso accompaniment. It's beguiling, slightly monotonous, but very effective.
The Times
Here's something quirky and moderately enchanting: a Norwegian singer mixes Purcell's songs with equally love-torn ditties from three centuries later. Wallumr°d treats Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake as she does their 17th-century forerunner: with the melancholic addition of viola da gamba, nyckelharpa and Baroque harp, and a folksong vocal style.
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Recording information: Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano (11/2010).
Photographers: Daniel Vass; Catherine Peillon; Andreas Ulvo.
