It sounds like being in a dreamland when Icelandic tenor Benedikt KristjÃ¡nsson 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 in KristjÃ¡nsson'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:

Fagurt Er Í Fjörðum
Drang In Die Ferne, Op. 71, D. 770
Der Wanderer An Den Mond, Op. 80 No. 1, D. 870
Der Schiffer, Op. 21 No. 2, D. 536
Tunga Mín Vertu Treg Ei Á
Dass Sie Hier Gewesen, Op. 59 No. 2, D. 775
Die Schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 6, Der Neugierige
Versunken, D. 715
Stóðum Tvö Í Túni
Du Bist Die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung
Sofðu Unga Ástin Mín
2 Sönglög, Op. 14a: No. 2, Vögguvísa
Der Jüngling An Der Quelle, D. 300
Kysstu Mig, Hin Mjúka Mær
Die Schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 17, Die Böse Farbe
Willkommen Und Abschied, Op. 56 No. 1, D. 767
Blástjarnan
Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933
Ísland Farsælda Frón
Auf Dem Strom, Op. 119, D. 943

UPC: 4260036256451
Label: Genuin
Release Date: 4.5.19
Format: CD

Leifs / Kristjansson / Hofs - Drang in Die Ferne (CD)