Nordan
by Lena Willemark & Ale M枚ller
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1994
- Label: ECM
- Country: Sweden
- Length: 1:05:09
- Community rating: 4.2/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Nordan' brings together Swedish singer and fiddler Lena Willemark and multi-instrumentalist Ale M枚ller across sixteen tracks drawn largely from medieval Swedish ballads. Producer Manfred Eicher brought the duo to his label after meeting them at the premiere of an Arvo P盲rt composition, and the album won the folk music award at the Swedish Grammis.
Genres
Descriptors: traditional, medieval, female-vocals, acoustic, folk
Tracklist
- Trilo (1:17)
- Kom Helge Ande (3:07)
- Gullharpan (6:34)
- Mannelig (4:37)
- Polska Efter Roligs Per (3:03)
- Hornlat (2:13)
- Sven I Rosengard (5:39)
- S:t G枚ran Och Draken (6:16)
- Tacker Herranom / Mats Hansu Polskan (4:12)
- Knut Hauling (5:53)
- Polska Efter Jones Olle (3:03)
- Svanegangare / Sven Svanehvit (6:52)
- Jemsken (1:54)
- Batsman / Turklaten (3:30)
- Vallsvit (4:58)
- Dr枚mspar - Efterspel (1:53)
Credits
- Lena Willemark - primary artist, vocals, fiddle, arranged by, voice [herding-call]
- Ale M枚ller - primary artist, mandola, flute [natural flutes], harp [folk-harp], shawm, horn [cow-horn], hammered dulcimer, accordion, arranged by, vocals, mandola, flute [drone-flutes], hammered dulcimer, horn [cow-horn], mandola, composed by
- Palle Danielsson - double bass, double bass [bass-drone]
- Mats Ed茅n - fiddle [drone-fiddle], kantele, arranged by
- Per Gudmundson - fiddle, bagpipes [swedish bagpipes], vocals, arranged by
- Bj枚rn Tollin - percussion, tambourine
- Tina Johansson - percussion, bells
- Jonas Knutsson - saxophone [saxophones], percussion, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, percussion [drone-drum]
- Barbara Wojirsch - design [cover design]
- Jan Erik Kongshaug - engineer
- Juozas Kazlauskas - photography by [cover photo]
- Manfred Eicher - producer
- Traditional - composed by