FLAC (tracks +booklet) | Classical | 01:03:34 | 1CD | 278 MbIt 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 fjörðum02. Drang in die Ferne, Op. 71, D. 77003. Der Wanderer an den Mond, Op. 80 No. 1, D. 87004. Der Schiffer, Op. 21 No. 2, D. 53605. Tunga mín vertu treg ei á06. Dass sie hier gewesen, Op. 59 No. 2, D. 77507. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 6, Der Neugierige08. Versunken, D. 71509. Stóðum tvö í túni10. Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 77611. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 4, Erstarrung12. Sofðu unga ástin mín13. 2 Sönglög, Op. 14a: No. 2, Vögguvísa14. Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D. 30015. Kysstu mig, hin mjúka mær16. Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 17, Die böse Farbe17. Willkommen und Abschied, Op. 56 No. 1, D. 76718. Blástjarnan19. Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 93320. Ísland farsælda frón21. Auf dem Strom, Op. 119, D. 943