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 Kitka (with music by Mariana Sadovska)
The Rusalka Cycle - Songs Between the Worlds (Diaphonica, 2007)
I cannot recall where I read one of Värttinä's singers commenting that in order to sing Finnish runo-songs, a singer should not be afraid of sounding "ugly." That comment has stuck with me ever since. Runo-songs, and many polyphony women vocal traditions can be dissonant and even strident at times, but perhaps that is where the beauty of open-throat singing and angular harmonies reside. And of course, "ugly," is a matter of opinion in descr...
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