Sigur Rós ----- Stendur æva

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Sigur Rós ----- Stendur æva w/ Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson & María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

Sigur Rós with Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson & María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

Additional performers:
Páll Guðmundsson, Conservatoire de Paris Orchestra & Schola Cantorum Choir

Filmed and Recorded in Paris, September 2004

Written by Jónsi, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Dýrason, Georg Holm, Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Produced by Kjartan Sveinsson
Conducted by Árni Harðarson
Mixed at/by Tobias Lehmann in Teldex Studios, Berlin
ProTools operator and additional stereo mix  Ansgar Wempe
Recorded by Birgir Jon Birgisson, Paris
Engineered by Birgir Jon Birgisson
Mastered by Ted Jensen
Edited by Birgir Jon Birgisson and Kjartan Sveinsson

Composed in the 14th or 15th century Odin’s Raven Magic is an Icelandic poem in the ancient Edda tradition (Edda - a term that describes two Icelandic manuscripts which together are the main sources of Norse mythology and Skáldic poetry) its anonymous author clearly had an intimate knowledge of the Edda literature and mythology which alludes to a number of pagan motifs which are now lost. The poem recounts a great banquet held by the gods in Valhalla while they were absorbed in their feasting, ominous signs appeared that could foretell the end of the worlds of the gods and men.

The album 'Odin’s Raven Magic' is an orchestral collaboration between Sigur Rós, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen and Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir which premiered 18 years ago at the Barbican Centre in London and is now finally almost two decades later being released. The performance honours the poem, dramatic and beautiful, classical and contemporary. A stone marimba was built especially for the performance by Páll Guðmundsson.

Odin’s Raven Magic - the poem - had been relegated from mainstream ancient literature ever since 1867, when Norwegian scholar Sophus Bugge claimed it was a 17th century fabrication. This theory has since been toppled with literary and linguistic arguments and new research has concluded that Odin’s Raven Magic was indeed authentic and has finally been reintroduced to the Edda.

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Dugir með dvergum
dvína, heimar
niður að Ginnungs
niði sökkva;
oft Alsviður
ofan fellir,
oft of föllnum
aftur safnar.

Stendur æva
strind né röðull
lofti með lævi
linnir ei straumi;
mærum dylst
í Mímis brunni
vissa vera;
vitið enn, eða hvað?

Dvelur í dölum
dís forvitin,
Yggdrasils frá
aski hnigin;
álfa ættar,
Iðunni hétu,
Ívalds eldri
yngsta barna.

Eirði illa
ofankomu,
hárbaðms undir
haldin meiði;
kunni sízt,
að kundar Nörva,
vön að værri
vistum heima.

Sjá sigtívar
syrgja Naumu
viggjar að véum;
vargsbelg seldu,
lét í færast,
lyndi breytti,
lék að lævísi
litum skipti.

Valdi Viðrir
vörð Bifrastar
Gjallar sunnu
gátt að frétta,
heims hvívetna
hvert er vissi;
Bragi og Loftur
báru kviðu.

Galdur gólu,
göndum riðu,
Rögnir og Reginn
að ranni heimis;
hlustar Óðinn
Hliðskjálfu í;
leit braut vera
langa vegu.

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好好聽！好正 !

馬甸尼

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