Uncharted Waters Ensemble Polaris

• 1 Ninin 03:00
• 2 Ena Twigg - Halloween Peabody 02:56
• 3 Get Him 04:12
• 4 Waltz 39.3 (after J. Brahms) 03:10
• 5 Valley Girl Waltz (Vallpigan Vals) 02:12
• 6 Pasquale 04:33
• 7 I Wish in Vain 03:36
• 8 I Kopanitsa in Vain, oeuvre MMM 03:45
• 9 The Turnip Tune (Rovalaten) 03:23
• 10 Amarcord - Le manine di primavera (The Little Hands of Spring) 03:37
• 11 Solomon Buster 02:25
• 12 Vals etter vidar lande 02:49
• 13 Steklat fran Sarna 02:58
• 14 El domador de tarengue 03:22
• 15 Jeg legges i min vugge 02:55
• 16 Beetroots for Nico 02:28
• 17 Ganglat fran Klockarberg 02:59
• 18 Dry Toes Waltz 02:07
• Total Runtime 56:27

Info zu Uncharted Waters

With their third and latest release, Uncharted Waters, Toronto-based, multi-cultural, multi-instrumental, quantum world music group Ensemble Polaris continues to delight on all levels — conceptually, musically and creatively. Co-produced by Patrick Jordan and the ensemble, the album continues the group’s mandate of exploring the “idea of the North” and includes 18 intriguing and visceral tracks that embrace the folk music of Scandinavia, the Balkans, France, Italy and even Venezuela. Utilizing a mind-numbing array of ethnocentric instruments (including Swedish pipes, bouzouki, recorders and accordions) as well as the rich, sumptuous voice of Katherine Hill, the ensemble achieves a musical cohesion and level of communication and symmetry that might not seem possible on paper, given the diversity of the elements involved.

One of the strongest tracks is guitarist Marco Cera’s Ninin. This stirring violin feature is dedicated to his Italian great uncle — an avid violinist. Also of note is a traditional Orkney Islands air, re-worked as Get Him, and sung stunningly by Hill in her soulful, pitch-pure alto. The rhythmic Dry Toes Waltz is an infectious (dry?) toe-tapper, re-imagined by Jew’s harpist Ben Grossman, and the haunting Norwegian Lullaby Jeg Legges I Min Vugge Nu is a precisely set gem, presented simply and beautifully as a moving duet between Hill and Alison Melville’s recorder. Also noteworthy are the sensual El Domador De Tarenque (a fusion of an Argentinean Tango and an Italian Tarantella) and Steklat Fran Sarna — a traditional Swedish wedding banquet song, rendered masterfully on Swedish pipes by Kirk Elliott. (Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, TheWholeNote)

"In truth it's not how far afield we're taken by Uncharted Waters that reflects Ensemble Polaris' particular genius. It's how the group leads us to re-discover what we've loved all along — a heartbreaking melody, a snappy dance beat — in the guise of some unexpected form." (Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star)

Marco Cera, guitars
Kirk Elliott, violin, folk harp, mandolin, accordion, bagpipe
Margaret Gay, cello
Ben Grossman, hurdy gurdy
Katherine Hill, voice, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle)
Alison Melville, baroque flute, recorders, seljefløyte (willow flute)
Colin Savage, clarinet, bass clarinet, recorders
Debashis Sinha, percussion

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Booklet für Uncharted Waters