Sinikka Langeland, Lars Anders Tomter & Kåre Nordstoga - Maria Magdalena (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:10:57 | 162 / 311 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Lawo Classics
The story of Mary Magdalene has been a source of comfort for many women, and research has shown that medieval ballads about Mary Magdalene are often sung by single mothers. Young women who were outcasts must have found some measure of consolation in the songs about Mary, who bore children with her father, her brother and a priest, but was cleansed of sin after doing penance in the wilderness for many years. But the possibility should not be overlooked that the songs could have been sung with a sarcastic undertone, becoming an unassailable and liberating weapon when there was no other recourse for rebelling against unjust treatment. The Mary Magdalene ballads, found in Solr, Telemark and Gudbrandsdalen, along with other folk tunes and improvisations, form the musical basis of the vocal element, where Sinikka Langeland uses the recitative form to tell the story while surrounded by works of Johann Sebastian Bach.