It is very nice to hear about this CD since I've been listening to it for
a while and wondered what the rest of the world (or - rather - our very
little part of it) thought. I must admit the the rolling (and rolling,
and rolling, and ...) r's had me a bit confused. In the U.S., spanish
speakers are the only individuals, nearby, known for any r-rolling at
all. Yet, no self-respecting, spanish speaking individual would make
such a career out of r-rolling - as far as I know. Still, the music, in
my opinion, is quite good and I am very happy to have actually purchased
the CD. Even the bombastic telling of Thor's cross-dressing is very
enjoyable to hear - at least - to someone in - like - Arizona or
something.

Raymond

-----Original Message-----
From: Haukur Thorgeirsson
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 8/1/2003 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] Re: Sleepless in .se

> I'm sure it would be helpful to record Old Icelandic/Norse literary
> works and give a carefully reconstructed sound-guide to the
> reconstructed phonemes as well as the metre intended in recital. I
> disagree with you on your latter point.
>
> I can recommend the CD "Edda - Myths from Medieval Iceland" by
> Sequentia, sung recordings of part of the Edda using a reconstructed
> Norse phonemic system.

I hear that from time to time. I also saw that Renee praised
their new album; saying the phonetic reconstruction was impeccable.
See here, rather far down the page:

http://glosses.net/archives/cat_old_norse.php
<http://glosses.net/archives/cat_old_norse.php>

Anyway, Óskar and I reviewed their Myth CD during the heyday
of this list. Our reviews can be found here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norse_course/message/693
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norse_course/message/693>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norse_course/message/694
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/norse_course/message/694>

We independently came to almost exactly the same conclusions.
(But they need not be the only valid ones.)

Kveðja,
Haukur