Pettersson & Fredriksson
Virek is the second CD released by the Swedish duo Petterson & Fredriksson. Daniel Pettersson plays nyckelharpa and kontrabasharpa (an older type of nyckelharpa), while Daniel Fredriksson plays both the mandola and the l�tluta, a 10-stringed lute. Three of Virek's ten tracks are traditional, and the other ones are original compositions. Their ambition is not to create pastisches of the melodies from their home-province of V�sterbotten, but rather to write personal tunes such as "St�llet" and "Juli," both original and beautiful melodies with arrangements that do them justice.
All this variation in the interplay between Daniel Pettersson and Daniel Fredriksson can be exciting, but this also makes the album quite demanding. Listening to Virek is an intense experience. - Staffan Jonsson
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