{"product_id":"bjork-bjork-orkestral-with-the-hamrahli-choir-389337","title":"Bjork-Björk Orkestral – With the Hamrahlíð Choir","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBjörk’s \u003cem\u003eBjörk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e captures the 24 October 2021 Harpa concert in Reykjavík, one of the Orkestral performances that also raised funds and awareness for the Icelandic women’s shelter Kvennaathvarfið. This set matters in Björk’s catalogue because it returns to the voice-first thinking of 2004’s \u003cem\u003eMedúlla\u003c\/em\u003e, with a 50-person Hamrahlíð Choir placing human breath, harmony and phrasing right at the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe choir is conducted by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, with Bergur Þórisson as musical director, adding organ and electronics. Rather than simply restaging familiar material, these arrangements recast songs from \u003cem\u003eMedúlla\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside pieces from \u003cem\u003eBiophilia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e, in a more overtly choral frame. Tracks such as “Pleasure Is All Mine,” “Cosmogony” and “New World” gain a different weight here, with the ensemble drawing out the tension in Björk’s music between voices, acoustic space and subtle electronic colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a deeper personal connection behind the performance: Björk herself sang in the Hamrahlíð Choir as a teenager, and has worked with the group again in later projects including \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eCornucopia\u003c\/em\u003e concerts. That history gives this recording more than archival interest. It feels like a live meeting between different eras of her work, and a particularly clear way to hear how central choral writing has become to her music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003e1. Show Me Forgiveness (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e2. Pleasure Is All Mine (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e3. Hidden Place (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e4. Cosmogony (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e5. Sonnets\/Unrealities XI (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e6. Unravel (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e7. Vertebræ by Vertebræ (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e8. Who Is It (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e9. Mouths Cradle (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e10. Where Is the Line (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003cbr\u003e11. New World (Live at Harpa Hall)\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50686940872769,"sku":"7977807","price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/bjoerk-orkestral-with-the-hamrahlid-choir-vinyl-lp-record-7273174.jpg?v=1792038011","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/bjork-bjork-orkestral-with-the-hamrahli-choir-389337","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}