Unexpected Songs

Contemporary songs for countertenor. Debut album for Daniel Sæther with works by Arne Nordheim, Conrad Baden, Egil Hovland, Kjell Mørk Karlsen.

"Unexpected Songs" is the debut recording of Norwegian countertenor Daniel Sæther. The works on this CD are juxtapositions of old (texts) and new (music). The songs are written by some of the most important Norwegian composers of contemporary music and religious music in the 20th and 21st centuries. The texts are mostly religious; hymns, bible texts and excerpts from the classical mass.