Can you hear a country in its music? I posed that question only a few years ago, while contemplating the five recent orchestral works by leading young Icelandic composers that comprised Recurrence, the previous volume of this invaluable, illuminating Sono Luminus series. Pondering those pieces with a visit to Iceland still vivid in my mind’s eye, I likened aspects of the music at hand to elements of land and sky, climate and atmosphere—an approach not without merit, but surely not the sole dimension worth contemplating.

Tracklist

BD-1 Metacosmos
BD-2 Piano Concerto No. 2
BD-3 Oceans
BD-4 Quake
CD-1 Metacosmos
CD-2 Piano Concerto No. 2
CD-3 Oceans
CD-4 Quake

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On CD and Blu-ray Discs

1 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)
2 Spirals (Composed By – María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir)
3 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)
4 Warm life at the foot of the iceberg (Composed By – Mirjam Tally)
5 He(a)r Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir
6 Reflections (Composed By – Anna Thorvaldsdottir)
7 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)
8 Impressions (Composed By – Anna Thorvaldsdottir)
9 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)
10 Points of Departure (Composed By – Hildur Guðnadóttir)
11 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)
12 Loom (Composed By – María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir)
13 He(a)r (Composed By – Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir)

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