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Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson – Moonbow

Benedikt Reynisson — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:58:36 +0000

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Moonbow is Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson’s second album, the first to be released on a major label. The music, performed by leading members of the Icelandic contemporary music scene, was recorded in Kaldalón and Norðurljós, the two recital halls of Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall. While Gunnar’s first album, Patterns, contains pieces from his study and freelance years in The Hague, MOONBOW is a selection of more mature works from a fruitful period in the composer’s life after moving back to Iceland in 2009, with all the experience from the Netherlands in his pocket. The album features a trio, a quartet and a quintet, flanked by two larger ensemble pieces. The works are diverse, not only in terms of instrumentation but also in terms of musical subject and give a good insight into Gunnar’s distinctive and personal sound-world.

Tracklist

1. Sisyfos [18:06]

2. Patterns IIb [11:39]

3. Moonbow [15:32]

4. PASsaCAgLia B [6:41]

5. Roots

I. [4:09]

II. [3:32]

III. [2:48]

Total Time [62:32]

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Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson – Patterns

Benedikt Reynisson — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:42:21 +0000

Critics have described the music of Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson as magnificent poetry and praised the composer’s fresh and bold imagination. As a freelance composer Gunnar Andreas has over the last decade developed his own musical language inspired by Icelandic folk music, Indian rhythms and fractal geometry. With the release of Patterns curious listeners get a chance to explore five different solo pieces by Gunnar Andreas for either piano or organ along with a three movement duo for viola and organ.
credits

Piano: Joachim Kwetzinsky
Organ: Christian Præstholm
Viola: Gudrun Hrund Hardardottir

Tracklist

Three Variations On An Icelandic Folk Song

1 I. Perpetuum Mobile 4:27
2 II. Adagio 3:59
3 III. Rondo 3:13
4 Fagurt Er í Fjörðum 8:22
5 Patterns 10:07
6 Cycles 6:12
7 Brainstorm In A Tea Cup 8:13

Der Unvollendete

8 I. Der Juengling 6:17
9 II. Der Mann 8:09
10 III. Der Greis 9:49

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Tobias Guttmann | Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson ‎– Dualism

Benedikt Reynisson — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:33:26 +0000

Six compositions by composers, five of the Icelandic and one from Finland.

Total: 50,04 minutes

Tracklist

1. Bois Chantant (Áskell Másson)
2. 337″ (Áki Ásgeirsson)
3. Brainstorm In A Glass Of Water (Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson)
4. Karkija (Antti Auvinen)
5. The Indigenous Spirit
6. Opna

Recorded at Gewerbepart Anif 15-18.07.07, Austria.
Recorded By – Digital Natural Sound

Sponsored by STEF / Reykjanesbær / Tónlistarsjður

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