Missy Mazzoli
2 Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

Daníel Bjarnason
3 From Space I Saw Earth

María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
4 Clockworking for Orchestra

Bára Gísladóttir
5 ÓS

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BIS-2420 SACD (2019)

Jón Leifs: Edda II – Líf guðanna

Conductor: Hermann Bäumer
Mezzo-sopran: Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
Tenor: Elmar Gilbertsson
Bass: Kristinn Sigmundsson
Choir: Schola Cantorum, Hörður Áskelsson conductor

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Disc 1

Béla Bartók
Fiðlukonsert nr. 1, op. posth.
1. Andante sostenuto
2. Allegro giocoso
3. Klapp/Applause

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. Adagio í E-dúr, K. 261/Adagio in E major K. 261
5. Rondó í C-dúr, K. 373/Rondo in C major K. 373

Paul Hindemith
Fiðlukonsert
Violin Concerto
6. MaBig Halbe
7. Langsam
8. Lebhaft
9. Klapp/Applause

Disc 2

Max Bruch
Skosk fantasía op. 46/Scottish Fantasy op. 46
1. Einleitung, Grave
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Allegro
4. Andante sostenuto
5. Final. Allegro guerriero

Henri Vieuxtemps
6. Ballaða og pólónesa, op. 38/Ballade et Polonaise op. 38

Alfredo Casella
Fiðlukonsert í a-moll, op. 48/Violin concerto in A minor op. 48
7. Primo tempo mosso- grave, quasi funebre
8. Adagio
9. Rondo: Allegro molto vivace e scherzoso
10. Klapp/Applause

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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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The Sea, Ballet Suite
1. I. Prelude
2. Ii. The Child Of The Sea
3. Iii. Dance Of The Waves
4. IV. The Trawl
5. V. The Little Fish
6. VI. The Dolphins
7. VII. Nocturne
8. Viii. The Preparation Of The Mermaid
9. Ix. Dance Of The Mermaid
10. X. The Tale Of Alexander The Great
11. Xi. Finale. Hymn To The Sea
Four Images
12. I. The Harvest
13. II. The Sowing
14. III. The Vintage
15. IV. The Grape Stomping
16. Cretan Feast (Fête Crétoise)
17. Greek Dance In C Minor

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1. Santiago de Espada (1956)

2.-6. Suite from ‘Our Man in Havana’ (1963/1966)

7.-9. Concerto grosso (1965)
To Yuval Zaliouk

10.-13. Sinfonietta (1965)
For Clare

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