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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Hamrahlíðarkórinn & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Tracklist

1. Eldur
2. Mansöngur fyrir Ólafs rímu Grænlendings
3. Ólafur Liljurós

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1. Jón Þorsteinsson – Vökuró
2. Þóra Einarsdóttir – Þjóðvísa
3. Elín Ósk Óskarsdóttir – Júnímorgun
4. Loftur Erlingsson – Vísur Fiðlu-Bjarnar
5. Jón Þorsteinsson – Vorljóð á Yli
6. Elín Ósk Óskarsdóttir – Im Kahn
7. Þóra Einarsdóttir – Gestaboð Um Nótt
8. Loftur Erlingsson – Þjóðlag úr Álfhamri
9. Jón Þorsteinsson – Glugginn
10. Elín Ósk Óskarsdóttir – Mamma Ætlar Að Sofna
11. Loftur Erlingsson – Sætrölls Kvæði
12. Elín Ósk Óskarsdóttir – Hvítur Hestur í Tunglskini
13. Þóra Einarsdóttir – Við Kínafljót
14. Jón Þorsteinsson – Varpaljóð á Hörpu
15. Þóra Einarsdóttir – Til Minningar Um Misheppnaðan Tónsnilling
16. Jón Þorsteinsson – Sönglað á Göngu
17. Þóra Einarsdóttir – Únglingurinn í Skóginum
18. Loftur Erlingsson – Týnd Er Hver Varða
19. Jón Þorsteinsson – Það á Að Gefa Börnum Brauð
20. Elín Ósk Óskarsdóttir – Kall Sat Undir Kletti

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