| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
001749 000425 001055 001204 000330 000232 |
| Note |
Op. 14a originally for voice and piano. |
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Eds. recorded: Iceland Music Information Centre. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, in Icelandic with English, French, and German translations, and texts with English translations (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Hafís : fyrir blandaðan kór & hljómsveit = Drift ice : for mixed chorus and orchestra, op. 63 / text, Einar Benediktsson (17:49) -- Tveir söngvar fyrir söngrödd & hljómsveit. Máninn liður ; Vögguvísa = Two songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, op. 14a. Moon song ; Lullaby / texts, Jóhann Jónsson (4:25) -- Guðrúnarkviða : fyrir mezzo-sópran, tenór, bassa & hljómsveit = The lay of Guðrun : for mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra, op. 22 / text from Eddic poetry, compiled by Jón Leifs (10:55) -- Nótt : fyrir tenor, bariton og litla hljómsveit = Night : for tenor, baritone and small orchestra, op. 59 / text, Þorsteinn Erlingsson (12:04) -- Fine I : Kveðja til jarðlífsins : fyrir hljómsveit = Farewell to earthly life : for orchestra, op. 55 (3:30) -- Vögguvísa : fyrir söngrödd & hljómsveit = Lullaby : for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, op. 14a, no. 2 / text, Jóhann Jónsson (2:32). |
| Performer |
Ingveldur Ýr Jónsdóttir, mezzo-soprano (in the 2nd-3rd and 6th works) ; Gunnar Guðbjörnsson, tenor (3rd-4th works) ; Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, baritone (4th work) ; Loftur Erlingsson, bass (3rd work) ; Schola Cantorum (1st work) ; Iceland Symphony Orchestra ; Anne Mason, conductor. |
| Event |
The 1st-3rd and 5th-6th works recorded May 1999, Hallgrim's Church, Reykjavik, Iceland; the 4th work recorded Sept. 1999, Seltjarne's Church, Iceland. |
| Language |
Sung in Icelandic. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
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Vocal trios with orchestra.
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Vocal duets with chamber orchestra.
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Orchestral music.
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| Added Author |
Ingveldur Ýr Jónsdóttir. voc
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Gunnar Guðbjörnsson. voc
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Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, 1968- voc
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Loftur Erlingsson. voc
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Manson, Anne, 1960- Conductor.
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Jón Leifs.
Hafís.
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Jón Leifs.
Sönglög, op. 14a; arr.
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Jón Leifs.
Guðrúnarkviða.
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Jón Leifs.
Nótt.
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Jón Leifs.
Fine, no. 1.
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Schola Cantorum (Musical group : Iceland) Performer.
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Sinfóniúhljómsveit íslands. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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| Standard No. |
7318590010501 |
| Music No. |
BIS-CD-1050 Bis |
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CD-1050 Bis |
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