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Vikingasvar : works for voices and orchestra
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- Creator
- Jón Leifs
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Icelandic
- Contributors
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- Jónas Hallgrímsson, 1807-1845
- Guðrún Edda Gunnarsdóttir
- Finnur Bjarnason
- Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, 1968-
- Bäumer, Hermann
- Jón Leifs. Víkingasvar
- Jón Leifs. Helga kviða Hundingsbana
- Jón Leifs. Grógaldr
- Jón Leifs. Jónasar minni Hallgrímssonar
- Jón Leifs. Vorvísa
- Jón Leifs. Landsýn
- Jón Leifs. Þjóđhvöt
- Mótettukór Hallgrímskirkju
- Schola Cantorum Hallgrímskirkju
- Karlakórinn Fóstbræður
- Drengjakór Kársness
- Sinfóniúhljómsveit íslands
- Publication
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- Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, [2004]
- ℗p2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn811335243
- Credits
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- Guðrún Edda Gunnarsdóttir, alto (2nd-3rd works) ; Finnur Bjarnason, tenor (3rd) ; Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, bass (2nd) ; Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir (4th) and Schola Cantorum (5th, 7th) ; Fóstbræður Male Choir (6th) ; Kárnesskó́li Boys' Choir (7th) ; Iceland Symphony Orchestra ; Hermann Bäumer, conductor
- Texts from The poetic Edda (2nd-3rd works), Jónas Hallgrímsson (4th-5th), Einar Benediktsson (6th), and Davið Stefánsson (7th).
- Recorded Feb. 2000 (1st, 5th, 7th works) and June 2002 (2nd-4th, 6th works), Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.
- Vocal works sung in Icelandic.
- Viking's answer = Vikingasvar : intermezzo for wind ensemble, percussion, violas and double basses, op. 54 (3:47) -- The lay of Helgi the Hunding-slayer = Helga kviða Hundingsbana : for alto, bass and small orchestra, op. 61 (8:22) -- Gróa's spell = Grógaldr : for alto, tenor, and orchestra, op. 62 (18:38) -- Jónas Hallgrímsson in memoriam = Jónasar minni Hallgrímssonar : for mixed choir and orchestra, op. 48 (6:48) -- Spring song = Vorvísa : for mixed choir and orchestra, op. 46 (4:48) -- Landfall = Landsýn : overture/forleikur for male chorus and orchestra, op. 41 (9:50) -- Iceland cantata = Þjóđhvöt = Íslandskantata (19:07)