1 CD / Smekkleysa /
2013-04-09
Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, for flute, clarinet, basson, viola & cello, Op. 50; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35
Performers:
Arni Askelsson; Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson; Bragi Berg_órsson; Egill Arni Pálsson; Einar Jörundsson; Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson; Gudmundur Arnlaugsson; Hafsteinn _&oacut...
Conductors:
Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble:
Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra
Chamber music was never the main focus of Jón Leif ' s compositional activity. The ideal venue for his often rough and primitive music was...continue...
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SMEK 46
1 CD / Piano 21 /
2010-06-08
Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un Voyageur; Richard Strauss: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G min...
Performers:
Katsaris, Cyprien
Album d’un Voyageur was the title chosen by Franz Liszt for a collection of 19 pieces that he published in 1835–36, following a trip to...continue...
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P21 32
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
2010-04-13
Works: Bjarni _orsteinsson: Vor og haust, for voice & piano (Spring and autumn); Sigfús Einarsson: Draumalandid (Land of Dreams), for voice & piano; Sigvaldi S. Kaldalons: Vorar samt, for voice & piano...
Performers:
Bragason, Sigurdur [Baritone]; Sighvatsson, Hjalmur [Piano]
Baritone Sigurdur Bragason is one of Iceland's best-known singers and is much sought after as an interpreter of Icelandic, Russian, German and Italian songs. His...continue...
Recording information: Udo-van-Meeteren-Saal, Düsseldorf, Germany / Köln, Germ (05/2008/02/2009)....continue...
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ICM 914
1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import /
2010-03-23
Works: Jón Leifs: Edda, Part 1
Performers:
Brotchie, Douglas; Gudbjornsson, Gunnar; Kolbeinsson, Dadi; Kristinsson, Bjarni Thor; Palsson, Eggert
Conductors:
Bäumer, Hermann
Ensemble:
Schola Cantorum Reykjavík
Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...
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PID 883867
1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) /
2007-11-09
Works: Jón Leifs: Edda no 1, Op. 20 "Creation of the World"
Performers:
Gudbjornsson, Gunnar; Kristinsson, Bjarni Thor
Conductors:
Bäumer, Hermann
Ensemble:
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Schola Cantorum Reykjavík
Few composers have been as consistently preoccupied with their national origins as Jon Leifs, who only found his calling as a composer when he encountered...continue...
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BIS 1350SA
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
2007-10-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo Concreto, Op. 58
Conductors:
Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble:
Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra
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ICM 46
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
2007-06-01
Works: Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings in A minor, FS 6/Op. 1; Johan Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 26; Anders Wesström: Armide; Jón Leifs: Variations on a Theme...
Performers:
Tognetti, Richard
Conductors:
Lindberg, Christian
Ensemble:
Nordic Chamber Orchestra
With the exception of the Armida Overture by Swedish composer Anders Wesstrom (1720-1781), all the works were composed between the end of the 19th and...continue...
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BIS 1538
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
2005-06-01
Works: Jón Leifs: A Viking's Answer, Op. 54; Lay of the Hunding-slayer, Op. 61; Groa's Spell, Op. 62; Jónas Hallgrímsson in memoriam, Op. 48; Vorvísa, Op. 46; Landfall, Op. 41; Iceland C...
Performers:
Bjarnason, Finnur; Gunnarsdottir, Gudrun Edda; Sigurdarson, Olafur Kjartan
Conductors:
Bäumer, Hermann
Ensemble:
Fóstbraedur Male Choir
; Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir; Hallgrimskirkja Schola Cantorum; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Kársnesskóli Boys' Choir
"...It's always a joy to discover something genuinely new and invigoration when you thought you'd heard it all. And that is the case for me...continue...
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BIS 1080
2 CD / Icelandic Music /
2005-03-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Memorial Songs on the Death of Jónas Hallgrimsson, Op. 45; Songs from the Saga Symphony, Op. 25; Icelandic Folksongs (2), Op. 19b; Songs (2), Op. 18a; Verses (3) from Hávam&...
Performers:
Bjarnason, Finnur; Magnusson, Orn
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ICM 20
2 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
2002-08-25
Works: Jón Leifs: Baldur, choreographic drama for tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op. 34
Performers:
Askelsson, Hordur; Gudbjornsson, Gunnar
Conductors:
Kropsu, Kari
Ensemble:
Schola Cantorum
"Baldr, a 'choreographic drama' in two acts, tells of the struggle between Baldr...and Loki, the personification of evil... Leif's primitivism, the brutal, unremitting pounding rhythms...continue...
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BIS 1230
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
2000-09-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Hafis, for mixed chorus & orchestra (Drift Ice), Op. 63; Songs (2) for mezzo-soprano voice & orchestra (or piano), Op. 14a; Gudrúnarkvida, for mezzo-soprano voice, tenor voic...
Performers:
Gudbjornsson, Gunnar
"One unequivocal reason to get this [disc] is what appears to be the first recording of 'Hafis'...a late work for chorus and orchestra...'Hafis' could never...continue...
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BIS 1050
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
2000-05-01
Works: Icelandic Traditional: The Lily, for voice & organ; One God on the highest; Never neglect thy daily prayer; Heavenly flower; Jesus, my morning star; Jón Leifs: Church Songs (3) for voice & organ...
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ICM 811
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1999-08-30
Works: Jón Leifs: Iceland Overture for orchestra, Op 9; Requiem for chorus, Op 33b; Galdra-Loftr, incidental music, Op. 6; Réminiscence du Nord, for string orchestra, Op. 40; Hekla, tone poem for ...
Conductors:
Shao, En
Ensemble:
Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Schola Cantorum
"Hekla" is probably the noisiest piece of orchestral music ever recorded with a full orchestra that includes 19 percussionists who are expected to play on...continue...
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BIS 1030
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
1999-08-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Studies for solo violin, Op. 3; Hallgrimur Helgason: Sonata for solo violin (Sónata fyrir einleiksfiolu); Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Dimension, for solo violin; At...
Performers:
Ingolfsdottir, Rut
"Rut Ingolfsdottir's playing is magnificent--commanding and passionate--and ITM's recording is vivid, airy, and lucid, offering an ideal perspective for the solo instrument. I will return...continue...
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ICM 810
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1999-04-30
Works: Jón Leifs: Concerto for organ & orchestra, Op. 7; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Fine II, Op. 56; Dettifoss, for orchestra, mixed choir and baritone, Op. 57
Conductors:
Shao, En
Ensemble:
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
"Well received at its 1935 premiere in a Naziarranged Nordic music festival, Leifs' Organ Concerto was execrated later once the Jewish connections of Leifs's wife...continue...
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BIS 930
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1997-02-10
Works: Jón Leifs: Geysir, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 51; Trilogia piccola, for orchestra, Op.1; Images (3) for orchestra, Op. 44; Islensk rímnadanslög (Icelandic Dances), for piano, Op....
Conductors:
Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble:
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
"...Leifs's music is characterized by monolithic ruggedness, strong, often irregular rhythms, mostly austere, angular melodies, and eruptive violent accents...[he] has been called Iceland's greatest, ...continue...
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BIS 830
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
1995-12-22
Works: Jón Leifs: Geysir, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 51; Landsyn Overture for male chorus & orchestra, Op. 41; Images (3) for orchestra, Op. 44; Hekla, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 52
Conductors:
Zukofsky, Paul
Ensemble:
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Reykjavík Male Chorus
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ICM 604
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
1995-11-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Islensk rímnadanslög (Icelandic Dances), for piano, Op. 11; Askell Masson: Elja, for ten instruments; Lárus Halldór Grímsson: Tales from a Forlorn Fortress, f...
Conductors:
Gunnarsson, Gudmundur; Gunnarsson, Gudmundur Oli
Ensemble:
Caput Ensemble
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ICM 808
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1995-10-15
Works: Jón Leifs: Symphony no 1, Op. 26 "Saga"
Conductors:
Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble:
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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BIS 730
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1994-12-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 21 "Mors et vita"; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 36 "Vita et mors"; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 64 "El Greco"
Performers:
Nystrom, Per; Oman, Per; Paulsson, Fredrik; Westlund, Robert
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Ensemble:
Yggdrasil Quartet
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BIS 691
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1994-11-01
Works: Jón Leifs: Reverie; Intermezzo for Piano, Op. 1 no 2; Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 2; Icelandic Folk Songs for Piano; Icelandic Dances, Op. 11; New Icelandic Dances, Op. 14b; Boy's Song for Piano, ...
Performers:
Magnusson, Orn
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BIS 692
1 CD / BIS (Sweden) /
1994-09-22
Works: Anonymous, Icelandic: Upphaf _orlákstída (Office for St. _orlákur); Maríukvædi; Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson: O, Gud vors lands (National Anthem, Iceland); He...
Conductors:
Stefansson, Jon
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BIS 239
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
1991-12-01
Works: Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson: Idylle for piano; Dance for piano; Páll Isólfsson: Piano pieces (3), Op. 5; Jón Leifs: Pieces (4) for piano, Op 2; Thorkell Sigurbjornsson: Hans Va...
Performers:
Magnusson, Orn
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ICM 802
1 CD / Icelandic Music /
1990-07-01
Works: Jón Nordal: Surroundings, for chorus; Good Advice, for chorus; Invocation to the Rock, for chorus; Fair Little Friends, for chorus; Jón Leifs: Requiem for chorus, Op 33b; Thorkell Sigurbjor...
Conductors:
Ingólfsdóttir, Thorgerdur
Ensemble:
Hamrahlíd Choir
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ICM 601
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