LEIFS,JON - Jon Leifs: Complete Songs - Import CD

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LEIFS,JON

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A complete collection of songs by one of Iceland's most famous composers, Jørn Reifs! Born in Reykjavik in 1899, he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory for five years from the age of 17, He studied at the Conservatory in Leipzig for five years from the age of 17. After returning to Iceland in 1945, he became active as a composer and was instrumental in founding the Icelandic Composers' Society and an organization that dealt with copyright issues. He also founded the Icelandic Composers Association and an organization that dealt with copyright issues. His works such as "Geyser" (BIS 830) and "Hecla" (BIS 1030), which show "Icelandic identity" with their unique harmonic and orchestral techniques, as well as the mixed chorus "Requiem" (BIS 1030) and three string quartets "Death and Life," "Life and Death," and "El Greco" (BIS 691) are also representative of his work.There are 32 songs, ranging from "Three Poems of Hauvamaaul" (1924) to "Get Up, Stone House" (1958), a poem by Joonas Hatlgrímsson. The works show a variety of styles, including late romanticism, works utilizing dissonance, and "I am Young," which uses the "parallel fifths" of the Icelandic folk song "Futagouta" (Twins' Song). Tenor Finnur Bjarnason, who studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Iceland and London and has been a member of the Komishoper in Berlin since 2003, and Otrun Magnússon, who recorded the complete piano works of Jówn Reyhus (BIS 692). The recording (SMK20), originally released on the Smekkleysa label in Iceland, has been remastered by BIS engineers. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Memorial Songs on the Death of Jonas Hallgrimsson, Op. 45: Heim_ra
2.Memorial Songs on the Death of Jonas Hallgrimsson, Op. 45: Solhvorf
3.Memorial Songs on the Death of Jonas Hallgrimsson, Op. 45: Hjortun hefjast
4.Songs from the Saga Symphony, Op. 25: Brennusongur Skarphedins
5.Songs from the Saga Symphony, Op. 25: Huskarlahvot
6.Songs from the Saga Symphony, Op. 25: Helsongur _ormodar
7.Two Icelandic Folk Songs, Op. 19b: Sofdu, unga astin min
8.Two Icelandic Folk Songs, Op. 19b: Breidifjordur
9.Two Songs, Op. 18a: Goda nott
10.Two Songs, Op. 18a: Rima
11.Three Verses from Havamal, Op. 4: _agalt ok hugalt
12.Three Verses from Havamal, Op. 4: Ungr vark fordum
13.Three Verses from Havamal, Op. 4: Deyr fe
14.Stand, House of Stone, Op. 47a
15.Two Songs, Op. 14a: Maninn lidur
16.Two Songs, Op. 14a: Vogguvisa
17.Three Songs from Icelandic Sagas, Op. 24: _at maelti min modir
18.Three Songs from Icelandic Sagas, Op. 24: Astarvisur til Steingerdar
19.Three Songs from Icelandic Sagas, Op. 24: Haugskvida Gunnars
20.Three Songs, Op. 23: _ula
21.Three Songs, Op. 23: Draugadans
22.Three Songs, Op. 23: Vorkvaedi
23.Memory-Land, Op. 27 No. 3
24.Love Verses from the Edda, Op. 18b: Long er nott
25.Love Verses from the Edda, Op. 18b: I Gymis gordum
26.Old Scaldic Verses from Iceland, Op. 31: Hoggvinsmal _oris jokuls
27.Old Scaldic Verses from Iceland, Op. 31: Siglingavisa
28.Old Scaldic Verses from Iceland, Op. 31: Hrafnsmal
29.Three Icelandic Hymns, Op. 12a: Vertu gud fadir
30.Three Icelandic Hymns, Op. 12a: Allt eins og blomstrid eina
31.Three Icelandic Hymns, Op. 12a: Upp, upp min sal
32.Torrek, Op. 33a