Jón Leifs - Songs (Finnur Bjarnason; Örn Magnússon)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Memorial Songs on the Death of Jónas Hallgrímsson, Op. 45
• Songs of the Saga Symphony, Op. 25
• Two Icelandic Folksongs, Op. 19b
• Two Songs, Op. 18a
• Three Verses from Hávamál, Op. 4
• Stand, House of Stone, Op. 47a
• Two Songs, Op. 14a
• Three Songs from Icelandic Sagas, Op. 24
• Three Songs, Op. 23
• Memory-Land, Op. 27 No. 3
• Love Verses from the Edda, Op. 18b
• Old Scaldic Verses from Iceland, Op. 31
• Three Icelandic Hymns, Op. 12a
• Torrek, Op. 33a

Finnur Bjarnason, tenor

Örn Magnússon, piano

Date: 2015

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Piano Music (Örn Magnússon)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Vökudraumur (Hugleiðing [Rêverie])
• Torrer - Intermezzo, Op. 1 No. 2
• Fjögur lög fyrir pianoforte (Four Pieces for the Piano), Op. 2
• Íslensk þjóðlög (Icelandic Folk-songs)
• Rímnadanslög (Icelandic Dances), Op. 11
• Ný rímnadanslög (New Icelandic dances), Op. 14b
• Strákalag (Boy's song), Op. 49

Örn Magnússon, piano

Date: 1994

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - String Quartets (Yggdrasil Quartet)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Mors et vita. Quartetto I, Op. 21
• Vita et mors. Quartetto II, Op. 36
• El Greco. Quartetto III, Op. 64

Yggdrasil Quartet

    Fredrik Paulsson, violin

    Per Öman, violin

    Robert Westlund, viola

    Per Nyström, cello

Date: 1994

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Edda, Part 2. The Lives of the Gods (Hermann Bäumer)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Edda, Part 2: The Lives of the Gods

Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, mezzo-soprano

Elmar Gilbertsson, tenor

Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass

Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Bäumer, conductor

Date: 2019

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Edda, Part 1. The Creation of the World (Hermann Bäumer)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Edda, Part 1: The Creation of the World

Gunnar Guðbjörnsson, tenor

Bjarni Thor Kristinsson, bass-baritone

Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Bäumer, conductor

Date: 2007

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Vikingasvar and works for voices and orchestra (Hermann Bäumer)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Viking's Answer (Víkingasvar), Op. 54
• The Lay of Helgi the Hunding-slayer (Helga kviða Hundingsbana), Op. 61
• Gróa's Spell (Grógaldr), Op. 62
• Jónas Hallgrímsson in memoriam (Jónasar minni Hallgrímssonar), Op. 48
• Spring Song (Vorvísa), Op. 46
• Landfall – Overture (Landsýn – forleikur), Op. 41
• Iceland Cantata (Þjóðhvöt – Íslandskantata), Op. 13

Guðrún Edda Gunnarsdóttir, alto

Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, tenor

Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir

Schola Cantorum

Fóstbræður Male Choir

Kársnesskóli boys’ choir

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Bäumer, conductor

Date: 2004

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Elegies (Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Scherzo concreto, Op. 58
• Quintet, Op. 50
• Variazioni pastorale, Op. 8
• Erfiljóð (Elegies), Op. 35

Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra

Bernharður Wilkinson, conductor

Date: 2014

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Baldr (Kari Kropsu)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Baldr, choreographic drama in two acts, Op. 34

Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, tenor

Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Kari Kropsu, conductor

Date: 2002

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Saga Symphony (Osmo Vänskä)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Sinfónia I (Söguhetjur), Op. 26 (Saga Symphony)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 1995

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Hafís and other works for voices and orchestra (Anne Manson)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

1. Hafís (Drift Ice), Op. 63
2. Tveir söngvar, Op. 14a: 1. Máninn Líður (Moon Song)
3. Tveir söngvar, Op. 14a: 2. Vögguvísa (Lullaby)
4. Gudrúnarkvida (The Lay of Gudrun), Op. 22
5. Nótt (Night), Op. 59
6. Fine I (Farewell to Earthly Life), Op. 55
7. Vögguvísa (Lullaby), Op. 14a No. 2

Ingveldur Ýr Jónsdottir, mezzo-soprano

Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, tenor

Ólafur Kjartan Sigurdarson, baritone

Loftur Erlingsson, bass

Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Anne Manson, conductor

Date: 2000

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Hekla and other orchestral works (En Shao)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Iceland Ouverture (Minni Íslands), Op. 9
• Requiem, for mixed choir a cappella, Op. 33b
• Loftr-Suite, Op. 6a
• Réminiscence du Nord, Op. 40
• Hekla, Op. 52
• Elegy (Hinsta kveðja), Op. 53 (In memoriam 30.9.1961)

Kór Hallgrímskirkju

Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

En Shao, conductor

Date: 1999

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Dettifoss and other orchestral works (En Shao)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Organ Concerto, Op. 7
• Variazioni pastorale, Op. 8
• Fine II (Farewell to earthly life), Op. 56
• Dettifoss, Op. 57

Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, organ

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

En Shao, conductor

Date: 1999

Label: BIS

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Jón Leifs - Geysir and other orchestral works (Osmo Vänskä)

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Composer: Jón Leifs

• Geysir, Op. 51
• Trilogia piccola, Op. 1
• Trois peintures abstraites, Op. 44
• Icelandic Folk Dances, Op. 11
• Overture to "Loftr", Op. 10
• Consolation, intermezzo for strings, Op. 66

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 1997

Label: BIS

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