Viktor Orri Árnason, Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir: Poems CD
Icelandic poetry past and present channelled into music filled with beauty, nostalgia and a sense of human vulnerability. Composer Viktor Orri Árnason marks his signing to Deutsche Grammophon with Poems, a spellbinding debut album. Árnason wrote Poems in collaboration with rising-star soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir. The 10-track album features their own verse as well as that of Ólöf Sigurðardóttir frá Hlöðum (1857-1933), Hulda (Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind, 1881-1946), Guðfinna Jónsdóttir frá Hömrum (1899-1946), Sigurður Pálsson (1948-2017) and Arndís Lóa Magnúsdóttir (b.1994).
Tracklist
1. Rödd2. Náttmyrkrið
3. Vera
4. Orð og draumar
5. Blikna
6. Til kvæðagyðjunnar
7. Ljóssins knörr
8. Líkaminn er þaninn fiðlustrengur
9. Jörð bíður
10. Handan við haf
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Description
Icelandic poetry past and present channelled into music filled with beauty, nostalgia and a sense of human vulnerability. Composer Viktor Orri Árnason marks his signing to Deutsche Grammophon with Poems, a spellbinding debut album. Árnason wrote Poems in collaboration with rising-star soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir. The 10-track album features their own verse as well as that of Ólöf Sigurðardóttir frá Hlöðum (1857-1933), Hulda (Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind, 1881-1946), Guðfinna Jónsdóttir frá Hömrum (1899-1946), Sigurður Pálsson (1948-2017) and Arndís Lóa Magnúsdóttir (b.1994).
Tracklist
1. Rödd2. Náttmyrkrið
3. Vera
4. Orð og draumar
5. Blikna
6. Til kvæðagyðjunnar
7. Ljóssins knörr
8. Líkaminn er þaninn fiðlustrengur
9. Jörð bíður
10. Handan við haf
