| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Chiefly secular, unacc. mixed choruses; the 11th work with percussion; the 12th work from a ballet; the 21st is a sacred work. |
| Performer |
Hamrahlíðarkórinn ; Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded at various locations in Iceland, July 1994-June 2001. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes and texts in Icelandic and English (31 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Upphaf = Beginning / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ; Hannes Pétursson (2:14) -- Sólarkvæði = Poem to the sun / Jón Þórarinsson ; Bjarni Gissurarson (4:47) -- Syngur sumarregn = Summer rain song / Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir ; Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir (2:47) -- Afmorsvísa = Amor / Snorri Sigfús Birgisson ; Páll Vídalín (2:11) -- Enginn grætur Íslending = Ah, who mourns an Icelander (1:43) ; Ferðalok = Journey's end (3:52) / Hróðmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson ; Jónas Hallgrímsson -- Tvær vísur úr Víglundarsögu = Verses from Viglund's Saga / Jón Ásgeirsson ; vísur úr Víglundarsögu (2:44) -- Kvöldvísur um sumarmál = April night song / Hjálmar Helgi Ragnarsson ; Stefán Hörður Grímsson (7:54) -- Drekkur grundin dökkva = The dark earth drinks / Jón Nordal ; Anakreon ; Sigurður Nordal (4:01) -- Haust = Autumn (1:57) ; Þögn = Silence (1:36) ; Vor = Spring (2:32) / Jón Nordal ; Snorri Hjartarson -- Vorkvæði um Ísland = Icelandic spring poem / Jón Nordal ; Jón Óskar (4:22) -- Umþenking II = Meditation II / Atli Heimir Sveinsson (5:45) -- Ek wiwar / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ; forn rúnatexti = runic inscription (4:28) -- Fararsnið = Ready to leave / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ; Þorgeir Sveinbjarnarson (2:50) -- Gömul uppeldisaðferð = Old upbringing / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ; þjóðkvæði = traditional (:57) -- Grýlulestin = Grýla's motley crew / Mist Þorkelsdóttir ; Þorsteinn Valdimarsson (1:21) -- Ungæði = Wild youth / Karólína Eiríksdóttir ; Sigurður Pálsson (1:47) -- Vetur = Winter / Karólína Eiríksdóttir ; Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1:38) -- Andvökunótt = Sleepless night / Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir ; Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir (5:26) -- Sofðu nú sælin = Sleep now my darling / Snorri Sigfús Birgisson ; Gömul bæn = Old prayer (2:43) -- Nú hverfur sól í haf = Now the sun sinks in the sea / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ; Sigurbjörn Einarsson (3:39). |
| Language |
Sung in Icelandic. |
| Subject |
Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with percussion. |
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Ballets -- Excerpts.
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Ballets -- Excerpts. |
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Vocal music -- Iceland -- 20th century.
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Vocal music. |
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Iceland. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Vocal music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Þorgerður Ingolfsdóttir, conductor.
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Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, 1938-2013.
Choral music. Selections.
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Jón Þórarinsson.
Sólarkvæði.
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Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir.
Syngur sumarregn.
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Snorri Sigfús Birgisson, 1954-
Afmorsvísa.
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Hróðmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson, 1958-
Enginn grætur Íslending.
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Hróðmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson, 1958-
Ferðalok.
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Jón Ásgeirsson, 1928-
Tvær vísur úr Víglundarsögu.
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Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, 1952-
Kvöldvisur um sumarmál.
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Jón Nordal, 1926-
Choral music. Selections.
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Atli Heimir Sveinsson.
Tíminn og vatnið. Umþenking, no. 2.
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Mist Þorkelsdóttir, 1960-
Grýlulestin.
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Karólína Eiríksdóttir, 1951-
Ungæði.
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Karólína Eiríksdóttir, 1951-
Vetur.
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Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir.
Andvökunótt.
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Snorri Sigfús Birgisson, 1954-
Sofðu nú sælin.
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| Added Title |
Icelandic spring poem |
| Standard No. |
5690822025166 |
| Music No. |
SMK22 Smekkleysa |
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