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Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Offerto / Skærved
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Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Offerto / Skærved

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Composer
HALLGRIMSSON, HAFLIOI
Artist
Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Format
CD
Label
Metier
Released
May 14, 2021
Catalog #
MSV28616
UPC
809730861628

About

Hafliði Hallgrímsson (b.1941) is widely regarded as Iceland’s pre-eminent composer, as well as a highly accomplished cellist. He studied with Enrico Mainardi and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and was cellist with many leading chamber ensembles until devoting himself full time to composition in 1983. Also, in 1970, Hallgrímsson played the (uncredited) cello solo on “Atom Heart Mother” by Pink Floyd. His voice is extremely distinctive and within modernist styles can communicate ‘serious’ emotions of loss and sorrow and also intensive wit and charm as demonstrated so well by his Klee Sketches on this recording. The Klee Sketches are dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skærved, the performer here. Peter Sheppard Skærved is known for his pioneering approach to the music of the past and our own time. Over 400 works have been written for him. Peter’s exhaustive work on music for violin alone has resulted in research, performances and recordings of cycles by Bach, de Bériot, Tartini, Telemann, and, most recently, his project, ‘Preludes and Vollenteries’, which brings together 200 unknown works from the seventeenth century. His dedicated support of contemporary music (especially with his ensembles, the Kreutzer Quartet and Longbow), is considerable. He is also an accomplished painter and a published writer on many subjects.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Klee practising an accompaniment for a popular song 02:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Klee practising an accompaniment for a popular song
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  2. 2 II. And now for the art of string-crossing 02:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. And now for the art of string-crossing
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  3. 3 III. Klee experimenting with a new scale 01:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Klee experimenting with a new scale
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  4. 4 IV. Klee takes a legato-line for a walk (version B) 02:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Klee takes a legato-line for a walk (version B)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  5. 5 V. Do not neglect your pizzicato Herr Klee 01:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Do not neglect your pizzicato Herr Klee
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  6. 6 VI. Frau Klee is sleeping (version B) 03:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Frau Klee is sleeping (version B)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  7. 7 VII. Klee entertaining Kandinsky 02:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Klee entertaining Kandinsky
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  8. 8 I. Written in sand 05:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Written in sand
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  9. 9 II. Lines without words 03:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Lines without words
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  10. 10 III. The flight of time 04:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. The flight of time
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  11. 11 IV. Almost a hymn 06:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Almost a hymn
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  12. 12 I. Klee the artist plays his violin 01:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Klee the artist plays his violin
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  13. 13 II. Klee 'sounds out' an etching he is contemplating 03:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Klee 'sounds out' an etching he is contemplating
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  14. 14 III. Frau Klee is sleeping (version A) 03:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Frau Klee is sleeping (version A)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  15. 15 IV. Klee sketching a tree 01:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Klee sketching a tree
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  16. 16 V. Klee performing at the grave of his father 02:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    V. Klee performing at the grave of his father
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  17. 17 VI. Klee observing a large butterfly 02:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    VI. Klee observing a large butterfly
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  18. 18 VII. Klee takes a legato-line for a walk (Version A) 01:26
    Track
    18
    Title
    VII. Klee takes a legato-line for a walk (Version A)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved
  19. 19 VIII. Klee notates birdsong in the aviary 04:07
    Track
    19
    Title
    VIII. Klee notates birdsong in the aviary
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Hafliði Hallgrímsson
    Performer
    Peter Sheppard Skærved