Last Song / Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
July 23, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Sveinbjarnardottir, Thorsteinsdottir
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 23, 2021
    • UPC
      053479224828
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92248
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude non mesuré in A Minor, BG 7 (arr. U. Sveinbjarnardóttir and T. Thorsteinsdottir for violin and piano)

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    2. No. 1. Song for Maria

      Composer: Atli Heimir Sveinsson

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    3. No. 2. Poem for Maria

      Composer: Atli Heimir Sveinsson

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    4. No. 3. Autumn Song for Maria

      Composer: Atli Heimir Sveinsson

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    5. Orphée et Eurydice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Mélodie" (arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    6. I. Prologue

      Composer: Jórunn Viðar

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    7. II. Nocturne

      Composer: Jórunn Viðar

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    8. III. Folksong

      Composer: Jórunn Viðar

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    9. IV. Air

      Composer: Jórunn Viðar

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    10. V. Dance

      Composer: Jórunn Viðar

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    11. I ensomme stunde (In Moments of Solitude)

      Composer: Ole Bornemann Bull

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    12. Thaïs, Act II: Méditation (version for violin and piano)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    13. Winter

      Composer: Karolina Eiriksdottir

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    14. In a Dream

      Composer: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    15. Lullaby

      Composer: Magnus Blondal Johannsson

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    16. Aubade provençale in the style of Couperin

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    17. Ave Maria

      Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    18. Ordo virtutum: Anima processional (arr. for violin and piano)

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir

    19. Last Song Before the News

      Composer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir

      Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdottir


“The project is inspired by the moment before the realization of something that drastically changes your life, the moment of just being, existing in the moment. That moment in time is free and full, mindfulness-ish and unaffected by misery, sorrow, regret, shame, anxiety and depression. In my mind it is bright and has a sense of nostalgia. The title also refers to a daily tradition on Icelandic radio Ra´s 1, where a song, “last song before the news” would be played just before the news hour at noon. The song would typically be an Icelandic one, sometimes a lullaby, a love song or an ode to scary and gorgeous nature. Or an Icelandic traditional, sometimes an Italian canzone or a Scandinavian sorrow. Jo´runn Viðar’s piece Icelandic Suite sums up all these elements, a piece written for the 2000 years anniversary of inhabitation in Iceland in 1974. The lightness and the longing are with us throughout the program except in the title piece of mine, Last Song before the News, where apocalyptic visions are awfully obvious and take over early on. The album is dedicated to my father, Sveinbjorn Rafnsson, whose lightness and passion for music, poetry and history along with his sense of humor has been a lifeline to many people.” (Una Sveinbjarnardottir)

REVIEW:

The chief attraction of this disc is to be found in the program. There is so much interesting music for the adventurous listener to discover that I can recommend this CD on those grounds. The performances of those works are more engaging.

-- Fanfare