Last Song / Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir
“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
Product Description:
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Release Date: July 23, 2021
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UPC: 053479224828
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Catalog Number: DSL-92248
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Label: Sono Luminus
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Claudio Monteverdi, Fritz Kreisler, Hildegard of Bingen, Jórunn Viðar, Jules Massenet, Karolina Eiriksdottir, Louis Couperin, Magnus Blondal Johannsson, Ole Bornemann Bull, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
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Performer: Tinna Thorsteinsdottir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
Works:
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Unmeasured Prelude No. 7
Composer: Louis Couperin
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Three Marian Prayers
Composer: Atli Heimir Sveinsson
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Melodie
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Icelandic Suite
Composer: Jórunn Viðar
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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I Ensomme Stunde
Composer: Ole Bull
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Meditation
Composer: Jules Massenet
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Winter
Composer: Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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In A Dream
Composer: Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Lullaby
Composer: Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Aubade Provencale
Composer: Louis Couperin
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Ave Maria
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)
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Anima Processional
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
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Last Song before the News
Composer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
Performer: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (Violin), Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir (Piano)