Leifs: Complete Songs

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BIS
Release Date
April 8, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LEIFS, JON
    • PERFORMER
      Bjarnason, Magnusson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 08, 2016
    • UPC
      7318590021705
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2170
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Heimþrá (Homesickness)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    2. No. 2. Sólhvörf (Solstice)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    3. No. 3. Hjörtun hefjast (Hearts Rise Up)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    4. No. 1. Brennusöngur Skarphéðins (Skarphéðinn’s Song When Burning)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    5. No. 2. Húskarlahvöt (Exhortations to the Farmhands)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    6. No. 3. Helsöngur Þormóðar (Þormóður's Death Song)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    7. No. 1. Sofðu, unga ástin mín (Slumber Dearest Child of Mine)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    8. No. 2. Breiðifjörður (Fjord of a Thousand Islands)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    9. No. 1. Góða nótt (Good Night)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    10. No. 2. Ríma (Rhyme)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    11. No. 1. Þagalt ok hugalt (A King's Child)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    12. No. 2. Ungr vark forðum (I Was Young)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    13. No. 3. Deyr fé (Beasts Die)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    14. Stattu steinhús (Stand, House of Stone), Op. 47a

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    15. No. 1. Máninn líður (The Moon Glides)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    16. No. 2. Vögguvísa (Lullaby)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    17. No. 1. Þat mælti mín móðir (My Mother Wants a Price Paid)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    18. No. 2. Ástarvísur til Steingerðar (Love Poems to Steingerður)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    19. No. 3. Haugskviða Gunnars (Gunnar’s Verse from His Mound)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    20. No. 1. Þula (verse)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    21. No. 2. Draugadans (Dance of the Spectres)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    22. No. 3. Vorkvæði (Spring Poem)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    23. 3 Aettjarðarsöngvar (3 Patriotic Songs), Op. 27: No. 3. Minningaland (Memory-land) (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    24. No. 1. Löng er nótt (Long Is One Night)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    25. No. 2. Í Gymis görðum (In the Courts of Gymir)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    26. No. 1. Höggvinsmál Þóris jökuls (Up on the Keel You Shall Climb)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    27. No. 2. Siglingavísa (Seafaring Verse)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    28. No. 3. Hrafnsmál (The Words of the Raven)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    29. No. 1. Vertu guð faðir (Father Above)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    30. No. 2. Allt eins og blómstrið eina (Behold the Flower)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    31. No. 3. Upp, upp mín sál (Arise My Soul)

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon

    32. Torrek, Op. 33a

      Composer: Jón Leifs

      Performer: Finnur Bjarnason, Örn Magnússon


Known for his outstanding orchestral works, Jon Leifs draws inspiration from the naturally occurring phenomena of his native Iceland. This disc contains all thirty-two of the composer’s solo songs. Tenor Finnur Bjarnason is joined by pianist Orn Magnusson for this album.