Þorvaldsdóttir
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Concurrence
RecommendedISO Project, Vol. 2
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir (cello), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Bjarnason
From individual thought and feeling to the creative curiosity and heritage of a people, a strong sense of belonging permeates this impressive second volume of contemporary music from the Iceland... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Ice Land: The Eternal Music
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Dmitri Ensemble, Hannah Dienes-Williams, Dominic Wallis, Samuel Porteous, Oscar Simms, Stephanie Gonley (violin), Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross
An ethereal, escapist set of recordings from the Cambridge choir, bringing together Icelandic choral music from the last half-century. Sævarsson’s Requiem forms the centrepiece – a hypnotic,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Sonic Wires
Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), David Chalmin (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Innovative Listening Experience
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Archora & Aion
RecommendedAnna Thorvaldsdottir, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen
In effect, both works demonstrate the inseparability of time and space – and their key lies finally in Thorvaldsdottir’s extraordinarily subtle, constantly shifting details of foreground and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Thorvaldsdottir: Aequa
RecommendedCory Smythe (piano)
International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick
Tempo may be the crucial factor…and throughout the ICE players seem to hit on just the right speeds and pace for each work…At times, the desire for unusual sonorities seems to get the better... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Engineered Album (Classical)
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Unanimity of phrasing and clean intonation are two strengths of the six Singers. They lend an extra degree of textural clarity to the modern harmonies of Judith Bingham's Ave Virgo Sanctissima,... —
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This release from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra [is] impressively polished from an ensemble drawn largely from a tiny population —
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