Dorian Sono Luminus
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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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Clear Voices In The Dark
RecommendedSkylark, Carrie Cheron, Nathan Hodgson, Clare McNamara, Matthew Guard
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Engineered Classical Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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The Grotesque & The Sublime
Frank Dupree (piano), Vivi Vassileva, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
The performances capture the energy of the music with skill, notably that of percussionist Vivi Vassileva, for whom Inferno is a tour de force. The release includes a highly appropriate multichannel... —
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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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Occurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 3
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Mario Caroli (flute), Thurídur Jónsdóttir (tape), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
[Bjarnason's] Violin Concerto opens the album with a spectacular performance by soloist Pekka Kuusisto. Intensely virtuosic, the violin is nonetheless always part of a greater whole: from folky,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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A winning collaboration between two artists at the cutting edge of genre crossing. —
