Leifs - Edda, Part 1: The Creation of the World
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BISSACD1350
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 27th November 2007
Contents
Artists
Gunnar Guobjornsson (tenor)Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (bass-baritone)
Schola Cantorum
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Hermann BaumerWorks
Edda, Part 1 'The Creation of the World' (Skopun heimsins)Artists
Gunnar Guobjornsson (tenor)Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (bass-baritone)
Schola Cantorum
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Hermann BaumerAbout
The music of Edda I was finally completed in 1939, and, largely due to the highly difficult choral writing, the work was never performed in its entirety during Leifs’ lifetime. Indeed the first complete performance only took place in 2006, in conjunction with the recording of the present disc.
Edda I consists of thirteen movements, each of which describes part of the creation according to Nordic mythology. As the headings of the individual movements suggest – Sea, Earth, Heaven, Sun, etc. – Leifs’ main concern is the depiction of nature. He achieves this in music which carries the hallmarks of the Leifs style, such as a liberal use of parallel fifths and irregular metric patterns.
This landmark in Icelandic music is performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Schola Cantorum choir under the baton of Hermann Bäumer – a constellation that last came together on disc on the highly acclaimed Viking’s Answer, the previous Leifs release on BIS.
World Première Recording.
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