Album info
Album-Release:
2023
HRA-Release:
10.11.2023
Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Artist: Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Reykjavik Orkestra & Viktor Orri Árnason
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 Rödd 04:18
- 2 Náttmyrkrið 04:30
- 3 Vera 02:34
- 4 Orð og draumar 05:10
- 5 Blikna 03:20
- 6 Til kvæðagyðjunnar 03:10
- 7 Ljóssins knörr 05:10
- 8 Líkaminn er þaninn fiðlustrengur 04:00
- 9 Jörðin bíður 05:54
- 10 Handan við haf 07:21
Info for Poems
Poems, the collaborative debut DG album from Icelandic composer, conductor and producer Viktor Orri Arnason, released worldwide on 10 November 2023. The album was conceived and co-written with soprano and visual artist Alfheidur Erla Gudmundsdóttir. Its ten exquisite tracks draw on the pair's shared cultural heritage, setting poems by Icelandic poets past and present, including lyrics by Arnason and Gudmundsdóttir themselves. Viktor adds piano accompaniment to Alfheidur's hushed, floating vocals throughout, at times playing violin and viola as well, with some tracks featuring additional strings (members of the Reykjavík Orkestra) and/or subtle electronic elements. Drawn to poetry that speaks of vulnerability and solitude, change and renewal, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of words to express our dreams and innermost selves, they were also inspired to write their own poems, each contributing one new text to the album. Arnason hopes Poems will encourage listeners to be mindful: 'Poems is in many ways about the joys and struggles in life and how being present can help you through'.
"Created by two of Iceland’s leading artists Poems is a superb album. It plays a significant role in introducing audiences to the words of some of Iceland’s most eminent poets, giving them a voice through these wonderful soundtracks. On that basis, it is an album that is built upon a foundation of words. However, an understanding of the Icelandic language is far from necessary to fall in love with this album. Guðmundsdóttir’s delivery atop Árnason’s intensely inventive music is such that you cannot fail to get an emotional grasp on the nub of these tracks." (Gordon Rutherford, louderthanwar.com)
Alfheidur Erla Gudmundsdottir, soprano
Reykjavik Orkestra
Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor
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Booklet for Poems