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- composer, music teacher
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2021-12-30 06:40:00
[…] offers informative and charming notes on all of the selections included on the album. In every way, this is truly a first-class production for which I offer a highly enthusiastic recommendation. Last Song. Louis Couperin (1626-1661): Unmeasured Prelude (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir & Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir);Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019): Three Marian Prayers (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Melodie (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Jórunn Viðar (1918-2017): Icelandic Suite; Ole Bull (1810-1880) Ensomme Stunde (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir); Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Meditation; Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951): Winter; Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (1925-2005): In a Dream; Lullaby; Couperin: Aubade Provencale (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): Anima Processional; Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (b. 1975): Last Song before the News. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin; Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, piano, prepared piano, toy piano. Sono Luminus DSL-92248. Well, I see no need to beat around the bush on this one. Last Song is the finest, most entertaining, thoughtfully assembled, artfully performed, and skillfully engineered recording of […]
2021-10-28 04:58:00
Recent Releases, No. 20 (CD Reviews)
[…] what’s not to like? Hats off to a Finnish label for recording a Mexican-American conductor leading a Spanish orchestra in a revealing program of rarely-heard American music deserving much wider recognition. Bravo!Last Song. Louis Couperin (1626-1661): Unmeasured Prelude (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir & Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir);Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019): Three Marian Prayers (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Melodie (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Jórunn Viðar (1918-2017): Icelandic Suite; Ole Bull (1810-1880) Ensomme Stunde (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir); Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Meditation; Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951): Winter; Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (1925-2005): In a Dream; Lullaby; Couperin: Aubade Provencale (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): Anima Processional; Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (b. 1975): Last Song before the News. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin; Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, piano, prepared piano, toy piano. Sono Luminus DSL-92248.Well, I see no need to beat around the bush on this one. I could easily make this review shorter than the listing of compositions above by simply […]
2021-10-28 04:58:00
Recent Releases, No. 20 (CD Reviews)
[…] what’s not to like? Hats off to a Finnish label for recording a Mexican-American conductor leading a Spanish orchestra in a revealing program of rarely-heard American music deserving much wider recognition. Bravo!Last Song. Louis Couperin (1626-1661): Unmeasured Prelude (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir & Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir);Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938-2019): Three Marian Prayers (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Melodie (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Jórunn Viðar (1918-2017): Icelandic Suite; Ole Bull (1810-1880) Ensomme Stunde (arr. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir); Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Meditation; Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951): Winter; Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (1925-2005): In a Dream; Lullaby; Couperin: Aubade Provencale (arr. Fritz Kreisler); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): Anima Processional; Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (b. 1975): Last Song before the News. Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin; Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, piano, prepared piano, toy piano. Sono Luminus DSL-92248.Well, I see no need to beat around the bush on this one. I could easily make this review shorter than the listing of compositions above by simply […]
2021-08-06 06:51:07
Last Song: two Icelandic performers in an appealing programme mixing contemporary Icelandic music with older masters
Last Song - Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Jórunn Viðar, Karólína Eiríksdóttir, Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Louis Couperin, Gluck, Ole Bull, Massenet, Hildegard of Bingern Monteverdi; Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir; Sono Luminus Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 2 August 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) 20th and 21st century Icelandic music intertwines with older repertoire in this intriguing and seductive recital from two Icelandic performersThis lovely disc from two Icelandic performers, violinist Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and pianist Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, Last Song on Sono Luminus intertwines contemporary music from Icelandic composers Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Jórunn Viðar, Karólína Eiríksdóttir, Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson, and Una Sveinbjarnardóttir with arrangements of lyrical pieces by Louis Couperin, Gluck, Ole Bull, Massenet, Hildegard of Bingern and Monteverdi. The title of the disc refers both to a daily tradition on Icelandic radio Rás 1, where a song, "last song before the news" would be played just before the news […]
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