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Table of Contents:

• Þrjú erindi úr Hávamálum = Three verses from Hávamál, op. 4. Þagalt ok hugalt = A king's child ; Ungr vark forðum = I was young ; Deyr fé = Beasts die
• Stattu steinhús = Stand, house of stone, op. 47a
• Tvö sönglög = Two songs, op. 14a. Máninn líður = The moon glides ; Vögguvísa = Lullaby
• Þrír sögusöngvar = Three songs from Icelandic sagas, op. 24. Þat mælti mín móðir = My mother wants a price paid ; Ástarvísur til Steingerðar = Love poems to Steingerður ; Haugskviða Gunnars = Gunnar's verse from his mound
• Þrjú sönglög = Three songs, op. 23. Þula = Verse ; Draugadans = Dance of the spectres ; Vorkvæði = Spring poem
• Minningaland = Memory-land, op. 27 no. 3. Ástarvísur úr Eddu = Love verses from the Edda, op. 18b. Löng er nótt = Long is one night ; Í Gymis görðum = In the courts of Gymir
• Forníslenskar skáldavísur = Old Scaldic verses from Iceland, op. 31. Höggvinsmál þóris jökuls = Up on the keel you shall climb ; Siglingavísa = Seafaring verse ; Hrafnsmál = The words of the raven
• Þrjú Íslensk kirkjulög = Three Icelandic hymns, op. 12a. Vertu guð faðir = Father above ; Allt eins og blómstrið eina = Behold the flower ; Upp, upp mín sál = Arise my soul
• Torrek, op. 33a

Author/Creator:

Jón Leifs , composer

Contributors:

Finnur Bjarnason , singer

Örn Magnússon, 1959- , instrumentalist

Languages:

Icelandic
English
German
French

Language Notes:

Item content: Icelandic
Librettos: Icelandic, English
Librettos translated from (original): Icelandic
Accompanying materials: English, German, French
Accompanying materials translated from (original): English

Main Work:

Complete songs [by Jón Leifs]

Included Works:

Erindi úr Hávamálum [by Jón Leifs]

Stattu steinhús [by Jón Leifs]

Songs [by Jón Leifs] > Op. 14a

Songs [by Jón Leifs] > Op. 24

Songs [by Jón Leifs] > Op. 23

Minningaland [by Jón Leifs]

Ástarvísur úr Eddu [by Jón Leifs]

Forníslenskar skáldavísur [by Jón Leifs]

Kirkjulög [by Jón Leifs]

Torrk [by Jón Leifs]

Subjects:

Songs (High voice) with piano

Hymns, Icelandic

Genres:

Songs

Art music

Hymns

Performers:

Finnur Bjarnason, tenor ; Örn Magnússon, piano.

Production Credits:

Bjarni Rúnar Bjarnason, producer ; Halldór Víkingsson, sound engineer ; Robert von Bahr.

Performance Medium:

2 performers: tenor voice; piano
2 performers: tenor voice; piano

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Program and biographical notes in English, German, and French on insert in container.
Recorded 2000 December, 2001 January, September, Salurinn, Kópavogur Concert Hall, Kópavogur, Iceland.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:20:28) ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 14a
op. 24
op. 23

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 152,552

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 7318590021705
Publisher Number, BIS: BIS-2170

OCLC Numbers:

1053508265
946046268 [Invalid]