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Table of Contents:

• A child's prayer / James MacMillan (3:23)
• The lamb / John Tavener (3:42)
• Hvíld / Hugi Guðmundsson (3:32)
• Requiem / Jón Leifs (4:38)
• O nata lux / Morten Lauridsen (4:31)
• Lux aurumque / Eric Whitacre (3:51)
• Nú hverfur sól í haf / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (3:14)
• - Nunc dimittis / Sigurður Sævarsson (4:46)
• O salutaris hostia / Ēriks Ešenvalds (3:26)
• Heyr þú oss himnum á / Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (4:16)
• Heyr himna smiður / Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (3:12)
• Hvíld / Hörður Áskelsson (4:38)
• Nunc Dimittis / Hreiðar Ingi (3:18)
• Nunc dimittis / Arvo Pärt (5:50).

Contributors:

Hörður Áskelsson , conductor

MacMillan, James, 1959-

Tavener, John

Hugi Guðmundsson, 1977-

Jón Leifs

Lauridsen, Morten, 1943-

Whitacre, Eric, 1970-

Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, 1938-2013

Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson

Ešenvalds, Ēriks, 1977-

Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, 1977-

Hreiðar Ingi Þorsteinsson, 1978-

Pärt, Arvo

Schola Cantorum (Musical group : Iceland) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

Icelandic
Latin
English

Language Notes:

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

Included Works:

Child's prayer [by MacMillan, J.]

Lamb [by Tavener, J.]

Hvíld [by Hugi Guðmundsson]

Requiem [by Jón Leifs]

Lux aeterna [by Lauridsen, M.] > O nata lux

Lux aurumque [by Whitacre, E.]

Nú hverfur sól í haf [by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson]

Nunc dimittis [by Sigurður Bogi Sævarsson]

O salutaris hostia [by Ešenvalds, Ē.]

Heyr þú oss himnum á [by Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir]

Heyr himna smiður [by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson]

Hvíld [by Hörður Áskelsson]

Nunc Dimittis [by Hreiðar Ingi Þorsteinsson]

Nunc dimittis [by Pärt, A.]

Subjects:

Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Nunc dimittis (Music)

Genres:

Sacred music

Art music

System Details:

"This hybrid disc plays on both CD & SACD players. SACD surround/SACD stereo/CD stereo"--Container.

Performers:

Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis, mixed choir ; Hörður Áskelsson, conductor.

Production Credits:

Recording producer and sound engineer, Jens Braun; executive producer, Robert Suff.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus

General Notes:

Unaccompanied choral music.
Recorded Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland 2015 October.
Program notes and biographical information and lyrics in English and Icelandic (31 pages : portrait) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio; SACD

Call Numbers:

LPCD 154,772

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 7318599922003
07318599922003 (source: None)
Publisher Number, Bis: BIS-2200
Publisher Number, Bis: 2200

OCLC Numbers:

959954500