Concurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 2

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From individual thought and feeling to the creative curiosity and heritage of a people, a strong sense of belonging permeates this impressive second volume of contemporary music from the Iceland... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Nov 2019
Catalogue No: DSL-92237
Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Length: 55 minutes

The New York Times

Recordings of the Year 2019
Grammy Awards

63rd Awards (2021)

Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance

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Þorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos

Work length13:13

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Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason

Tómasson: Piano Concerto No. 2

Work length17:01

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason

Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans

Work length9:35

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Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason

Pálsson, P R: Quake

Work length15:33

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Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir (cello)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Bjarnason

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'I am both very proud and excited to bring out the second volume of this recording project dedicated to bringing the orchestral sound world of Icelandic composers to the ears of the world. This album also represents the ongoing wonderful collaboration between the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Sono Luminus. These recordings, with the orchestra sat in a circle and me conducting in the middle, have been an unusual adventure for us all; challenging and exciting at the same time. The whole team at Sono Luminus have been extremely dedicated and ambitious throughout, working hard to bring this music to recording in the best and most immersive way possible today' Daniel Bjarnason.

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March 2020

From individual thought and feeling to the creative curiosity and heritage of a people, a strong sense of belonging permeates this impressive second volume of contemporary music from the Iceland Symphony orchestra and conductor Daniel Bjarnason. Expanding of the largely nature-themed writing of volume one, the four composers here look both inwards and further outwards in diverse yet complementary ways.

March 2020

Three of the works on this superbly performed and recorded CD are purely orchestral and could be described as tone poems (to use that deeply outmoded term)...The star performers are the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, well directed by Daniel Bjarnason, whose understanding of the various styles, the underlying expressivity and sheer virtuosity of interpretation are wholly involving.

February 2020

No praise can be too high for the outstanding musicianship of all involved in this priceless album which may well end up being my disc of the year ... Concurrence is a timely reminder of the extraordinary things the most visionary composers can do with an orchestra.

The New York Times 12th December 2019

In this quartet of contemporary works, you’ll find Haukur Tomasson’s Second Piano Concerto (the best way to hear Vikingur Olafsson on an album this year). And it offers a recording, at last, of Ms. Thorvaldsdottir’s “Metacosmos” (2017), which in its brief running time seems to ebb and flow on a cosmic scale.

Concurrence

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