Hafliði Hallgrímsson
Cello Concerto · Herma
Truls Mørk, cello · Scottish Chamber Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor
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Hafliði Hallgrímsson
Passía
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano
Gardar Thór Cortes, tenor
Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir
Hallgrímskirkja Chamber Orchestra
Hördur Askelsson, conductor
Track listing
5 tracks · 60:48Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Haflidi Hallgrímsson
- Passía, Op. 28
- 1 I. 13:55
- 2 II. 7:17
- 3 III. 7:05
- 4 IV. 14:35
- 5 V. 17:56
About this recording
Passía is a large-scale work for choir, soloists, orchestra and two organs, which the Icelandic composer Hafliði Hallgrímsson wrote to texts by 20th-century Icelandic poets, as well as to the Passiusalmar (Hymns of Passion) by 17th-century priest Hallgrimur Pettursson. The work is a commission from the Hallgríms Church's Arts Society in Reyykjavík, to celebrate 1000 years of Christianity in Iceland. The recording took place at the Hallgríms Church in March 2002.
Features
Booklet with liner notes, written by the composer, in English, German, French and Icelandic and the sung text in the original Icelandic and in English
Press
Mary Nessinger and Gardar Thór Cortes (...) offer impassioned singing (...). Ondine's recording captures the spacious acoustic in vivid, high-impact sound.
Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com, October 2004, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10
(...) absolutely spine-tingling and sound and graphic stereo separation, it sounds suspiciously like a modern religious masterpiece (...). Enthusiastically recommended.
Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine, May 2004, Performance, Sound