# Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Passía

> Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Passía – Mary Nessinger, Gardar Thór Cortes, Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir. Ondine ODE 1027-2, CD, released January 2004.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1027-2

- **Composer:** Hafliði Hallgrímsson
- **Work(s):** Passía
- **Performers:** Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano; Gardar Thór Cortes, tenor; Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir; Hallgrímskirkja Chamber Orchestra; Hördur Askelsson, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1027-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 January 2004
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195102725
- **Tracks:** 5, total 60:48
- **Genres:** Choral, Vocal
- **Awards:** ClassicsToday.com '10/10'

## Track listing

**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***

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## Related pages

- [Hafliði Hallgrímsson (1941-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/hallgr-msson-hafli-i.md)
- [Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/nessinger-mary.md)
- [Gardar Thór Cortes, tenor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/cortes-gardar-th-r.md)
- [Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/hallgr-mskirkja-motet-choir.md)
- [Hallgrímskirkja Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/hallgr-mskirkja-chamber-orchestra.md)
- [Hördur Askelsson, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/askelsson-h-rdur.md)

## Also recommended

- [Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Cello Concerto · Herma](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1133-2.md): Truls Mørk, cello · Scottish Chamber Orchestra · John Storgårds, conductor (ODE 1133-2, 2009)