Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Dag Wirén: Sinfonietta, Serenade for Strings, Symphony No. 3 & Divertimento
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
There’s no mistaking [Gamba’s] affection for the idiom: his 70-minute anthology would seem intent on seducing the general collector. Very attractive it is too…An eminently recommendable disc. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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The music whirrs creakily into life through extended notes, never fully forming a clearly defined shape (reminiscent of Jóhannsson’s 2015 Drone Mass)...Bjarnason and the brass section of the... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Neoclassic Recording of the Year
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Concurrence
RecommendedISO Project, Vol. 2
Vikingur Ólafsson (piano), Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir (cello)
Daniel Bjarnason
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... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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…a vital, vividly scored and eventually stirring piece. When d'Indy escapes from his determination to build most of it from the same two themes, he comes up with moments of breathtaking poetry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Jóhann Jóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo - Vinyl Edition
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Bjarnason
All the works here hint that Jóhannsson was more than a film composer. How much more, we’ll never know, though A Prayer to the Dynamo certainly generates some power. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Neoclassic Recording of the Year
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Vincent d’Indy - Orchestral Works Volume 3
Sigurður Flosason (saxophone)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba...draws deeply sympathetic playing from his orchestra, leaving us to wish that d'Indy had always composed thus. — More…
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Icelandic Works for the Stage - Pall Isolfsson & Jorunn Vidar
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
The performances of these works by Rumon Gamba and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are authoritative and impeccable. The wind and brass sections of the orchestra seem very accomplished, satisfying... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Special offer. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Archora & Aion
RecommendedIceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen
In effect, both works demonstrate the inseparability of time and space – and their key lies finally in Thorvaldsdottir’s extraordinarily subtle, constantly shifting details of foreground and... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Vincent d’Indy - Orchestral Works Volume 5
Louis Lortie (piano)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
For me, the palm goes to the delightful and generally ignored Saugefleurie, where duty bows before inspiration. Throughout, the playing is warm and unfussy. — More…
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