Liner Notes
Cat. No. NWCRL179
Release Date:
As its catalog attests, Composers Recordings, Inc. has devoted its efforts primarily to contemporary American music. However, CRI has made, and will continue to make, periodic excursions into the work of contemporary composers from other countries — in particular those who have remained relatively unknown in the United States, despite the standing of high distinction that they enjoy in their own countries. For example, the first recorded performances of music by the Norwegians, Olav Kielland (Concerto Grosso Norvegese) and Bjarne Brustad (Symphony No. 2) available in the United States are to be found on NWCRL160.
The three performances by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on the present disc are the first recordings to be made by this orchestra for commercial distribution, and they offer for the first time in the United States representative symphonic works by two of Iceland’s most distinguished composers, Jón Leifs and Páll Isólfsson. Together with these, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra introduces the Symphony No. 16 (“Icelandic”) by the renowned American composer, Henry Cowell — a work which was commissioned for the orchestra’s 1962-63 season at the suggestion of William Strickland, its American conductor during that period.
The three performances by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on the present disc are the first recordings to be made by this orchestra for commercial distribution, and they offer for the first time in the United States representative symphonic works by two of Iceland’s most distinguished composers, Jón Leifs and Páll Isólfsson. Together with these, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra introduces the Symphony No. 16 (“Icelandic”) by the renowned American composer, Henry Cowell — a work which was commissioned for the orchestra’s 1962-63 season at the suggestion of William Strickland, its American conductor during that period.
Leifs/Isólfsson/Cowell
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| CD-R | $7.99 |
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Track Listing
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Iceland Overture, Op. 9
Jón Leifs
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Passacaglia
Páll Isólfsson
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Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic": I. Moderato con moto
Henry Cowell
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Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic": II. Allegro
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Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic": III. Adajio cantabile
Henry Cowell
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Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic": IV. Vivace
Henry Cowell
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Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic": V. Maestoso
Henry Cowell
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