Leifs: Edda, Part 1 - The Creation of the World (Sköpun heimsins) (SACD)

Jón Leifs
Edda, Part 1: Sköpun heimsins (The Creation of the World)     74'24    


01     I. Ár var alda (Young Were the Years)     4'19
02     II. Ýmir (Ymir)     7'22
03     III. Þursa þjóðar sjöt (The Giants’ Palace)     2'53
04     IV. Auðhumla, Óðinn ok hans bræðr (Audhumla, Odin and his Brothers)     2'54
05     V. Sær (Sea)     2'36
06     VI. Jörð (Earth)     2'27
07     VII. Himinn, sól, dagr (Sky, Sun, Day)     10'21
08     VIII. Nótt, morgunn (Night, Morning)     19'17
09     IX. Ásgarðr, Askr ok Embla, Miðgarðr (Asgard, Ash and Embla, Midgard)     3'36
10     X. Scherzo. Allir menn urðut jafnspakir (All Men Aren’t Equally Wise)     3'21
11     XI. Viðr, sumar, logn (Wood, Summer, Calm)     7'59
12     XII. Vetr ok vindr (Winter and Wind)     2'35
13     XIII. Finale. Ífing, níu heimar (Ifing, Nine Worlds)     4'44
Album total     75'39


Gunnar Guðbjörnsson (tenor) & Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (bass-baritone)
Schola Cantorum & Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Bäumer