Icelandic Orchestral Music - Works by Jon leifs; Pall Isolfsson; Arni Bjornsson and Karl Runolfsson

Icelandic Orchestral Music

Pall ISOLFSSON (1893-1974)

Festival March

Festival Overture

Arni BJORNSSON (1905-1995)

Romanza for Violin and Orchestra Op.6

Romanza for Violin and orchestra Op.14

Jon LEIFS (1899-1968)

Movementes from Galdra-Loftur Suite

Overture

Funeral March

Karl Otto RUNOLFSSON (1900-1970)

Suite: 'On Crossroads'

Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (Violin)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Petri Sakari

First World Recordings

Jon Leifs - Icelandic Cantata; Fine I & II; Icelandic Overture

Jon LEIFS (1899-1968)

Icelandic Overture Op.9

Icelandic Cantata Op.13

Elegy Op.53

Fine I Op.55

Fine II Op.56

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Chorus of the Icelandic Opera

Graduale Chorus of Langholts Church

Petri Sakari

Recorded at Iceland Broadcast Hall; 5-8 December 1994

Aarre Merikanto - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

Aarre MERIKANTO (1893-1958)

Symphony No. 1 in B minor Op. 5 (1914-1916) 

Symphony No. 3 (1952-1953) 

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Petri Sakari

rec. Turku Concert Hall, 7-10 March 2010. 

World première recordings

Leevi Madetoja - Symphonies 1, 2 and 3; Orchestral Works

Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)

Symphonies 1, 2 and 3; Orchestral Works (2 CDs)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Petri Sakari