Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Rumon Gamba - Icelandic Works for the Stage (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 230 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:19
Classical | Label: Chandos Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 230 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:19
Classical | Label: Chandos Records
Páll Ísólfsson was the first director of the Reykjavík Music School, which opened in 1930. Like other musicians, he was forced by the lack of opportunity in Iceland to study abroad but, unlike others, he was able to return and work as the Organist at Reykjavík Cathedral to support his activities as a composer. His music for the early Ibsen play The Feast at Solhaug, performed in 1943 in Norwegian on Norway’s National day, was his theatrical début. This was followed in 1945 by the more ambitious score for Úr Myndabók Jónasar Hallgrímssonar.