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Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée

Orphic Hymn [is] sung with sublime power and restraint by Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Release Date: 16th Sep 2016
Catalogue No: 4796021
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 46 minutes

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Jóhannsson, J: Flight from the City

Work length6:31

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (piano), Yuki Numata Resnick (violin), Tarn Travers (violin), Ben Russell (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: A Song for Europa

Work length2:33

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Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: The Drowned World

Work length2:20

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (organ)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Sct. Lukas Kirke, Copenhagen

Jóhannsson, J: A Deal With Chaos

Work length2:05

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Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: A Pile of Dust

Work length4:51

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Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder

Work length2:27

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Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2009
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: Fragment I

Work length1:24

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (organ)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Sct. Lukas Kirke, Copenhagen

Jóhannsson, J: By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field

Work length2:38

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (piano)
Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: The Radiant City

Work length3:31

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (piano), The Dirac Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: Fragment II

Work length2:12

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Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: The Burning Mountain

Work length2:45

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The Dirac Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: De Luce et Umbra

Work length2:28

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Jóhann Jóhannsson (organ), The Dirac Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: NTOV, Reykjavik

Jóhannsson, J: Good morning, midnight

Work length3:17

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Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: Good night, day

Work length3:58

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Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello)
Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra
Anthony Weeden
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst, London

Jóhannsson, J: Orphic Hymn

Work length3:27

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Else Torp (soprano), Signe Asmussen (mezzo-soprano), Elenor Wiman (mezzo-soprano), Ellen Marie Brink Christensen (mezzo-soprano), Kristin Mulders (mezzo-soprano), Chris Watson (tenor), Paul Bentley-Angell (tenor), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass-baritone), Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj (bass-baritone), Paul Hillier (chorus conductor)
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier
Recorded: 2016
Recording Venue: Danmarks Radio, Copenhagen

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Prolific and critically acclaimed composer Jóhann Jóhannsson releases his DG debut album. ORPHÉE is his highly anticipated new studio album – the first in 6 years! Jóhannsson’s genre-blending score represents all facets of his previous works – from intimate string quartet pieces, to large string orchestra works, featuring electronics, drones, organ, piano, choir, as well as enigmatic shortwave broadcasts to create an evocative & immersive sound. ORPHÉE is a melancholic, yet optimistic musical journey inspired by the Orpheus myth – Orpheus rising from the underworld, trying to escape darkness into the light. He holds numerous awards and nominations (Winner: Golden Globe and ASCAP Awards; Nominations: 2 Oscars + 2 BAFTAs, Grammy, 2 Critics’ Choice Awards, 2 World Soundtrack Awards). His music offers great potential for Synch deals!

“I started writing this album in 2009, using a number of simple contrapuntal themes. I began to reshape and transfigure these ideas, writing many different variations. These renderings slowly mutated over time in a process of deconstruction and re-assembly, to the extent that the original versions began to fade into the darker corners of my hard disk. Unlike many of my previous albums, this one didn’t start out with a conceptual or narrative theme binding the music together. Rather, the music seemed to be waiting for its form, for its momentum.” Jóhann Jóhannsson

Artists

Jóhann Jóhannsson (piano, programming, organ), Ben Russell (viola), Clarice Jensen (cello), Tarn Travers (violin), Yuki Numata Resnick (violin), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello), The Dirac Quartet (string quartet), Paul Bentley-Angell (tenor), Chris Watson (tenor), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass-baritone), Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj (bass-baritone), Paul Hillier (chorus conductor), Kristin Mulders (mezzo-soprano), Ellen Marie Brink Christensen (mezzo-soprano), Else Torp (soprano), Signe Asmussen (mezzo-soprano), Elenor Wiman (mezzo-soprano)

Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra, Theatre of Voices, Anthony Weeden

Reviews

January 2017

Orphic Hymn [is] sung with sublime power and restraint by Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices

3rd November 2016

Jóhannsson’s storytelling is stately and sombre. He does lush, spacious things with piano, organ, solo cello, string quartet, string orchestra, voices and crackling electronics, and the arrangements are sensitively done, though I can’t say I found much compelling drama in it.

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Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée

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