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Tomasson - Skima, Flute Concertos Nos 1 & 2 | BIS BISCD1419

Tomasson - Skima, Flute Concertos Nos 1 & 2

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD1419

Barcode: 7318590014196

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th July 2007

Contents

Artists

Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Havarour Tryggvason (double bass)
Valur Palsson (double bass)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Bernharour Wilkinson

Works

Tomasson, Haukur

Concerto no.1 for Flute and Orchestra (1997)
Flute Concerto no.2
Skima - Concerto for two double basses and orchestra (2001-02)

Artists

Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Havarour Tryggvason (double bass)
Valur Palsson (double bass)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Bernharour Wilkinson

About

This is the third disc dedicated to the Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson released by BIS. The present disc unites three instrumental works by the composer: his two Flute Concertos and Skíma ('a faint gleam of light'), which is something of a rarity - a double concerto for two double basses.
 
The recording of Flute Concerto No. 2 has previously been released on the disc Nordic Spell (BIS-CD-1499). Sharon Bezaly, the dedicatee of that work, is also the soloist in Flute Concerto No.1, in which the flute can be said to travel in a soundscape of the orchestra, the music fluctuating between East and West, between contemplative, static sonorities and a bustling metropolitan chaos.
 
Skíma is also here performed by the artists it was conceived for, double bass players Hávarður Tryggvason and Valur Pálsson, whom the composer has known since they were teenagers together.
 
On all three works the orchestral backing is provided by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, whose previous recordings on BIS, of music by Jón Leifs and of Nikos Skalkottas, have been highly praised. On the present recording the orchestra is conducted by Bernharður Wilkinson.
 
Previous Tómasson releases include the chamber opera Guðrún's 4th Song (BIS-CD-908), which was “very strongly recommended” by Gramophone, and described by the reviewer in Fanfare as “an extraordinary listening experience”. The work earned Tómasson the 2004 Nordic Council Music Prize.

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