Haflidi HallgrÃmsson (b.1941) is widely regarded as Iceland's pre-eminent composer, as well as a highly accomplished cellist. He studied with Enrico Mainardi and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and was cellist with many leading chamber ensembles until devoting himself full time to composition in 1983. Also, in 1970, HallgrÃmsson played the (uncredited) cello solo on "Atom Heart Mother" by Pink Floyd. His voice is extremely distinctive and within modernist styles can communicate 'serious' emotions of loss and sorrow and also intensive wit and charm as demonstrated so well by his Klee Sketches on this recording. The Klee Sketches are dedicated to Peter Sheppard SkÃ¦rved, the performer here. Peter Sheppard SkÃ¦rved is known for his pioneering approach to the music of the past and our own time. Over 400 works have been written for him. Peter's exhaustive work on music for violin alone has resulted in research, performances and recordings of cycles by Bach, de BÃ©riot, Tartini, Telemann, and, most recently, his project, 'Preludes and Vollenteries', which brings together 200 unknown works from the seventeenth century. His dedicated support of contemporary music (especially with his ensembles, the Kreutzer Quartet and Longbow), is considerable. He is also an accomplished painter and a published writer on many subjects.

Tracklist:

Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: I. Klee Practicing An Accompaniment For A Popular Song
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: II. And Now For The Art Of String-Crossing
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: III. Klee Experimenting With A New Scale
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: IV. Klee Takes A Legato-Line For A Walk (Second Version)
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: V. Do Not Neglect Your Pizzicato Herr Klee
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: VI. Frau Klee Is Sleeping (Second Version)
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 1: VII. Klee Entertaining Kandinsky
Offerto In Memoriam Karl Kvaran, Op. 13: I. Written In Sand
Offerto In Memoriam Karl Kvaran, Op. 13: II. Lines Without Words
Offerto In Memoriam Karl Kvaran, Op. 13: III. The Flight Of Time
Offerto In Memoriam Karl Kvaran, Op. 13: IV. Almost A Hymn
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: I. Klee The Artist Plays His Violin
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: II. Klee Sounds Out An Etching He Is Contemplating
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: III. Frau Klee Is Sleeping (First Version)
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: IV. Klee Sketching A Tree
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: V. Klee Performing At The Grave Of His Father
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: VI. Klee Observing A Large Butterfly
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: VII. Klee Takes A Legato-Line For A Walk (First Version)
Klee Sketches, Op. 32, Book 2: VIII. Klee Notates Birdsong In The Aviary

UPC: 809730861628
Label: Metier
Release Date: 5.14.21
Format: CD

Hallgrimsson / Skaerved - Offerto (CD)