Icelandic bass-baritone Andri BjÃ¶rn RÃ³bertsson, and pianist AstrÃdur Alda SigurdardÃ³ttir, perform Robert Schumann's Liederkreis op. 24 and Liederkreis op. 39, along with seven songs by the Icelandic composer Arni Thorsteinson. The two Liederkreise were composed during Schumann's Year of Song in 1840. More than sixty years later Thorsteinson began publishing his songs, and they were instantly regarded as national treasures by the Icelandic nation. The program invites the listener on a mysterious journey through nature, love, death and the unknown. Andri BjÃ¶rn RÃ³bertsson studied at the ReykjavÃk Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts in his native Iceland, RAM and the National Opera Studio. In the 2020/21 season, Icelandic bass-baritone Andri Bjo"rn Ro'bertsson returns to Zurich Opera with the La Scintilla Orchestra for St John's Passion and revisits the roles of Witness 3 and Madman in George Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence at the ChÃ¢telet.

Tracklist:

Liederkreis Op. 24~Morgens steh' ich auf und frage
Liederkreis Op. 24~Es treibt mich hin
Liederkreis Op. 24~Ich wandelte unter den BÃ¤umen
Liederkreis Op. 24~Lieb' Liebchen, leg's HÃ¤ndchen
Liederkreis Op. 24~SchÃ¶ne Wiege meiner Leiden
Liederkreis Op. 24~Warte, warte wilder Schiffmann
Liederkreis Op. 24~Berg' und Burgen schau'n herunter
Liederkreis Op. 24~Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen
Liederkreis Op. 24~Mit Myrten und Rosen
_ess bera menn sÃ¡r
Kirkjuhvoll
Vorgydjan kemur
Fridur Ã¡ jÃ¶rdu
RÃ³sin
FÃ¶gur sem fordum
NÃ³tt
Liederkreis Op. 39~In der Fremde
Liederkreis Op. 39~Intermezzo
Liederkreis Op. 39~WaldesgesprÃ¤ch
Liederkreis Op. 39~Die Stille
Liederkreis Op. 39~Mondnacht
Liederkreis Op. 39~SchÃ¶ne Fremde
Liederkreis Op. 39~Auf einer Burg
Liederkreis Op. 39~In der Fremde
Liederkreis Op. 39~Wehmut
Liederkreis Op. 39~Zwielicht
Liederkreis Op. 39~Im Walde
Liederkreis Op. 39~FrÃ¼hlingsnacht

UPC: 5400439007871
Label: Fuga Libera Label
Release Date: 10.22.21
Format: CD

Schumann / Robertson / Sigurdardottir - Vocal Works (CD)