CD Information

Gifts of the spirit
Icelandic Church Music

Work details

Trad. arr. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson/Eysteinn Äsgrimsson: The Lily
2'59"
Trad. arr. Þorkell Siurbjörnsson/Trad.: One God in the highest
1'57"
Trad. arr. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson/Hallgrímur Pétursson: Never neglect thy daily prayer
1'36"
Jón Leifs/Hallgrímur Pétursson: Father Above (Three Church Songs Op 12a)
2'34"
Hallgrímur Pétursson: Behold the Flower (Three Church Songs Op 12a)
3'18"
Hallgrímur Pétursson: Arise my soul (Three Church Songs Op 12a)
1'24"
Jón Leifs: The Lord's Prayer
3'39"
Jón Nordal: Toccata
7'37"
Hjálmar H Ragnarsson / Kristján Valur Ingólfsson: God creator of life and light
2'56"
Atli Heimir Sveinsson/Helgi Hálfdánarson: A time to learn our life is true
4'09"
Áskell Jónsson/Matthías Jochumsson: Adoration of Mary
3'17"
Árni Thorsteinsson/Guðmundur Guðmundsson: Peace on Earth
3'06"
Páll Ísólfsson/Davið Stefánsson: Adoration of Mary
2'10"
Choral Prelude and trad. arr. Ragnar Björnsson/Stefán Ólafsson: Heavenly flower
3'07"
Choral Prelude and trad. arr. Jón Þórarinsson/Trad.: Jesus, my morning star
3'20"
Jónas Tómasson: If (2 Tim. 2, 11-13)
3'35"
Jónas Tómasson: Magnificat (Luke 1, 46-55)
4'35"
Páll Ísólfsson: Ostinato et Fughetta
4'55"

Artist details

Margrét Bóasdóttir, soprano
Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, organ
Joseph Ognibene, horn (Tómasson Magnificat)

Recording details

Recorded: 29 March - 4 April 1998
Venue: Akureyrarkirkja, Iceland
Recording: Stafræna hljóðupptökufélagið efh
Recording Engineer: Sveinn Kjartansson
Technical information: Soundfield Mk V and Sennheiser microphones,Focusrite Mic-preamps and Apogee A/D converter
Copyright: 1999 STEF, Iceland
Pressing: 1999 Iceland Music Information Centre, Reykjavík

STEF ITM 8-11 DDD Stereo NEW RELEASE
TT - 60'13"

Editorial & Design details

Liner notes: Sigurbjörn Einarsson (former bishop of Iceland), Bergþóra Jónsdóttir
English translations: Bernard Scudder, Arthur Charles Gook
German translations: Kristján Valur Ingólfsson, Wilhelm Klose, Felix Genzmer, Alexander Baumgärtner
Design: Birgir Björnsson
Photographs: Guðmundur Ingólfsson and Ásgrímur Ágústsson
Text translations published with the kind permission of Hallgrímskirkja
The Akureyri Church organ was made by Steinmayer in Öttingegn, Germany, in 1961. In 1995 it was rebuilt and enlarged by the Danish organ-builder P Bruhn & Søn. It has 49 stops, 3,300 pipes, 3 manuals and pedal.

Purchase details

Available from the Icelandic Music Information Centre