Robertson Sigurdardottir - Vocal Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Icelandic bass-baritone Andri Björn Róbertsson, and pianist Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir, perform Robert Schumann's Liederkreis op. 24 and Liederkreis op. 39, along with seven songs by the Icelandic composer Árni 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 Björn Róbertsson studied at the Reykjavík 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 Châtelet. Album Tracks 1. Liederkreis Op. 24~Morgens steh' ich auf und frage 2. Liederkreis Op. 24~Es treibt mich hin 3. Liederkreis Op. 24~Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen 4. Liederkreis Op. 24~Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen 5. Liederkreis Op. 24~Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden 6. Liederkreis Op. 24~Warte, warte wilder Schiffmann 7. Liederkreis Op. 24~Berg' und Burgen schau'n herunter 8. Liederkreis Op. 24~Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen 9. Liederkreis Op. 24~Mit Myrten und Rosen 10. Þess bera menn sár 11. Kirkjuhvoll 12. Vorgyðjan kemur 13. Friður á jörðu 14. Rósin 15. Fögur sem forðum 16. Nótt 17. Liederkreis Op. 39~In der Fremde 18. Liederkreis Op. 39~Intermezzo 19. Liederkreis Op. 39~Waldesgespräch 20. Liederkreis Op. 39~Die Stille 21. Liederkreis Op. 39~Mondnacht 22. Liederkreis Op. 39~Schöne Fremde 23. Liederkreis Op. 39~Auf einer Burg 24. Liederkreis Op. 39~In der Fremde 25. Liederkrei