Víkingur Ólafsson - Reflections (LP, Album)

Description

Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and with such conductors as Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He has won numerous awards, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for Johann Sebastian Bach.Víkingur's album Philip Glass Piano Works saw him named "Iceland's Glenn Gould" by the New York Times, and a "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone; Le Monde heralded his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges".

Release Info

Artist: Víkingur Ólafsson
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Format: LP, Album
Country: Europe
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Released: 2021-03-12
Genre: Electronic, Classical
Style: Baroque, Impressionist

Tracklist

A1 Bruyères (Home Session)
A2 La Damoiselle élue (Hania Rani Rework)
A3 Canope (Home Session)
A4 Footsteps (Helgi Jonsson Rework)
B1 Muse D'eau
B2 L'entretien Des Muses (Hugar Rework)
B3 K.A.H.D.
B4 Reflection
C1 Pour Le Piano, L.95: 1. Prelude
C2 Pour Le Piano, L.95: 2. Sarabande
C3 Pour Le Piano, L.95: 3. Toccata
C4 Drowned Haiku
D1 Canope
D2 La Cupis (Balmorhea Rework)
D3 Bruyères