Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn & Variations (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn & Variations (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:34:57 minutes | 884 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Jóhann Jóhannsson, the Epos String Quartt and percussionist Matthias M.D. Hemstock perform compositional music written by Jóhann Jóhannsson. Deutsche Grammophon will release Jóhann Jóhannsson’s critically-acclaimed debut album in a newly-remastered version – now with much fuller and improved sound, and combined with a complete album of brand-new reworks!

Englabörn is a jewel from Jóhann’s special catalogue. Together with the new Variations, this double album – beginning with the hauntingly beautiful and intriguing track, “Odi et Amo”, takes the listener on a journey through the composer’s extraordinary and unique sound-world.

Variations features reworks by internationally acclaimed artists such as legendary Ryūichi Sakamoto, A Winged Victory for the Sullen (feat. Dustin O Halloran), Theater of Voices and Alex Somers, as well as DG’s very own Víkingur Ólafsson – to name but a few.

“…This first solo album from Jóhann Jóhannsson is absolutely beautiful, and it has only become moreso over the past few months, sustaining me for long periods of time when other music just wouldn’t do the trick…Just as Catullus balanced the extreme emotional opposites of love and hate into a composite whole the greater of its parts, so does Jóhannsson transform these sixteen miniatures into an exquisite listening experience…” (Andy Beta, Pitchfork.com)

“…Jóhannsson’s Englabörn is composed of music he wrote, as performed by the Epos String Quartet, with a light gauze of electronic processing applied to it…” (Andy Beta, Pitchfork.com)

Tracklist:

1-01. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo (03:10)
1-02. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn (01:34)
1-03. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Jói & Karen (03:27)
1-04. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Þetta gerist á bestu bæjum (00:59)
1-05. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sálfræðingur (03:49)
1-06. Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Ég sleppi þér aldrei” (02:57)
1-07. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sálfræðingur deyr (03:40)
1-08. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Bað (03:06)
1-09. Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta” (02:05)
1-10. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Karen býr til engil (03:45)
1-11. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn-tilbrigði (01:24)
1-12. Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Ég átti gráa æsku” (03:41)
1-13. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Krókódíll (02:45)
1-14. Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Ef ég hefði aldrei…” (03:42)
1-15. Jóhann Jóhannsson – …eins og venjulegt fólk (03:51)
1-16. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo-bis (04:03)
2-01. Jóhann Jóhannsson – “Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta” (06:08)
2-02. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo (02:52)
2-03. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn (05:09)
2-04. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Jói & Karen (05:29)
2-05. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Holy Thursday (Ég heyrði allt án þess að hlusta) (03:39)
2-06. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Englabörn (02:22)
2-07. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo-bis (04:21)
2-08. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sálfræðingur deyr (03:49)
2-09. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo-bis (02:54)
2-10. Jóhann Jóhannsson – …eins og venjulegt fólk (03:38)
2-11. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Odi et Amo (06:25)

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