Review Eva Ollikainen – Thorvaldsdottir: Archora & Aiōn

Massive and exciting at the same time, powerful and shimmering too, flat but with inner dynamics, a fresco with very fine detail and then also plastic and saturated with color to the touch. In between there are sudden changes. The quarter-hour orchestral piece “Archura” by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir does all this. Something like this should be designed with delicate structures in mind and with a lot of patience. The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and conductor Eva Olikainen happily succeeded. The result was overwhelming. The orchestra actually becomes a distinct object here. On the other hand, the three-movement orchestral work “Ain” admirably takes you into a magical realm of rampant sound realms, released rhythmically with roaring thunder, partly diffused in an iridescent manner. A great discovery, this music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, happened in this interpretation.

Thorvaldsdottir: Archura Wayne

Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Olikainen (Conductor)
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