Album insights
Composer, conductor, and producer Viktor Orri Árnason collaborated with soprano and visual artist Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir on their debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, "Poems." Together, they crafted ten exquisite pieces drawing from their shared cultural heritage, setting to music poems by Icelandic poets past and present, including works by Árnason and Guðmundsdóttir themselves. Viktor accompanies Álfheiður's soft, ethereal vocals on piano, occasionally weaving in violin and viola, while enlisting additional strings (members of the Reykjavík Orkestra) and subtle electronic elements in select tracks.