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Songs of Living Waters

Salbjörg Hotz - Kompositionen Compositions Tónverk

24 songs composed to texts by the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Performers: Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, tenor, Sigurdur Bragason, baritone, Hjörleifur Valsson, violin and Salbjörg Hotz, piano.

Total time: 72:33. Recorded by: Fermata, Iceland 2007.

The texts are 9 prayers from the Writings of the Bahá'í-Religion, 14 meditations from the Hidden Words revealed by Bahá'u'lláh and a quotation. The songs are sung in Icelandic with piano accompaniment and partly with violin.

Audio:

Tracks from Songs of Living Waters. Performers: Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, tenor, Sigurdur Bragason, baritone, Salbjörg Hotz, piano and Hjörleifur Valsson, violin.

Salbjörg · Ég hef vaknað í skjóli þínu / I have wakened in Thy shelter

Salbjörg · Elska mig / Love Me

Salbjörg · Ég heiti á þig / I adjure Thee

Salbjörg · Krafa mín á hendur þér / My Claim on Thee

Salbjörg · Guð nægir öllu framar öllu / God sufficeth all things

Salbjörg · Auðugan skóp ég þig / I created thee rich

Salbjörg · Fyrsta ráð mitt /My First Council

Salbjörg · Skapa Í mér hreint hjarta / Create in me a pure heart

Salbjörg · Er Nokkur sá er firrir erfiðleikum / Is there any remover of difficulties

Salbjörg · Hjúpaður ómunaverund Minni / Veiled in My immemorial Being

Salbjörg · Sameina hjörtu þjóna þinna / Unite the Hearts of Thy Servants

Salbjörg · Ég unni sköpun þinni / I loved thy creation

Vision of Fire

14 songs to texts by Edvard T. Jónsson. Performers: Bergthór Pálsson, baritone, Signý Sæmundsdóttir, soprano and Salbjörg Hotz, piano.

Total time: 65:29. Recorded by: Fermata FM 019, Iceland 2002.

The texts are poems in Icelandic by Edvard T. Jónsson. The stage of the story told in the songs is Iran in the 19th century. The poems express the fire of sufferings, ideals and promises and are poetical interpretations based on historic facts.