Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works

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• LP set with two 180g crystal clear vinyls in a high-quality gatefold package
• Inside Out paper
• English Liner Notes by Wyndham Wallace
• limited signed art card
  
  

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With her new album “Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works”, pianist Alice Sara Ott pays tribute to the legacy of one of Hollywood’s most visionary composers: Jóhann Jóhannsson. His music is defined by emotional depth, gentle force, and a distinctive musical voice. Ott, known for her poetic playing, her versatility and her experience in both contemporary and core classical repertoire, creates a beautiful new sound world on both a grand and an upright piano.
These premiere recordings are Alice Sara Ott’s solo piano reimaginations, bringing 30 of the late Icelandic composer’s hauntingly beautiful works to life with her personal touch – marked by great musicality and a profound understanding of his musical language. The repertoire spans Jóhannsson’s compositions for acclaimed films such as “The Theory of Everything”, “Personal Effects”, and “Copenhagen Dreams”, as well as pieces from his celebrated studio albums like “Orphée” and “Englabörn”.
With exceptional subtlety, Alice Sara Ott captures the essence of Jóhannsson’s vision while creating her own sound world. “There’s a very special intimacy and urgency in his musical language,” Ott says. “It speaks to what people long for in today’s noisy and sometimes very dissonant world. The way he builds the architecture and structure of his music really allows you to refocus and reflect.”
“Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works” is more than a homage: the album lets his music live on and opens new perspectives on an extraordinary creative legacy.

For the visuals of the artwork, Alice Sara Ott worked with friends and collaborators of Jóhann Jóhannsson, the photographer Jónatan Gretarsson and art director Anders Ladegaard. The CD booklet is illustrated with atmospheric shots of the Icelandic landscape, as well as portraits of both pianist and composer, and contains liner notes written by music critic Wyndham Wallace, who previously wrote liner notes for Jóhannsson’s records.

Tracklisting:
LP 1 
Side A
1.    Bað  
2.    Odi et Amo/Krókódíll  
3.    Englabörn  
4.    Jói & Karen  
5.    Flugeldar II from "Dís"  
6.    Já, Hemmi Minn from "Dís"  
7.    Ruslpóstur from "Dís"  

Side B
1.    The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black  
2.    Melodia (iii)  
3.    Theme from "Varmints"  
4.    Dressing Up from "Personal Effects"  
5.    Linda & Walter from "Personal Effects"  
6.    Indian Wedding from "Personal Effects"  
7.    He Says It’s The Future from "Copenhagen Dreams"  
8.    Eleven Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Nine Died of Natural Causes from "Copenhagen Dreams"

LP 2 
Side C
1.    Flight from the City  
2.    Innocence from "Free the Mind"  
3.    Will’s Story I from "Free the Mind"  
4.    Time to Say Goodbye from "White Black Boy"  
5.    Payphone from "McCanick"  
6.    A Game of Croquet from "The Theory of Everything"  
7.    A Model of the Universe from "The Theory of Everything"  
8.    The Theory of Everything from "The Theory of Everything"  

Side D
1.    Beauty from "Blind Message"  
2.    A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder  
3.    By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the Field  
4.    Good Morning, Midnight  
5.    The Drowned World  
6.    The Radiant City  
7.    Be Over from "The Shadow Play"