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Daníel Bjarnason’s inspiring playlist to help you focus

Icelandic composer and conductor Daníel Bjarnason selects two hours of classical music to inspire focus with music from Jóhann Jóhannason, Missy Mazzoli and Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Icelandic composer and conductor Daníel Bjarnason selects two hours of heartfelt and intimate neoclassical music to focus your mind, inspire your soul and help you whilst you work with music from Jóhann Jóhannsson, Missy Mazzoli and Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
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2 hours

Music Played

  • Daniel Bjarnsson

    Bow to String III

    • Processions.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Calder Quartet & Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana O Albion

    • The Twenty-Fifth Hour: The Chamber Music of Thomas Adès.
    • Signum Records.
  • Viktor Orri Arnarson

    Anima Mundi

    • ​íċfܰ.
    • Pentatone.
  • María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir

    Oceans

    Performer: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Daníel Bjarnason.
    • Concurrence.
    • Sono Luminus.
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Erupting Light

    Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir. Composer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson.
    • Without Sinking.
    • Touch.
  • Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson

    In a Dream

    • Last Song.
    • Solo Luminus.
  • Thomas Adès

    In Seven Days vii: Contemplation

    • Ades: In Seven Days/ Nancarrow Studies No. 6&7.
    • Signum Records.
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Mandy Love Theme

    • Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
  • Bryce Dessner

    Liminal

    • Bardo (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Flight From The City

    Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson.
    • é.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Viktor Orri Árnason

    Nectar

    • ​íċfܰ.
    • Pentatone.
  • Davíð Þór Jónsson

    Sorgin Sigrar Hamingjuna

    Performer: Davíð Þór Jónsson.
    • Improvised Piano Works I.
    • Radio Bongo.
  • Los Angeles Electric 8

    Romance

    • Interlocking Textures (2012).
  • Sigfús Birgisson & Víkingur Ólafsson

    Where Life and Death Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song)

    • Where Life and Death Dwell.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Daníel Bjarnason

    Skelja

    • Processions.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Compose Yourself with Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
  • Ben Frost

    Simulcras II

    Performer: Ben Frost. Composer: Daníel Bjarnason. Performer: Daníel Bjarnason.
    • ó.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Missy Mazzoli

    Missy Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin

    Performer: Olivia de Prato.
    • Streya.
    • New Focus Recordings.
  • Edmund Finnis, Benjamin Beilman, Andrew Gourlay & Britten Sinfonia

    Shades Lengthen: I

    • Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning.
    • NMC.
  • Nico Muhly & Philip Glass

    Shrink II : Sixths

    • First Light.
    • PentaTone classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Solstice - Light Out

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Composer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Anno: Four Seasons.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
  • Thomas Adès

    Märchentänze (Orchestral Version) II

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Thomas Adès: Märchentänze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouvé & Da.
    • Ondine.
  • Alex Mills

    Suspensions and Solutions part II

    Performer: Liam Byrne.
    • Concrete.
  • Valgier & Daniel Pioro

    Dust iii:rest

    • Dust iii:rest.
  • Daníel Bjarnason & Paul Corley

    Daníel Bjarnason - Under The Tree (Paul Corley - Að Grafa Remix)

    • Under the Tree.
    • Bedroom Community.