Víkingur Ólafsson
Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist.
He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and with such conductors as Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He has won numerous awards, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for Johann Sebastian Bach.Víkingur's album Philip Glass Piano Works saw him named "Iceland's Glenn Gould" by the New York Times, and a "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone; Le Monde heralded his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges".
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Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) - Continuum -
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Cantata, BWV 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) - Continuum -
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Cantata, BWV 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) - Continuum -
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Cantata, BWV 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) - Continuum -
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Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 (Arr. Bauer for Piano) - Continuum -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Aria - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation I. Largo - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation II - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation III - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation IV. Allegro - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation V. Un poco allegro - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation VI. Andante - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation VIII. Allegro - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation IX - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Variation X - Bach: Solo Piano -
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Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989: Aria da capo - Bach: Solo Piano -
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From Afar
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Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (Arr. Kurtág) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (Arr. Kurtág) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Study in Canonic Form, Op. 56, No. 1 - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Study in Canonic Form, Op. 56, No. 1 - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Adagio (from Sonata for Solo Violin, BWV 1005) (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Adagio (from Sonata for Solo Violin, BWV 1005) (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Harmonica (Hommage á Borsody László) (from Játékok / Book 3) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Harmonica (Hommage á Borsody László) (from Játékok / Book 3) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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The Peacock (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/1) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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The Peacock (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/1) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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At the Jánoshida Fairground (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/2) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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At the Jánoshida Fairground (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/2) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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White Lily (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/3) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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White Lily (from 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a/3) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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A Voice in the Distance (from Játékok / Book 5) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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A Voice in the Distance (from Játékok / Book 5) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Little Chorale (from Játékok / Book 1) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Little Chorale (from Játékok / Book 1) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Vesperae solennes de confessore in C Major, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Laudate Dominum (from Vespers, K. 339) (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Sleepily (from Játékok / Book 1) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Sleepily (from Játékok / Book 1) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Flowers We Are (from Játékok / Book 7) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Flowers We Are (from Játékok / Book 7) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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The Branch - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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The Branch - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Twittering (from Játékok / Book 1) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Twittering (from Játékok / Book 1) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Vogel als Prophet, Op. 82, No. 7 - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Vogel als Prophet, Op. 82, No. 7 - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 116, No. 5 - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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: Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 116, No. 5 - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Scraps of a Colinda Melody – Faintly Recollected (Hommage à Farkas Ferenc) (from Játékok / Book 3) - Grand Piano - From Afar -
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Scraps of a Colinda Melody – Faintly Recollected (Hommage à Farkas Ferenc) (from Játékok / Book 3) - Upright Piano - From Afar -
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Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Minor: I. Andante spiritoso - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Rondo in F Major, K. 494 - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Rondo II in D Minor, H. 290 - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (Fragment) - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Rondo in D Major, K. 485 - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Sonata No. 55 in A Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: I. Allegro moderato - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: II. Menuet - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: III. Finale. Presto - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": III. Rondo. Allegretto - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Adagio in E Flat (Arr. Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516) - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 34 in C Minor: I. Larghetto - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: I. Molto allegro - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: II. Adagio - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: III. Allegro assai - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano) - Mozart & Contemporaries -
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Reflections
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