Vikingur Olafsson's Bach Album 'Continuum II' Is Out Today: Recorded Entirely in His Icelandic Home Studio
Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson releases his Bach album Continuum II on November 6 on Deutsche Grammophon, in digital, CD and vinyl formats. It is the second chapter of his Continuum project, begun in October 2024; Olafsson has played a little Bach every day for more than thirty years.
The album was recorded entirely at The Nutshell, the teak-walled home studio beneath his house in Iceland, his first record made wholly there. At its heart are six chorale arrangements, alongside his own transcriptions, including grand-piano and upright versions of the "Air on the G String" and the Larghetto from the Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D major after Vivaldi; preview singles arrived in July and August.
Olafsson won his first Grammy Award for his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and his recordings have passed one billion streams worldwide.
(Source: Deutsche Grammophon)
Source: Deutsche Grammophon
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