Reverie Defined in the Oxford Dictionaries as „a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream“. In the context of the album it is also a magical state, cast upon humans by the elves in order to lead them into their cities in the rock formations of Iceland. A few songs detail such encounters, but others are simply meant to transport us into this wonderful state of Reverie. ----------- I am very happy to be able to share with you this collection of Icelandic Art Songs. Moving back to Iceland after working in Germany, I really wanted to record Icelandic songs. The choice was relatively easy. The album features quite a few songs from my two favorite composers, Sigvaldi Kaldalóns and Árni Thorsteinsson. I wanted to showcase the most popular and also other great but less known gems of our repertoir, and I think with this album my dream has been realized. I also wanted to showcase some current Icelandic composers, and am very lucky to be able to present to you two, never before recorded songs, one is by Gunnsteinn Ólafsson and the other by my good friend Hreiðar Ingi Þorsteinsson, who wrote the song ‚Skeljar‘ especially for this publication. To enrich this album I have some wonderful guests with me: Kristinn Sigmundsson, an internationally recognized bass-baritone, Oddur Arnþór Jónsson – baritone, Sophie Schoonjans – harpist, Arnar Jónsson – actor, the male choir Þrestir and members of the Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir . Last but not least Kristinn Örn Kristinsson – pianist, his playing adds a magical dimension to the album that makes it exactly what I intended and wanted to present.