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Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir (Mezzo-Soprano) & Francisco Javier Jáuregui (Guitar) – Mitt er þitt / Mine is yours: Songs from
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Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir (Mezzo-Soprano) & Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson (Piano) – Grieg & Schumann (CD, 12TK001, 2006)
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Galdrakarlinn í OZ (Wizard of Oz): Music from the
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Söngvaseiður (The Sound of Music): Music from the
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My summer as a salvation soldier – Anarchists are hopeless romantics (CD, 12T018, 2005)
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