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Danish opera singer and autobiographer (1918-2008)
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2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] Stephen Bell, Michael Baines and Susan Dent- Horns, Duncan McTier- double bass)Hyperion Helios CDH55093 [recorded June 1988; this CD reissue 2002][digital-download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, LondonRecording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Arthur JohnsonNorwegian Rhapsody:01 - 04 Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, op.46 [14'17]05 Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, op.34 - II. The Last Spring [5'42]06 Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances, op.35 - II. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso [2'29]07 Johan Svendsen: Polonaise [8'17]08 Johan Svendsen: Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune [6'29]09 Halfdan Kjerulf: The Wedding in Hardanger [2'57]10 Ole Bull: Solitude [3'07]11 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): From Maria Stuart - Purpose [4'01]12 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): From Maria Stuart - Valse Caprice [2'20]13 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): Olav Trygvason [2'58]14 Johan Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars [5'06]15 Johan Halvorsen: Danse Visionaire [7'51]16 Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carneval [6'46]17 Rikard Nordraak (orch: Halvorsen): Norwegian National […]
2023-12-14 07:37:00
Arctic saxophone: three imaginative & engaging new concertos from Ola Asdahl Rokkones, Arktisk Filharmoni & Per Kristian Skalstad
[…] to Nordic string orchestral works of the past, then the saxophone gives us a solo meditation on this, leading to a richly romantic main section of saxophone and strings. The melodic invention of the solo line is complemented by the warm string writing with its continuing nods to Grieg and other Nordic composers.The second movement, Spring, is fast with a dance-like feel that moves between a jig-like country dance and something more jazz-inspired. Grieg and Svendsen seem also to be influences in the string writing. Yet Aarøen makes the mix his own, and is unashamed in the melodic inspiration and appealing harmonies, but this is never simple music, it is tricky to play and wonderfully engaging to listen to. A long saxophone cadenza leads to a change of mood at the very end. Taking us neatly into the third movement All Seasons Must Pass with its yearning violin solo at the opening. […]
2023-10-20 00:00:00
Robert Simpson, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Nordic Showcase & The French Connection (Christian Lindberg, Neville Marriner et al)
[…] Four Temperaments (1983) [21'53]10 Vortex (1989) [9'02]11 - 17 Volcano. Symphony Study for brass band (1979) [12'16]18 -19 Introduction and allegro on a bass by Max Reger (1987) [15'53]The Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band conducted by James WatsonHyperion CDA66449 [recorded August 1990; CD issued 1991][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Lutterworth Grammar School, Leicestershire, UKRecording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Gary ColeNordic Showcase:01 - 03 Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, op.1 [13'50]04 Johan Svendsen: Romance, op.26 * [7'53]05 - 07 Anders Wesström (ed. Lindberg): Armida Overture [7'50]08 Jón Leifs: Variazioni pastorale, op.8. Variations on a theme of Beethoven [10'44]09 - 11 Bo Linde: Concerto piccolo for wind quintet and strings, op.35 [10'50]12 Jean Sibelius: Impromptu for strings (1883) [8'04]Richard Tognetti- violin*, Nordic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian LindbergBIS CD1538 [recorded January 2006; issued 2007][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue:Tonhallen, Sundsvall, Sweden; Recording engineer: Hans Kipfer; […]
2023-09-15 00:00:00
Larsson, Nystroem, Sibelius & other Nordic composers: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Arve Tellefsen, Stig Westerberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen et al)
[…] Leo Berlin *; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stig WesterbergSwedish Society SCD1047 [recorded May 1955 & January 1956, June 1969* and June 1970; CD issued 1989][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Swedish Radio Studios^* and Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Olle Bolander; Producer: Frank HedmanNordic Spring:01 - 05 Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, op.40 [18'27]06 - 08 Kurt Atterberg: Suite for Violin, Viola and Strings, op.19 no.3 ^ [11'04]09 Johan Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra, op.26 [8'28]10 - 12 Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, op.1 [14'45]13 Edvard Braein: Serenade for Viola and Orchestra * [4'16]14 Jean Sibelius: Valse triste, op.44 no.1 [4'46]Lars Anders Tomter- viola ^* and Terje Tønnesen- violin ^; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra direccted by Terje TønnesenSimax PSC1264 [recorded October 2012 and February 2013; CD issued 2013][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Lommedalen kirke, NorwayRecording engineer: Arne Akselberg; Producer: […]
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