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Atterberg, Hallgrímsson, Haydn, Prokofiev & Miaskovsky: Cello Concertos (Truls Mørk)
Joseph Haydn:01 - 03 Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 [24'00]04 - 06 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 [25'14]Truls Mørk- cello, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Iona BrownSimax PSC1078 [recorded in 1991; originally issued in 1992][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Uranienborg Kirke, NorwayRecording engineer: Arne Akselberg; Producer: Tony Harrison01 - 03 Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante in E minor, op.125 [40'55]04 - 05 Nicolai Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66 [31'04]Truls Mørk- cello, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo JarviVirgin Classics 5452822 [recorded February 1997; originally issued in 1998][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from archive.org]Recording venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UKRecording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: David R Murray01 - 03 Kurt Atterberg: Cello Concerto in C minor, op.21 * [32'52]04 - 07 Johannes Brahms (orch. Kurt Atterberg): String Sextet No. 2 in G major, op.36 […]
2022-03-12 09:52:20
Having recently recorded Lasse Thoresen's virtuosic cello concerto, I chat to Norwegian cellist Amalie Stalheim about new music, and the continuing importance of the Romantic repertoire
Amalie Stalheim (Photo Arne Hyckenberg) In December 2021, the Norwegian cellist Amalie Stalheim released her debut album with the Oslo Philharmonic and Ingar Bergby on LAWO Classics, an EP featuring Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen’s Journey Through Three Valleys: Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, an extremely technical and virtuosic, three-movement symphonic concerto that was premiered in 2008. Also last Autumn, Amalie was announced as the winner of the Norwegian Soloist Prize 2021, the prize for which includes a performance at the 2022 Bergen International Festival and a soloist assignment with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra that will also be broadcast by national broadcaster NRK. I recently spoke to Amalie to chat about Lasse Thoresen's concerto as well as her support for other contemporary cello works. The idea for recording Thoresen's concerto came from the Oslo Philharmonic. The orchestra had given the work's premiere in 2008 (with soloist Truls Mørk and conductor […]
2021-05-22 08:42:40
Fiendish, but fantastic: after a long relationship with the composer, percussionist Colin Currie has recorded both of HK Gruber's percussion concertos
[…] Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon - NMC Recordings (2017) Elliott Carter: Two Controversies and a Conversation - Colin Currie, percussion, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen - Ondine (2017) James MacMillan: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, Í, Veni, Veni Emmanuel - Colin Currie, percussion, Gordan Nikolic, violin, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, James MacMillan - Challenge Classics (2012) Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No.2: 'Towards the Horizon', Modificata, Percussion Concerto: 'Incantations' - Colin Currie, percussion, Truls Mørk, cello, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds - Ondine (2012) James Macmillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, Thomas Ades: Chamber Symphony, Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto - Colin Currie, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop - LPO (2008) The blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee. Elsewhere on this blog Unashamedly delicious: Nostalgic Russia, music for violin and […]
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2020-02-05 16:28:00
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (HD 1080p)
[…] versions of songs by Bob Marley and Leonard Cohen. It became the first debut album by a Young Musician winner to chart, entering the U.K. pop rankings at number 18. That same spring, he and an orchestra performed for guests at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle while the couple signed the register. Source: John D. Buchanan (allmusic.com) More photosSee alsoEdward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor – Truls Mørk, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (HD 1080p)
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