Nodebog presents musical pleasures and “divertissements” from 18th century Norway. The melodies are found in hand-written music books containing both international “hits” well known throughout Europe and local favorites ...
Composer: trad.
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The String Quartet in G minor by Edvard Grieg is quite unlike other string quartets. Indeed, its originality is so marked that it is easy to imagine it has no predecessor in the string quartet repertoire.
Genre: Classical
'If Valen (1887-1952) had not been such a shy, self-effacing person, he would have won fame throughout Europe.' So said Issay Dobrowen, a prominent conductor in the inter-war period, and chief conductor ...
Composer: Fartein Valen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Belgium is not only the origin of delicious chocolate, but also of the charismatic singer and pianist Caroll Vanwelden. With her unique Jazz 'N' Arts debut with the 'Shakespeare Sonnets' , she majestically conquers ...
Composer: Caroll Vanwelden
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
The members of this trio have toured together intermittently for the last 15 years. The group came together auspiciously. What makes this album special for us is that it captures our first period of playing together as a trio. ...
Composer: John Stafford Smith
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
The years before, during and after the French Revolution were a turning-point for wind ensembles throughout the world. They developed from being small ensembles, with each instrument represented in pairs, ...
Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Rumer's 2012 sophomore effort, Boys Don't Cry, follows up her critically acclaimed 2010 solo debut, Seasons of My Soul. Much like that album, Boys Don't Cry features a '60s and '70s soft rock vibe inspired by such acts ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
Tell the truth: did anybody think Green Day would still be around in 2004? Ten years ago, when they blew up into the hot summer band of 1994, they were snotty little Berkeley, California, punk kids who sounded ready to ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Eivind Buene: Possible Cities / Essential Landscapes
Moving through a city is a good metaphor for listening to new music. A big city will invite you through unfamiliar streets, into dark alleyways and sudden openings of light.
Composer: Eivind Buene
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Biblical story of David and Bathsheba has a lot of present-day relevance. In this story, individual emotions interact with political actions and their consequences. Fundamental ethical questions are thus ...
Composer: Ståle Kleiberg
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Elliott Sharp s TERRAPLANE synthesizes the intersection of country and urban blues with Mississippi fife & drum bands, post-Mingus/Ayler jazz, and the rhythmic force of the groove, from the shuffle to contemporary dance music.
Composer: Elliott Sharp, Joe Mardin
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Contemporary Blues
HOFF ENSEMBLE consists of some of Norway's finest jazz and session musicians, fronted by trumpeter Mathias Eick, of ECM renown, who plays a leading role in several of the compositions.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
Running On Empty (2007 Remaster)
Running On Empty is a landmark album in many ways. The album was recorded while on tour, but is not merely a live album. It's an album of all new songs that gives the real feel of what it's like to be on tour.
Composer: Jackson Browne, Maurice Williams, Rev. Gary Davis, Danny Kortchmar, Danny O'Keefe [Non-Classical Composer]
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Singer / Songwriter
Arguably the best album they ever made, America's sophomore effort is certainly the most varied. Though the overall sound is still dominated by folk-style strummed guitars, there's quite a bit of extra ...
Composer: Dewey Bunnell, Gerald Beckley
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Contemporary
While my first piano album on the 2L record label, Stone Rose (2007), was all pre-composed or outlined, I wanted this 2012 sequel to be completely spontaneous.
Composer: Ola Gjeilo
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Thomas D. A. Tellefsen: Complete Piano Works
The story of Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (1823-1874) has a special place in the history of 19th century Norwegian music. In his own lifetime he earned an international ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
TrondheimSolistene and 2L allocated two weeks in 2011 to record a new album. Artistic director Øyvind Gimse and his collaborator Geir Inge Lotsberg initially chose two pieces that represent, in their estimation, ...
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), Carl Nielsen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Orchestral
Mozart: Concertos 3 & 5 Rondo / Adagio
With her new album of Mozart works, the freshly-announced winner of the ECHO Klassik Award Susanna Yoko Henkel makes a dream of hers come true: the young German-Japanese violinist has executed her very own ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
