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LIVING is Jan Gunnar Hoff's first solo piano album. His personal blend of different styles and influences is presented in its purest form - simply music. Some of Hoff's pieces are meditative and expressive, ...
Composer: Jan Gunnar Hoff, Akhmet Zhubanov, Adolf Thomsen
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
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There is a recurrent theme running through the program presented by the Dena Piano Duo in this production; all four composers and works have a particular relationship to Edvard Grieg.
Composer: Wolfgang Plagge, Terje Bjørklund, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Johannes Brahms
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
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Haydn Opus 77/1, Nordheim Duplex and Bartok's Fifth Quartet
The combination of Haydn Opus 77/1, Nordheim's Duplex and Bartók's Fifth String Quartet, was an irresistible challenge for us. A choice of programme from our hearts. We aim for our recordings to be like our concerts, ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Béla Bartók (1881-1945), Arne Nordheim
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ludwig van Beethoven, The French Revolution and the transition from Classicism to Romanticism are all terms which belong closely together. Beethoven's Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello or Horn clearly demonstrate ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Klassik
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) the national romantic and Olav Anton Thommessen (1946-) the modernist come together here in the tale of 'Haugtussa' and her life, her love and her path through the Underworld to redemption....
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Olav Anton Thommessen (1946-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Modern Composition
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Beethoven Opus 74, Nordheim 1956 Quartet, Bartok 3
The monumental creativity which Beethoven, Haydn and Bartók gave to the genre of the string quartet is our greatest inspiration. In the Harp we find Beethoven at his most entertaining and least problematic,...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Joseph Haydn, Bela Bartók (1881–1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
