Treble & Bass - Kleiberg Concertos
Marianne Thorsen is widely known for her recording of MOZART violin concertos with TrondheimSolistene. Now she demonstrates what beauty that lies in the Violin Concerto of our classical contemporary composer Ståle Kleiberg.
Composer: Ståle Kleiberg
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The magic of a 'time machine' brings Percy Grainger's original performance back to life in this modern surround-sound recording with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rolf Gupta
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Orchestral
Trondheimsolistene - in Folk Style
In Nordic Melodies we find Grieg in passionate play with folk songs. The work sparkles with harmonies and expression, developing a whole story from just a few short stanzas.
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Gjermund Larsen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Orchestral
The organ music is in a sense one of the main characters in the motion picture TROUBLED WATER. Possessing a distinct personality and playing a unique role the music interacts with ...
Composer: Simon & Garfunkel, Iver Kleive
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Soundtrack
In Nativitate Beatae Mariae Virginis
Very few liturgical codices survived the 1537 Reformation in Norway. From an Antiphonarium, a liturgical choir book for office chanting written for the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim in the 3rd quarter of the XIIIth Century, ten folios survived.
Composer: Henning Sommerro, Gregorian Chant
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral / Chant
Ole Bull (1810-1880) was an adventurer, violin virtuoso, composer and international star who brought the name of Norway to worldwide attention.
Composer: Ole Bull (1810-1880)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Orchestral
Mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland and pianist Sergej Osadchuk pair up to bring us the multi-channel recording of compositional works surround the theme of death.
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Wolfgang Plagge, Jean Sibelius, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, Gerald Finzi, Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic
Schola Cantorum, a chamber choir made up of music students from the University of Oslo, is a remarkably disciplined and mature group. In this selection of very challenging contemporary secular choral music,...
Composer: Eric Whitacre, Bjørn Morten Christophersen, Morten Lauridsen [Non-Classical Composer]
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Polyphonic Dialogues: Shostakovich - Shchedrin
The Russian composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Rodion Shchedrin each composed a set of 24 preludes and fugues for solo piano. When a selection from these sets are combined into a new arrangement,...
Composer: Rodion Shchedrin (1932-), Dmitri Shostakovich
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
Only the full symphony orchestra can impose the true emotional dynamics of the arctic nature. FLUTE MYSTERY is a collection of five orchestral works by Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg.
Composer: Fred Jonny Berg
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The soloist in the Cantatas is the soprano Tone Wik who specialises in music of this period. She possesses an ideal vocal timbre for these pieces.
Composer: Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Baroque / Orchestral / Vocal
Few woodwind instruments have appealed as much to composers' imagination as the clarinet. Its remarkable propensity for timbral variation - from the softest, barely audible tone...
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Kyrre Sassebo Haaland, Trygve Madsen (1940), gor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Finn Mortensen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic
The Nordic Sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings
If you’re still questioning Lindberg and his Nordic sound, the fourth release just might make you a believer. Sampler with works by Mozart, Carter, Vivaldi, Schoenberg, Haydn, Ives plus many more great artists and recordings.
Composer: Various Composers
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
Gregorian chant developed over a long period of oral transmission from generation to generation. If there is an evolutionary theory for artistic expression, a sort of 'survival of the fittest', it can certainly be used about Gregorian chant.
Composer: Gregorian Chant
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral / Chant
A glittering world of sounds - Karen Tanaka is one of the leading Japanese composers of her generation. The purity of sound, the sensuality and intensity in her music has gained her a large audience, ...
Composer: Karen Tanaka
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
For 25 years the Oslo Chamber Choir has delved into the soloist tradition of Norwegian folk song, thus creating a very specific expression as a choir. When classical music by Rachmaninov, ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov; Fryderyk Chopin, Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
harmOrgan, a project where the world's smallest and the world's largest musical instruments meet - church organ and harmonica; 'David and Goliath' together in stunning baroque pieces and Norwegian folk music.
Composer: Sigmund Groven, Iver Kleive
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
The word KIND embraces concepts of childlikeness and childishness in different languages, as well as suggesting friendliness and consolation. The project's subtitle was 'about children, for adults'.
Composer: Per Nørgård, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Marcus Paus, Frank Havrøy
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
