Nidaros Cathedral Choir invites you to enjoy the wonderful ambience of the Nidaros Cathedral. This is the first ever surround sound recording of music performed in the cathedral, allowing you to experience the reverberations of this magnificent space.
Composer: Ståle Kleiberg, Henning Sommerro, Torbjørn Dyrud, Andrew Smith, Odd Johan Overøye, Ludvig Nielsen, Per Fridtjov Bonsaksen, Wolfgang Plagge
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
STRING QUARTETS Haydn - Solberg - Grieg
The three string quartets featured on this album strike a winning balance between the classical and the romantic as well as providing a fine showcase for the talents of the Engegård Quartet, an ensemble formed as recently as 2006.
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Joseph Haydn, Bela Bartók (1881–1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Elliott Carter: Figments and Fragments
Heard individually, the chamber works of Elliott Carter give the listener tantalising snapshots of the composer's style and technique; as a group, they represent a microcosm of his musical personality.
Composer: Elliott Carter
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The tradition of pairing trumpet and organ goes back a long way; it is, however, only in recent years that Norwegian composers have found the inspiration to write concert music for this combination of instruments. In addition to the fanfares and festivity often associated with the trumpet, today's composers also exploit the instrument's potential for expressing tender, meditative moods.
Composer: Kjell Mørk Karlsen (1947-), Jon Laukvik, Ketil Vea, Egil Hovland
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
The music is insistent, powerful and existential, bringing out the dramatic qualities of the instrument. In the cadenza the electric harp with all its effects carries on a dialogue with its acoustic counterpart, as if the new and the ancient world were melting together; a Mongolian shepherd's song winds its way between the strings.
Composer: Magnar Åm (1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
The divertimento as a musical genre dates back to the nineteenth century. Divertimenti were composed for various social occasions and were intended to be light, uncomplicated and cheerful.
Composer: Benjamin Britten, Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Terje Bjørklund, Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The First and Second Viennese Schools and their associated cultural environments constitute a fascinating, enigmatic musical terrain of strong mutual relationships.
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Arnold Schönberg, Anton Webern (1883–1945), Alban Berg
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
This reflective, tuneful album is a collection of beautiful piano music written and performed by Ola Gjeilo. His music is a blend of jazz, classical and popular music influences, married in a unique and passionate style.
Composer: Ola Gjeilo
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
This superlatively recorded album gives one not only the opportunity to acquaint oneself with a collection of solo (and duo) violin music by a number of contemporary Norwegian composers, but also to experience the fine playing of both Stig Nilsson and his son Anders Kjellberg Nilsson
Composer: Wolfgang Plagge, Kjell Mørk Karlsen (1947-), Øistein Sommerfeldt, Ketil Hvoslef
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
This music is inventive, melodic, (the tune that opens the 1st movement of the piece will haunt your brain for days), but in no sense whatsoever a pastiche of works by other composers.
Composer: Morten Gaathaug (1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Engagingly fleet-fingered, sweet-toned, mellifluous performances, topped off with perfect cadenzas. With this recording we wish to present a fresh version of the most elegant violin concertos in the history of music.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
It's Saturday night in rural Norway. You want to hold a dance, but there's no band, not even a fiddler. What do you do? Ask a singer to sing the tunes for dancing.
Composer: Various Composers
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Traditional Folk
Julemesse - Missa in Nativitate Domini
Their Julemesse: Missa in Nativitate Domini is a classical jewel, o'erbrimming with the clean, high sounds that only a boys' choir can properly achieve.
Composer: Various Composers
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral / Christmas
Exaudiam Eum - Gregorian Chant for Lent and Holy Week
Gregorian chant, in its all-embracing spirituality and poetry, appeals to the deeper levels of the human heart. Monks in the Middle Ages composed and performed this music as an integrated part of their daily occupation with Sacred Scripture.
Composer: Gregorian Chant
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral / Chant
Sigurd Islandsmoen's Requiem for soloists, choir and orchestra is a unique flower in the Norwegian music flora.
Composer: Sigurd Islandsmoen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Romantic / Orchestral
