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It took many hours of rehearsal for the Weimar Orchestra to get its lips and fingers around Richard Strauss’s tone poem "Don Juan" in the Autumn of 1889, even with the benefit of the composer...

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Release Date: November 08, 2019

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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) gained fame over much of Europe during the middle of his own life for his gallant and mixed style. In 1726, learned poet Christian Friedrich Weichmann (1698–1770) compared him to the...

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Release Date: February 07, 2020

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Trygve Aarvik has been one of Norway’s leading oboists for decades. As the solo oboist in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra between 1981 and 2018, he is also the most heard oboist in Norway, with countless...

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Release Date: February 07, 2020

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The idea of arranging Janacek's two string quartets for string orchestra has implicated two different approaches for me. The first is timbral: while the quartets' ever-changing dramatics make it challenging to ''resonate'' with the solo...

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Release Date: May 19, 2017

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There was a time in Norway when the position of organist was one of the most natural points of departure for a career as a professional musician. Edvard Grieg had plans to become an organist...

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Release Date: November 20, 2020

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The soundworld of the violin and of electronic music may not be as far apart as one would immediately think. When composer and radio engineer Pierre Schaeffer stated in the middle of the 20th century...

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Release Date: November 08, 2019

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“Trio for Soprano, Alto and Piano” was written the same year as “Kvartoni”, one of Hvoslef's early masterpieces. Not surprisingly, then, the two works are based on similar melodic material. Both compositions fit comfortably within...

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Release Date: August 07, 2020

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Det Synger I Stein - En Pilgrimsreise Fra Vestfold Til Orknø

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Release Date: April 28, 2011

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Christiania Mannskor, under the baton of conductor Marius Skjølaas, perform works by father and son David Monrad Johansen and Johan Kvandal. Some of the texts are traditional, from old norse texts, some are by Norwegian...

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Release Date: March 01, 2024

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To compose microtonal piano music, to explore the infinitesimal gaps between the white and black keys, is to embrace the necessity to rethink, retool and, of course, retune the instrument in order to expand or...

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Release Date: February 16, 2024

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In a world where unrest and war make constant headlines, human migration is an issue that touches peoples everywhere. On its latest release, The Silk Road, the Oslo-based wind chamber ensemble Oslo Kammerakademi presents a...

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Release Date: February 23, 2024

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The quintet, with its peculiar instrumentation and its tonal and rhythmic playfulness— described by some as “successfully circusy”—is a prime example of Prokofiev as an ironist and humorist, a superb craftsman who elegantly juggles his...

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Release Date: February 23, 2024

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All four compositions of Ørenslyd are developed from an exploration of acoustic and vocal sound formation and the active participation of our listening ability in this formation. The four pieces represent different manifestations of the...

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Release Date: January 19, 2024

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The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (KSS) under the direction of conductor Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde has established itself over the course of many years as one of the country’s leading female...

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Release Date: January 19, 2024

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Seven Disobediences Seven Imperatives is my answer to the tradition of character pieces for piano, such as Debussy’s Préludes and Grieg’s Lyric Pieces; short, relatively simple but concise miniatures with a motto, and usually with...

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Release Date: February 09, 2024