LAWO Classics

  • Lachenmann, Ness & Wallin: Botschaft des Ridicolas
    Lachenmann, Ness & Wallin: Botschaft des Ridicolas

    $18.99

    When the uncompromising duo Elisabeth Holmertz and Kenneth Karlsson finally release their long-awaited album on LAWO Classics, we find Norwegian and German contemporary music on the menu. On “Botschaft des Ridicolas” we hear “Got Lost”...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 10, 2022

  • Vogt: Light Shall Shine / Eidsten Dahl
    Vogt: Light Shall Shine / Eidsten Dahl

    $18.99

    On the album “Light Shall Shine” organist Anders Eidsten Dahl performs three works of Herman Vogt on the magnificent Carsten Lund organ in Bragernes Church. The release is the result of a collaboration over more...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 20, 2022

  • Sonata Norwegica / Eidsten Dahl, Ensemble Freithoff
    Sonata Norwegica / Eidsten Dahl, Ensemble Freithoff

    $18.99

    On “Sonata Norwegica” recorder player Caroline Eidsten Dahl and Ensemble Freithoff present three Norwegian composers and one who is Swedish: Johan Henrik Freithoff, Georg von Bertouch, Johan Daniel Berlin, and the Swede, Henrik Philip Johnsen....


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 22, 2019

  • Så kort ein sommar menneska har - Songs by Gisle Kverndokk / Kielland, Mortensen
    Så kort ein sommar menneska har - Songs by Gisle Kverndokk / Kielland, Mortensen

    $18.99

    Gisle Kverndokk writes: “Melody is something I have been passionate about throughout my career as a composer. Crafting a melody that is captivating yet simultaneously original and unpredictable. What, exactly, makes a melody "good"? I've...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 02, 2021

  • Matre: Konsert for Orkester / Szilvay, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
    Matre: Konsert for Orkester / Szilvay, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    $18.99

    “Concerto for Orchestra” was commissioned by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and premiered in 2014 with Peter Szilvay as conductor and Peter Herresthal as violin soloist. The performance marked the end of Matre’s engagement as the season’s...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 14, 2018

  • Eide Pedersen: Soccorsi
    Eide Pedersen: Soccorsi

    $18.99

    The title of the CD had to be “Soccorsi” – this mellifluous Italian word, also the title of one of Morten Eide Pedersen’s piano works. “Soccorsi” means supportive, helpful, and so was Morten: he who...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 16, 2021

  • Unexpected Songs / Daniel Saether, et al
    Unexpected Songs / Daniel Saether, et al

    $18.99

    "Unexpected Songs" is the debut recording of Norwegian countertenor Daniel Sæther. The works on this release are juxtapositions of old (texts) and new (music). The songs are written by some of the most important Norwegian...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2021

  • The Artist's Secret / Bettina Smith, Jan Willem Nelleke
    The Artist's Secret / Bettina Smith, Jan Willem Nelleke

    $18.99

    Mezzo-soprano Bettina Smith and pianist Jan Willem Nelleke invite us into a somewhat forgotten and seldom performed repertoire with their release, “The Artist's Secret.” The release contains works for voice and piano, written by female...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 09, 2021

  • Verdi & Sibelius / Vertavo Quartet
    Verdi & Sibelius / Vertavo Quartet

    $18.99

    The Vertavo Quartet is recognized as one of the most exciting and experienced string quartets of our time. On this new release, the Quartet tackles works by Giuseppe Verdi and Jean Sibelius. While Verdi does...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 25, 2020

  • The First Beauty / Oslo Chamber Academy
    The First Beauty / Oslo Chamber Academy

    $18.99

    These works for wind octet - by Klein, Kvandal, and Yun - are regarded as cornerstones of the recent literature. Oslo Chamber Academy is a new ensemble featuring some of Scandinavia's leading wind soloists. Oslo...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: December 11, 2015

  • Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 & Tod und Verklarung, Op. 24 / Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic
    Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 & Tod und Verklarung, Op. 24 / Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic

    $18.99

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko offer here the third and final release in a series of recordings of Richard Strauss’s orchestral music. Vasily Petrenko, who has been the orchestra’s chief conductor since 2013, takes...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 13, 2020

  • Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus / Petrenko, Gerstein, Olso Philharmonic
    Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus / Petrenko, Gerstein, Olso Philharmonic

    $18.99

    This new release is the last installment in Petrenko's fortunate survey of Scriabin's symphonic output. Gramophone writes: “Kirill Gerstein is just the sort of 'thinking pianist' to take it on [Scriabin’s Piano Concerto] and he...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 12, 2018

  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27
    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27

    $18.99

    Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) composed his Symphony No 6 in E flat minor, Opus 111 between 1945 and February 1947, though his sketches date from 1944 - before his completion of the Fifth Symphony. The scoring...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 18, 2021

  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21 / Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic
    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21 / Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic

    $18.99

    Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as “...the culmination of an entire period in my work. I conceived it as a symphony on the grandeur of the human spirit.” He regarded this symphony, composed in the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 15, 2021

  • Norwegian Music for Female Choir / Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening
    Norwegian Music for Female Choir / Kvindelige Studenters Sangforening

    $18.99

    The world’s oldest academic female choir has sought out choir music for women by five male Norwegian composers- compositions that challenge and expand conceptions of Norway’s cultural heritage. There is here scarcely a trace of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 23, 2018