Tveitt: A Hundred Hardanger Tunes Suites / Engeset, Et Al

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 1, 2001
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TVEITT
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Bjarte, Engeset
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2001
    • UPC
      747313507825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555078
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1: Velkomne med aera (Welcome with Honour)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    2. No. 2: Flyteljod (Flute Air)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    3. No. 3: Fagraste viso pao Jorae (The Most Beautiful Song on Earth)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    4. No. 4: Moltor og myrabaer (Cloudberries and Moorberries)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    5. No. 5: Stavkyrkjestev (Stave Church Song)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    6. No. 6: A naoe meg no fo mi tusta (Alas, My Girl)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    7. No. 7: Uppskoka (Consecration of the New Beer)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    8. No. 8: Syrgjeleg song um ein tom brennevinsdunk (Lament for an Empty Brandy Keg)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    9. No. 9: Langeleiklat (Langeleik Tune)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    10. No. 10: Stolstone (Echo from the Summer Hillfarm)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    11. No. 11: Hastverksbrudlaup (Hasty Wedding)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    12. No. 12: Guds Godhet og Guds Storhet (God's Goodness and Greatness)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    13. No. 13: Vise folks folkevisa um visse folk (Wise Folks Gossip about Certain People)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    14. No. 14: Storskrytarstev (Braggart's Ballad)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    15. No. 15: Siste Farvel (The Last Farewell)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    16. No. 46: Du... (You...)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    17. No. 47: Friar-foter (Going a-wooing)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    18. No. 48: Eit gamalt sel fortel (Tale from the Old Mountain Hut)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    19. No. 49: Belaresveinen (The Matchmaker)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    20. No. 50: Pao veg te Brudlaupsgaren (Off to the Country Wedding)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    21. No. 51: Krune-brure (Bridal Crown)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    22. No. 52: Graot og laott aot ain baot (Tears and Laughter for a Boat)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    23. No. 53: "So stillt dei ror pa glitre-fjord" (How Silently They Row on the Glittering Fjord)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    24. No. 54: Kjomeistar-visa (Toastmaster's Song)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    25. No. 55: "Nar kvite skaut i sumarbrisen bylgjer" (When White Scarves Wave in the Summer Breeze)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    26. No. 56: Rikje Ragna med jarnhendene (Rich Ragna with the Iron Hands)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    27. No. 57: "Skottrarar" (Guisers)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    28. No. 58: Brura-drammane (The Bride's Drink)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    29. No. 59: Fylle-snakk - hommage a l'atonalite (Drunken Talk - Homage to Atonality)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset

    30. No. 60: Haring-ol (Hardanger Ale)

      Composer: Geirr Tveitt

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Bjarte Engeset


The second release in the Naxos Geirr Tveitt survey comprises two orchestral suites drawn from A Hundred Hardanger Tunes Op. 151. There are not--and never were--a full hundred, but what survives are four orchestral sets of 15 pieces each. A further group was lost in the disastrous fire at Tveitt's ancestral farmstead in 1970 that resulted in the destruction of most of his completed works. Tveitt lived in the Hardanger region of western Norway, and the folk tunes (the "Hardingtonar") were collected by the composer during his travels throughout the locality. The material often is humorously orchestrated, most cleverly in the second group heard here, the Suite No. 4 "Brudlaups-Suiten" ("Wedding Suite"). This set takes the form of a programmatic representation of a traditional Nordic wedding and includes such graphic episodes as Hardanger Tune No. 58 "Brura-drammane" or "The Bride's Drink". Here, a peasant has slipped something into the bride's beverage and the first bassoon gives a risible portrayal of its undesired laxative effects! This account uses the recently completed edition by Bjarte Engeset, who directs a capable and attractive performance and secures a colorfully idiomatic response from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.


Suite No. 1 (un-titled) has been recorded previously on the Simax label by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Per Dreier. Although Dreier's is marginally better-engineered than Engeset's Naxos disc, there's little to choose between these two well-paced, evenly-balanced performances. If you're interested in Tveitt's music, try out this budget CD; the music is entertaining enough to fully justify the minimal outlay, and you can't go wrong with Engeset's strongly committed readings of both suites.
--Michael Jameson, ClassicsToday.com