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Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Der Fischer
Kjell Magnus Sandve (tenor), Ingebjørg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano), Ketil Hugaas (bass-baritone), Eli Kristin Hanssveen (soprano), Thor Inge Falch (tenor), Njål Sparbo (bass-baritone), Gregg Santa (bass-baritone), Ketil Haugaas (bass-baritone), The Norwegian Opera Orchestra, The Norwegian Opera Chorus,...
The work itself may not be a masterpiece but it’s the next best thing: a thrilling, excitable, theatrically astute and dramatically tight opera, particularly so during the storm that batters... —
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Beethoven: Complete Orchestral Works Volume 12
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro
The Choral Fantasy is a fascinating work in its own right: an amalgam of concerto, variations and cantata…[this is] as fine a performance as you are likely to find —
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The Norwegian Soloists Choir: Hear
Elisabeth Braaten Tone (soprano)
The Norwegian Soloists Choir, Grete Pedersen Helgerød
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Geirr Tveitt: From a Travel Diary
World Premiere Recording
Fragaria Vesca: Tor Johan Bøen, Yi Yang (violin), Bénedicte Royer (viola), Cecilie Løken (flute), Christian Mortensen (double bass), Johanna Nousiainen (harp), Johannes Martenens (cello), Rune Brodal (French horn) & Steffen Bliindheim (oboe, cor anglais)
Both [Husguden and Frå ei reisedagbok] receive very neat performances, although the recordings are close-miked and a touch claustrophobic...The two fillers...have a galumphing charm, as if being... —
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Rolf Wallin: Wire and String
Susanne Lundeng (fiddle), Siri Torjesen (soprano)
Bodø Sinfonietta, Christian Eggen
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Beethoven - Complete Orchestral Works Volume 11
The Creatures of Prometheus, Twelve Menuets & Twelve German Dances
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro, Thomas Dausgaard
it is to Dausgaard's credit that he neither condescends nor elevates the material beyond its station...Instead of the mature composer looking backwards, Dausgaard wisely gives us the precocious... —
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