Arne Nordheim: Epitaffio

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The five works collected on this orchestral retrospective, superbly played by the Oslo Philharmonic, range through [Nordheim's] mature career...The performances were recorded before the composer's... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2012 More…

Release Date: 24th Oct 2011
Catalogue No: PSC1318
Label: Simax
Length: 64 minutes

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Internationally renowned Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim was born in 1931 and died last year. Consequently 2011 would have marked his 80th birthday, and to mark this anniversary Simax are releasing a recording which brings together some of his earliest and last orchestral pieces. Included are two works from the 1960s, Epitaffio and Canzona, alongside two from the 1990s Monolith and Adieu, and Fonos for trombone and orchestra which was written in 2003. The Oslo Philharmonic is conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Rolf Gupta, and the soloist in Fonos is Marius Hesby.

In Nordheim’s early works, like Canzona (1960) and Epitaffio (1963), which were commissioned by major artist and orchestras including Mstislav Rostropovich, the L.A. Philharmonic, and Peter Pears, we hear how Nordheim developed his signature motifs and themes, material that he would return to again and again. Adieu was written in memory of Lutoslawski in 1994, and the work is related to both ‘The Dream Ballade’ and the great oratorio ‘Nidaros’. Monolith was commissioned by the International Program for Music Composition, Tokyo, in 1990. Soloist Marius Hesby worked closely together with Nordheim on the trombone concerto Fonos, which was premiered in 2005 and was to be the composer’s final work for orchestra.

Nordheim’s artistic drive made him a beacon throughout the modern world for over 50 years. Although his music was often misunderstood during his lifetime, eventually Nordheim was given the highest acknowledgements for his work, and in 1982 he moved into Grotten, the Norwegian Government’s honorary residence near the Royal Palace. Arne Nordheim passed away only weeks after the present recording was finished, and was given a state funeral.

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February 2012

The five works collected on this orchestral retrospective, superbly played by the Oslo Philharmonic, range through [Nordheim's] mature career...The performances were recorded before the composer's death on June 5, 2010, so are not dutiful renditions but part of evolving tradition of Nordheim interpretations. Rolf Gupta directs finely shaped accounts of Monolith, Canzona...and Epitaffio

3rd November 2011

If the earliest pieces now sound rather dated, especially Epitaffio from 1963...the later works are both hugely impressive and superbly crafted...There's a strong musical personality in everything here, and the sleeve notes also provide an excellent overview of its development.

Arne Nordheim: Epitaffio

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