2012 marks the bicentennial of Ludvig Mathias Lindeman's birth, and Simax Classics joins the celebration by issuing a 3-CD box of music by Ludwig and four other composers from his family, Anna Severine Lindemann, Peter Brynie Lindeman, Just Riddervold Lindeman, and Ole Andreas Lindeman. The music featured covers the period from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century. The set was originally released on vinyl in 1983 but is now being made available on CD for the first time.
The Lindeman family has for generations had a great impact on the musical life of Norway both as church musicians, collectors of folk music, and music educators. Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812-1887) is the most important member of this family of musicians, based primarily in Trondheim and Christiania. He is considered to be the foremost Norwegian church musician of the 19th century and was accomplished in several fields. Besides being an outstanding organ player and improviser, he exerted great influence as an organ tutor and general music teacher. Among his students were Johan Svendsen, Johannes Haarklou and Hjalmar Borgstrøm.
The set also contains string quartets by Anna Severine and Just Riddervold, as well as keyboard pieces by Ole Andreas and Peter Brynie. Most of this music is performed from manuscripts, but some are taken from editions that were published at the time.
