David Monrad Johansen: Piano Concerto, Pan, Symphonic Variations & Epigrammer

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this disc is...a wonderful introduction to his music. The performances are excellent as is the sound. — Fanfare, Jan/Feb 2021

Release Date: 1st May 2020
Catalogue No: 555246-2
Label: CPO
Length: 68 minutes

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Johansen, D: Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op. 29

Work length27:34

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Oliver Triendl (piano)
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

I. Allegro

Track length11:34

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II. Adagio

Track length8:52

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III. Presto

Track length7:08

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Johansen, D: Pan, Op 22

Work length12:22

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Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

Johansen, D: Epigrammer

Work length14:00

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Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

No. 1, Tempo di marcia

Track length1:02

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No. 2, Allegro grazioso

Track length0:35

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No. 3, Allegro

Track length2:06

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No. 4, Allegretto

Track length0:44

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No. 5, Vivace

Track length2:05

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No. 6, Poco Allegro

Track length2:25

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No. 7, Largo

Track length5:03

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Johansen, D: Symphonic Variations and Fugue, Op. 23

Work length14:21

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Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland

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David Monrad Johansen’s catalogue of works displays a mere thirty-six opus numbers as well as a dozen unnumbered compositions from various periods. The Epigrams on Norwegian motifs form his last lengthier composition as well as one that is more clearly related to Norwegian folk music than the other works recorded here. Monrad Johansen harmonized the given melodies in his characteristic manner while above all ennobling them with the tender colours and sumptuous fireworks of his detailed orchestration. However, it is first and foremost in his successful Pan op. 22 symphonic music that he exhibits his mastery in orchestral colouration, which in part may have its model in Richard Strauss but also follows the French impressionists. The Symphonic Variations and Fugue op. 23 (1944-46; rev. 1959 and 1964), more than Pan and its equal portions of German and French influence, are related to Monrad Johansen’s German education and exhibit many neoclassical elements. Already at the beginning of his artistic career Monrad Johansen distinguished himself as an outstanding pianist, and since 1927 he was drawn to the idea of composing a concerto, a idea realised nearly 30 years later.In its general outline the concerto displays the traditional three-movement structure and classical formal models. However, what particularly stands out is the dramatic alternation between the piano part, which is maintained in virtuosic style throughout, and the contributions by the orchestra

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this disc is...a wonderful introduction to his music. The performances are excellent as is the sound.

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