Ole Hjellemo: Orchestral Works

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The Violin Concerto and equally lively Symphony No. 2 make a good introduction to Ole Hjellemo, a Norwegian composer who plied his trade in the early 20th century. The playing has its roughand-ready... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Jan 2023
Catalogue No: CDS1128
Label: Sterling
Length: 74 minutes

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Hjellemo: Violin Concerto

Work length17:58

$3.50

$4.90

Christopher Tun Andersen
Makris Symphony Orchestra
Jørn Fossheim

I. Allegro

Track length9:58

$1.50

$2.10

II. Andante - attacca

Track length4:29

$1.00

$1.40

III. Allegro con brio

Track length3:31

$1.00

$1.40

Hjellemo: Norwegian Caprice (Rondo) for violin and orchestra

Work length8:03

$1.50

$2.10

Christopher Tun Andersen
Makris Symphony Orchestra
Jørn Fossheim

Hjellemo: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

Work length48:26

Album only

Christopher Tun Andersen
Makris Symphony Orchestra
Jørn Fossheim

I. Andante molto - Andantino - Allegro

Track length16:05

Album only

II. Andantino moto

Track length11:10

$2.00

$2.80

III. Allegro con spirito

Track length8:41

$1.50

$2.10

IV. Andante - Allegro molto

Track length12:30

$2.00

$2.80

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"Sterling are releasing a collection of works by Ole Hjellemo, a 19th Century composer born in the highest peaks of Norway, as illustrated by the painted cover of this project. These works for Violin Concerto, Violin and Orchestra and Symphony have been performed by the Makris Symphony Orchestra, with Jern Fossheim conducting and Christopher Tun Andersen as Solo Violinist. Irrespective who inspired him, we rarely find clear traces of influence of other composers in Hjellemo’s music. His tonal language is classically rooted, but at the same time it is always his own. Hjellemo appears in many ways to be a solitary being in Norwegian music history, perhaps especially since folk music, which for other Norwegian composers often had an exotic aura, was a learning from his childhood, and was closer to him than any other music. When Hjellemo uses folk music in his works, this therefore appears authentic and genuine. But even when he writes music with no clear connection to folk music, he is completely himself."

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February 2023

The Violin Concerto and equally lively Symphony No. 2 make a good introduction to Ole Hjellemo, a Norwegian composer who plied his trade in the early 20th century. The playing has its roughand-ready moments, but is full of vigour.

January 2023

There is fulsome late-Romantic colour here [in Symphony No. 2] and a slightly Straussian effulgence and sublimated Wagnerian rumbling… In the violin works Christopher Tun Andersen adeptly follows his predecessor Johan Simonsen.

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