Johan Halvorsen - Orchestral Works
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN108344
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 29th September 2014
Contents
Works
Air norvegien, op.7Andante religioso
Bojarernes Indtogsmarsch
Brudefolget drager forbi (Bridal Procession)
Bryllupsmarsch, op.32 no.1
Chant de Veslemoy
Fossgrimen Suite, op.21
La Melancolie
Mascarade Suite
Norwegian Dances (3)
Norwegian Fairy Tale Pictures, op.37
Norwegian Festival Overture, op.38
Norwegian Rhapsody no.1 in A major
Norwegian Rhapsody no.2 in G major
Passacaglia in G minor for violin and viola (after Handel)
Queen Tamara
Rococo Variations 'Bergensiana'
Sorte Svaner (Black Swans)
Suite ancienne, op.31a
Symphony no.1 in C minor
Symphony no.2 in D minor, 'Fatum'
Symphony no.3 in C major
The King, op.19
Artists
Marianne Thorsen (violin)Ragnhild Hemsing (hardanger fiddle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Neeme JarviWorks
Air norvegien, op.7Andante religioso
Bojarernes Indtogsmarsch
Brudefolget drager forbi (Bridal Procession)
Bryllupsmarsch, op.32 no.1
Chant de Veslemoy
Fossgrimen Suite, op.21
La Melancolie
Mascarade Suite
Norwegian Dances (3)
Norwegian Fairy Tale Pictures, op.37
Norwegian Festival Overture, op.38
Norwegian Rhapsody no.1 in A major
Norwegian Rhapsody no.2 in G major
Passacaglia in G minor for violin and viola (after Handel)
Queen Tamara
Rococo Variations 'Bergensiana'
Sorte Svaner (Black Swans)
Suite ancienne, op.31a
Symphony no.1 in C minor
Symphony no.2 in D minor, 'Fatum'
Symphony no.3 in C major
The King, op.19
Artists
Marianne Thorsen (violin)Ragnhild Hemsing (hardanger fiddle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Neeme JarviAbout
Neeme Järvi and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have lifted the lid on one of Norway’s best-kept musical secrets with their series devoted to the orchestral works of Johan Halvorsen. Now, in this four-disc box set, these fresh and revealing recordings have been brought together for the first time.
Johan Halvorsen was among the most prominent Norwegian musical figures of his day, not only as one of the leading composers of his generation but also as a violinist and conductor. His compositions develop the national romantic tradition of his friends Grieg and Svendsen, but his was a distinctive style marked by brilliant orchestration which in turn was inspired by the French romantic composers.
Many of the works in the series reflect Halvorsen’s long association with the theatre. The varied fruits of this career produced such scores as Fossegrimen, the neoclassical Suite ancienne, the exotic Dance Scene from 'Queen Tamara', and his Symphonic Intermezzo from 'The King', a tone poem much indebted to the musical language of Liszt and Wagner.
The series also includes his output in more traditional genres. Halvorsen composed the three great symphonies late in his career, the first only at the age of fifty-nine, and they are strongly in the mould of late romantic composers such as Tchaikovsky, Dvorák and Svendsen.
Among Halvorsen’s many short, stand-alone works are a number of pieces for violin and orchestra, which reflect Halvorsen’s own abilities on the instrument, while drawing on nationalist influences. The leading Norwegian violinist Marianne Thorsen is the soloist.
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