Johansen / Kvandel - Piano Concertos
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Label: Simax
Cat No: PSC1234
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 27th October 2008
Contents
Artists
Havard Gimse (piano)Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Christian EggenOle Kristian Ruud
Works
Pan, op.22Piano Concerto in E flat major, op.29
Piano Concerto, op.85
Artists
Havard Gimse (piano)Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Christian EggenOle Kristian Ruud
About
David Monrad Johansen had a key position in the Norwegian musical life in the time between the World Wars. In this period, the whole musical society was influenced by nationalistic ideas and Monrad Johansen was inspired by the old Norwegian sagas as well as the writers of his time. In his music he succeeded in blending the Norwegian roots with the musical expression of his time.
Johansen’s orchestral piece 'Pan', a tribute to the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, is probably his most popular work and the one performed the most internationally. His striking but highly melodic piano concerto was given its first performance in the mid 1950s and is a three movement piece with a classical structure.
Joahan Kvandal shared his father's relationship with the Norwegian arts and music, but his own style of writing was more influenced by European music than Monrad Johansens. Kvandal’s Piano concerto was the last thing he wrote and it was finished in 1998. The Norwegian pianist Håvard Gimse was the prime force behind this piece, and played all the movements as soon as they were ready from the composer’s pen. The second movement is unique in the literature of concertos, opening as it does with a 19 bar phrase for solo tuba.
Christian Eggen conducts the Johansen concerto; Ole Kristian Ruud conducts the Kvandal.
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