Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen, Norway
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2023-12-08 05:00:00
A Mixed Bag of Orchestral Works (Andsnes, Handley, Janssons, Loughran, Panula, Westerberg, Wordsworth et al)
Classical Favourites:01 Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, op.84 [8'56]02 - 03 Franz Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor. D.759 'Unfinished' [26'14]04 - 07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 [30'50]Ulster Orchestra conducted by Vernon HandleyChandos CHAN 8746 [recorded January & February 1989; CD issued 1989][digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern IrelandRecording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian CouzensJean Sibelius in the Bar of M/S Finlandia:01 Musette - No.2 from King Christian II, op.27 [2'07]02 Finlandia-hymni, op.26 no.7 [2'00]03 Polonaise, op.40 [2'06]04 Valse Triste, op.44 no.1 [4'38]05 Oriental Procession - No.1 from Belshazzar's Feast Suite, op.51 [2'33]06 Khadra's Dance - No.4 from Belshazzar's Feast Suite, op.51 [3'55]07 Romanssi 'Romance', op.78 no.2 [3'22]08 Alla Marcia - No.3 from Karelia Suite, op.11 [5'23]09 Timantti hangella 'The Diamond on the March Snow', op.36 no.6 [2'35]10 Fool's song of the spider - No.4 from King […]
2023-12-02 12:00:44
Mark Elder, the Bergen Philharmonic and co are powerful advocates for Delius’s epic choral work, while Irish vocal group Resurgam showcase the distinctive brilliance of Weelkes• Frederick Delius’s A Mass of Life (1905), or Eine Messe des Lebens, opens with a choral explosion, only fitting for what turns out to be a battle of the will as expressed by Friedrich Nietzsche in Also sprach Zarathustra. The Bradford-born Delius used passages from the German philosopher he so admired – and who had great influence at the time of the work’s composition – for his humanist cantata for four soloists, double choir and orchestra, premiered at London’s Queen’s Hall in 1909. Many consider this overwhelming work the masterpiece of a composer still, nearly a century after his death, awaiting critical redemption. It doesn’t hold back, which makes others squirm.A new recording, in German, may be the longed-for boost the mass needs. Mark […]
2023-09-14 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 57 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringChen Gang and He Zhanhao: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (arr. Yan Huichang and Ku Lap-Man); Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Ronde Capriccioso in A minor, op. 28; Massenet: “Méditation” from Thaïs; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen. Joshua Bell, violin; Singapore Chinese Orchestra conducted by Tsung Yeh Those looking for something different but not too far “out there” might well find themselves fascinated by this recording, one that mixes East and West in an unusual way. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, which was inspired by a romantic Chinese legend, was written in 1959 by the Chinese composers Chen Gang (b. 1935) and He Zhanhao (b. 1933). Their original version, which they richly scored for a full Western symphonic orchestra, has achieved global popularity. For this recording, however, violinist Joshua Bell has chosen to perform an adaptation of the work by Yang Hui Chang and Ku Lap-Man for an orchestra of mostly traditional Chinese instruments. As the liner notes explain, “the sound world of […]
2022-08-20 11:30:38
Usher Hall; Queen’s Hall; Greenside @ Nicholson Square EdinburghThe striptease is all Strauss’s in the Bergen Philharmonic’s expertly revealing Salome. Plus, the new-ish Takács Quartet, a theorbo moment and a sock-throwing night at the operaWord on the wet streets of Edinburgh was that the first week of the 75th international festival – founded after the second world war to heal and unite through culture – was slow, with numbers down at main venues. By last weekend, for whatever fickle reasons, it had burst into life. The Usher Hall was full, the foyers buzzing before the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert performance of Richard Strauss’s Salome, with its British chief conductor Edward Gardner.Their account of Britten’s Peter Grimes five years ago
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