Borgstrøm
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Into the pot go Norwegian folk music, Wagnerian echoes, a squeeze of Massenet, a sliver of Sibelius – a conservative mixture on the whole, poured over librettos largely drawn from national legends... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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[Shostakovich] Hemsing is as fine in the third movement as the first in progressively ratcheting up the tension before easing down into the cadenza, which in turn grows steadily to a searing... —
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The Norwegian composer Hjalmar Borgstrøm was a big Wagner fan, and can’t you just tell – while imaginatively scored, his 1904 symphonic poem Jesus i Gethsemane features a chromatic ‘fear’ motif... —
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Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Der Fischer
Kjell Magnus Sandve (tenor), Ingebjørg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano), Ketil Hugaas (bass-baritone), Eli Kristin Hanssveen (soprano), Thor Inge Falch (tenor), Njål Sparbo (bass-baritone), Gregg Santa (bass-baritone), Ketil Haugaas (bass-baritone), The Norwegian Opera Orchestra, The Norwegian Opera Chorus,...
The work itself may not be a masterpiece but it’s the next best thing: a thrilling, excitable, theatrically astute and dramatically tight opera, particularly so during the storm that batters... —
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Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Violin Concerto & Two Symphonic Poems
Nils Anders Mortensen (piano), Jonas Båtstrand (violin)
The Symphony Orchestra of NorrlandsOperan, Terje Boye Hansen
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Duo Brilliante
Arvid Engegård (violin) & Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Terje Boye Hansen
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Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Jonas Båtstrand (violin) & Helge Kjekshus (piano)
the keen performances serve this serious but not hugely seductive music well —
