SACD, Valen (composer)
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The players' ensemble and intonation are flawless and their understanding of each other and the repertoire highly impressive. LAWO's sound is crystal clear and very natural. —
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Austbø is a model of lucidity, teasing out poetry from between the arid stones in this austere yet not uninteresting repertoire. His booklet-note is correspondingly clear-sighted and Aurora's... —
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refractions: Choral Works by Valen, Berg, Messiaen & Webern
Berit Norbakken Solset (soprano)
Det Norske Solistkor, KORK & Members of the Oslo Sinfonietta, Grete Pedersen
The ecstatic, tonality-bending music of the Norwegian Fartein Valen sits well with ethereal Webern plus better-known Messiaen, a challenge met by this fine choir —
