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the main musical event is Tveitt's Sonata No. 29, Op. 129 (Sonata etere), a remarkable piece built from just two tunes. Leif Ove Andsnes lays out its structure with consummate skill - despite... —
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Grieg: Chasing the Butterfly
Sigurd Slåttebrekk (Grieg's own piano at Troldhaugen), Edvard Grieg (piano, 1903 acoustic recordings)
Oslo Philharmonic, Michail Jurowski
Primitive recording technology had previously rendered these precious historical documents musically indecipherable, but thanks to the painstaking efforts of producer Tony Harrison they now... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Thomas Dausgaard's Beethoven Eighth crackles with life and makes an enthusiastic play for the score's zanier elements, such as the syncopated accents near the beginning of the first movement's... —
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Widor: Organ Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
RecommendedKåre Nordstoga (Cavaillé-Coll organ of l'Abbatiale Saint Etienne de Caen)
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Guro Kleven Hagen (violin)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset
A delight to be acquainted with the name and performance of a very impressive young musician, her interpretations entirely confident and full of character. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven - Complete Orchestral Works Volume 5
RecommendedMats Rondin (cello), Boris Berezovsky (piano), Urban Svensson (violin)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
A recording of rare and compelling truthfulness that will stand the test of time. —
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Building a Library, May 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Seeing that we enjoy Bach and Mozart on a modern piano, should we demur at their music being played on an equally anachronistic consort of viols? Leaving aside the argument advanced in Laurence... —
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Ketil Hvoslef: Piano Concerto · Ein Traumspiel · Barabbas
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Juan José Mena
