Johan Halvorsen Orchestral Works
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Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Volumes 1-4
Marianne Thorsen (violin), Marianne Thorsen (violin) & Ragnhild Hemsing (Hardanger fiddle), Melina Mandozzi (violin) & Ilze Klava (viola)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Ragnhild Hemsing (hardanger fiddle) & Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
The Bergen Philharmonic under Jarvi respond with commitment throughout, relishing the challenges of the music as much as the opportunity to showcase it...Top-notch Chandos sound completes a... —
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Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Volume 1
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Järvi has Beecham's gift in making the merely worthy sound exceptional and so it proves with the symphony, written for Halvorsen's own pleasure...The performances throughout are top-notch and... —
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Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Volume 2
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
This is music that in less sensitive hands could easily pall, yet here every phrase pulsates with charm and energy, making even the simplest of gestures feel like musical gold. To hear the way... —
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Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Volume 4
Melina Mandozzi (violin) & Ilze Klava (viola)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Halvorsen was a natural tone-painter and story-teller...The Bergen Philharmonic under Jarvi once more provide beautifully idiomatic performances caught in rich Chandos sound...a musical delight. —
