More By Artist: Ole Ask
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Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
Hot Hawaiian Nights [ The Mountain Apple Company / DVD - released 9/Dec/2002 ] Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Stereo - Colour - 50 Minutes - NTSC An excellent live TV performance - short but very sweeeet! Born in Honolulu in 1959, this son of a Ni'ihau mother returned to Ni'ihau to spend the first five years of his life... |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Ole Schmidt (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "These are performances ablaze with life, warmth and a sense of discovery... his readings have the authentic ring to them." - The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music |
BORODIN
Symphony No 2 / Music from 'Prince Igor' / In the Steppes of Central Asia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Schmidt [ Alto / CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "rich, open orchestral sound…is just as impressive in the fill-ups" (c) Gramophone |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Borodin: Symphony No.2 / Polovtsian Dances / Prince Igor Overture / Steppes Central Asia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Schmidt (conductor) [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "Too long neglected on disc.. Ole Schmidt and the Royal Philharmonic offers an outstanding version of the second symphony - beautifully played and recorded and with excellent and ideal fillers. One of the very finest at any price.." Penguin Guide... |
Eugene YSAYE
String Trio / sonata for Two Violins / Cello Sonata Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bard Monsen (violin) Lasrs Anders Tomter (viola) Ole-Eirik Ree (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] While Ysaÿe's Six Solo Violin Sonatas remain his best known works, the Belgian virtuoso also composed other pieces which translate his thorough knowledge of the violin's capabilities into thrilling music. |
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Best of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole [ Universal Music / CD - released 31/Mar/2011 ] Featuring his stirring version of the classic "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", this 'Best of' collection celebrates the life of an extraordinary musician. |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Complete) London Symphony Orchestra, Ole Schmidt [ ALTO / CD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
GRIEG
Norwegian Dances / Symphonic Dances / Lyric Suite Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2003 ] Record of the Year Award 2003 The Grieg Society of Great Britain |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Old Norwegian Melody with Variations / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "..you can't go wrong with this excellent release. Ole Kristian Ruud knows the music about as well as anyone alive, and it goes without saying that the orchestra does too. There are some wonderful things here, including an effortless, surging... |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite / Two Elegiac Melodies / Two Lyric Pieces / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This is simply the most beautiful record of Grieg's string music in the catalogue, and one of the most beautiful and realistic recordings of strings we have ever heard. Try and hear the disc on SACD equipment with four speakers, and you will be... |
GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar (incidental music for baritone, male choir and orchestra, Op.22) / etc Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Garild Mauseth (narrator) / Male-voice choir from the Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Philharmonic / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "..you really need to hear this sensational disc. The Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak offers about eight minutes of orchestral Sturm und Drang as intense as anything by Berlioz or Mahler; and as recorded here it sounds like a tone poem of Jon... |
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
E Ala E [ Big Boy Record Company / CD - released 14/Mar/1995 ] Official import. Big Hawaiian with beautiful voice. Includes Theme From Gilligan's Island! |
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
Iz In Concert: The Man and His Music [ Big Boy Record Company / CD - released 4/Feb/2000 ] Official import. A passionate live recording from this gifted singer |
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
N Dis Life [ Big Boy Record Company / CD - released 20/Dec/1996 ] Official import. His final recording |
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole
Wonderful World [ Big Boy Record Company / CD - released 7/Jul/2007 ] The voice that touched the world - this CD features Israel’s intimate vocals, backed with a full orchestra! Iz creates magic with his music and once again, he has done it (posthumously) with 'Wonderful World'. |
SAEVERUD
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 Katrine Buvarp (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "A triumphant addition with a strong mix of the accessible and the more subtle. This should win many new and agreeably surprised friends for Sæverud." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
GEIRR TVEITT
Piano Concerto No.5, Op.156 / Variations on a Folk-song from Hardanger for two pianos and orchestra Nils Mortensen (piano) / Sveinung Bjelland (piano) (Variations) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "Vibrant recordings of three of Tveitt’s piano concertos plus his atmospheric folk-song variations and Steinbeck cantata" (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of the Cornet Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet) / The Royal Norwegian Navy Band (Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps) / Ingar Bergby [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] The Royal Norwegian Navy Band is one of five professional military bands in Norway. With its 32 full-time musicians this highly popular ensemble performs both in Norway and abroad. |
DESENCLOS / JOLIVET / PLANEL / TOMASI
French Trumpet Concertos Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui [ BIS SACD / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Virtuoso Ole Edvard Antonsen has gathered five works composed between 1944 and 1966 that clearly demonstrate the colourful, vibrant and technical abilities of the trumpet. |
HARRI WESSMAN / BRITTA BYSTROM / ALFRED JANSON / CHRISTIAN LINDBERG
Ole Edvard Antonsen plays Nordic Trumpet Concertos Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet/cornet) Nordic Chamber Orchestra Sundsvall Sweden / Christian Lindberg [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Trumpet player Ole Edvard Antonsen and trombonist Christian Lindberg have collaborated extensively before, on disc notably in Lindberg’s own double concerto, Behac Munroh (BIS-CD-1428). |
