EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt (Complete Incidental Music) Marita Solberg (soprano) Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Ingebjorg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Putting Grieg's familiar music in the unfamiliar (to us) context of Ibsen's play helps re-focus our attention on works which are in danger of becoming hackneyed" (MusicWeb) |
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) |
GRIEG
The Complete Orchestral Music (8 CDs special price) Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2008 ] "As far as Grieg boxes go, this has to be top recommendation both for price, and sheer excellence of the performances and recordings. Never mind 'Bargain of the Month', this has to be one of the bargains of the year, so my advice is to snap up a copy... |
GRIEG
Orchestral Music Vol 1 (In Autumn; Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16; Symphony in C minor ) Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Outstanding concert from an orchestra on home ground and a distinguished soloist." (Gramophone) |
Ole Borud
Stepping Up [Japanese Pressing] [ VAA / CD - released 14/May/2015 ] |
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). |
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 |
GRIEG
Olav Trygvason and Orchestral Songs Solveig Kringelborn (sop) Ingebjarg Kosmo (mezzo) Trond Halstein Moe (bar) Marita Solberg (sop) / Bergen Philharmonic Choir / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "Collectors of this series need not hesitate but the disc should be of interest to many lovers of 19th century music. Playing some of the Olav Trygvason music at a blindfold test could be a fascinating climax of a music lovers'... |
GEIRR TVEITT
Wedding Suite & Troll Tunes Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] Geirr Tveitt was only sixteen when he began to notate folk melodies as they were sung by elderly people in the neighbourhood in Hardanger. |
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud
Baldur's Dreams [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] |
GEIRR TVEITT
Prillar & Sun God Symphony Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "Beautifully played and characterful accounts...recommended" (Gramophone) |
SAEVERUD
Saeverud - Orchestral Vol. 6 (Includes Overtura appassionata & Divertimento No.1 for flute and strings) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] With this eighth volume BIS close their series of the orchestral music by Norway's greatest symphonist, Harald Sæverud (1897-1992). |
SAEVERUD
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 8. Truls Mark (cello) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Music from this highly popular Norwegian composer! |