Rikard Nordraak: Songs And Piano Music
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Release Date: 26 May 2017
Label: Lawo
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090020181318
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Release Date: 26 May 2017
Label: Lawo
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090020181318
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Description
Recording of the Month - Musicweb International:
"The music is attractive and interesting, and this is brought out by the excellent recorded sound. We should be thankful to both performers and Lawo for bringing us this wonderful disc."
"Everything here is worth hearing, not least as a memento of a great talent who died very young." - Musicweb
Helene Wold studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and National Opera Studio in London and since completing her studies has performed as soloist with a number of opera houses in Europe, including the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and Glyndebourne.
Eugene Asti studied at the Mannes College of Music, New York with Jeannette Haien where he earned his BMus and MA and subsequently studied piano accompaniment with Graham Johnson at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where he now teaches.
One of the foremost accompanists of his generation, he has performed with many great artists including Dame Felicity Lott, Sir Willard White, Sir Thomas Allen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Sarah Connolly, Bryn Terfel and the late Dame Margaret Price.
Rikard Nordraak was a Norwegian composer and is best known as the composer of the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet". Performing a selection of his works, this disc is a wonderful introduction to his music.
Tracklisting
Tine Thing Helseth, tenThing Brass Ensemble
Marianne Beate Kielland, Halvor Festervoll Melien, Nils Anders Mortensen
Jan Martin Smordal
Daniel Saether, Ensemble C4
POING
NoXaS Saxophone Quartet, Berit Norbakken, Nordic Voices
Sanae Yoshida
Christiania Mannskor, Marius Skjolaas
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
Carlotta Malquori, Andrea D'Amato
Ensemble La Francaise
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
Trio Parnassus
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Narratio Quartet
Beau Soir Trio