Hilde Torgersen; Kenneth Karlsson
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Description
It is with great pleasure that we present a hidden treasure - an over 30-year-old live recording with the musician couple Hilde Torgersen and Kenneth Karlsson. The background for this recording was an invitation they received to hold a concert in Bremen in 1992. The initiator was the Norwegian pianist Darlén Bakke, who had moved to Germany after finishing his studies at the Academy of Music. Her desire to present Norwegian music in Germany resulted in the festival "Bremen meets Oslo", where several Norwegian musicians and composers were invited to participate.
Kenneth Karlsson has been artistic director and pianist in Cikada since 1989. He has also played in a number of improvisational groups over the years, most recently in the quartet Point 4 with Jon Balke, Ingar Zach and Bjørn Rabben. He has toured all over the world, both as a solo musician and with various ensembles.
Mezzo-soprano Hilde Torgersen has been a soloist with a number of Scandinavian orchestras and has toured all over the world with major works such as "Circles" by Berio, "Indianerlieder" by Stockhausen, Schönberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" and Scelsi's vocal music. She has had a close collaboration with several composers and is behind a number of first performances.
Tracklisting
Harpreet Bansal, Cikada, Harpreet Bansal Trio
Ingela Oien, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ingar Bergby, BIT20 Ensemble
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ingar Bergby
Marianne Beate Kielland, Nils Anders Mortensen
Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, Nils Anders Mortensen, Sanae Yoshida, Rolf Gupta, Helge Iberg
Amalie Stalheim, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo filharmonisk kor, Ensemble 96, Peter Szilvay, In
Audun Sandvik, Sveinung Bjelland, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Anna-Maria Helsing
NyNorsk Messingkvintett, Thorolf Thuestad
Magdalena Kozena, Mitsuko Uchida
Liparit Avetisyan; Constantine Orbelian; Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Joanna Klisowska|Katarzyna Neugebauer
Jean-Francois Borras; Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Pierre Dumoussaud
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux, Joseph Havlat
Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
Anne-Lise Polchlopek; Federico Tibone; Pierre Laniau
Various Artists
