Release Date: 13 January 2017
Label: Lawo
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 100
Barcode: 7090020181301
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Prokofiev
Description
While Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No.1 was meant to sound "like wind in a cemetery", the Second Sonata, originally written for flute, is characterized more by cloudless skies and an absence of concerns. Both are dedicated to the legendary violinist, David Oistrakh, who played parts of the First Sonata at Prokofiev's funeral.
On this recording, the Five Melodies serve as the transition between light and darkness. The work was originally a wordless vocalise written while Prokofiev was living in the
USA. It was arranged for violin and piano during his years in Paris.
Elise Båtnes began playing the violin at age four and debuted as soloist with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra four years later. She has been the leader of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2006 and appears as soloist with leading orchestras and conductors around the world. She has five earlier recordings on the LAWO Classics label.
Håvard Gimse is firmly established as one of Norway's leading musicians, with an expansive repertoire that includes over thirty piano concertos he has performed. He gives regular guest performances at Wigmore Hall in London and is in frequent demand as both soloist and chamber musician.
Tracklisting
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
Engegard Quartet
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay, Aage Richard Meyer, Cam Kjoll, Ruth Potter
Alexandre Debrus & Gauvain de Morant
Christiana Coppola; Ludovica De Bernardo
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica
Denis Plante; Stephane Tetreault
Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin
Cracow Golden Quintet
Galatea Quartet
Mathieu Lussier; Christophe Gauthier; Amanda Keesmaat
