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The Lindeman Legacy – Eva Knardahl

L.M. LINDEMAN: Norske Kjæmpevise Melodier / Norwegian Epic Ballads (1884-85) · 30 norske Kjæmpevisemelodier / 30 Norwegian Epic Ballads (1863) · Halvhundrede norske Fjeldmelodier harmoniserende for Mandsstemmer / Fifty Norwegian Mountainmore… Melodies for Men´s Voices (1862) · from Johan Behrens: Samling af flerstemmige Mandssange / Collection of Songs for Men´s Choir (1845-82) · Variation for Piano Four Hands on the Swedish Melody Gubben Noa · Ældre og nyere Norske Fjeldmelodier / Older and Newer Norwegian Mountain Melodies (1853-67) · Variations on the Chorale He who lets the Lord decide · Three Fugues on the Theme B.A.C.H · Variations on the Chorale Who knows how nigh my end may be · A.S. LINDEMAN: Three Piano Pieces · Four Piano Pieces · String Quartet, G minor · J.R. LINDEMAN: Four Romances for Piano · String Quartet, D major (1864) · O.A. LINDEMAN: XVI Engelske Dandse / XVI English Dances · Aria: Hæld den hvis Siæl er, F-dur / F major · Menuet no. 1, Ess-dur / E flat major · IV Menuetter / IV Menuets · Lamentoso: O grumme død, c-moll / O Grim Death, C minor · P.B. LINDEMAN: 3 Small Pieces

Malmö Chamber Choir · Einar Steen-Nøkleberg · Eva Knardahl · Copenhagen String Quartet · Kåre Nordstoga

A 3CD box with music by no less than five composers from this Norwegian ‘dynasty in music’.

kr 250

Lindeman collection CD premiere

The Lindeman family has for generations had a great impact on the musical life of Norway, both as church musicians, collectors of folk music and music educators. 2012 marks the bicentennial of Ludvig Mathias Lindeman’s birth, and Simax Classics joins the celebration by issuing this 3CD box with music by no less than five composers from this Norwegian ‘dynasty in music’.

This release presents music from composers over many generations. Ole Andreas is born in 1769, and Anna Severine dies in 1938. The works are written for choir, organ, harpsichord, fortepiano, piano and string quartet. The set was released for the first time in 1983 on vinyl, and the music has not been available on CD before now.

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The Lindeman family has for generations had a great impact on the musical life of Norway, both as church musicians, collectors of folk music and music educators. 2012 marks the bicentennial of Ludvig Mathias Lindeman’s birth, and Simax Classics joins the celebration by issuing this 3CD box with music by no less than five composers from this Norwegian ‘dynasty in music’.

Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812-1887) choir, organ and piano music

L. M. Lindeman is the most important member of the Lindeman family of musicians, based primarily in Trondheim and Christiania. He is considered to be the foremost Norwegian church musician of the 19th century and was accomplished in several fields. Besides being an outstanding organ player and improviser, he exerted great influence as an organ adviser and music teacher. Together with his son Peter he founded in 1883 an organist school, the later Music Conservatory in Oslo and the forerunner of the Norwegian Academy of Music. Among his students were Johan Svendsen, Johannes Haarklou and Hjalmar Borgstrøm.

He was widely known as an improviser, and organists were sent from other places, such as Copenhagen, to study with him. In 1871 he was among the composers invited to the inauguration of the organ in Royal Albert Hall in London, where he gave no less than eight successful concerts of his own improvisations over, among others, hymn melodies and Norwegian folk tunes. A whole CD on the present release contain some of his organ works.

L.M. was also a considerable collector of folk music and undertook field trips in Valdres and Telemark among other districts. He published various editions of folk tune adaptations for mixed choir, three equal voices and men’s choir, some of which have been selected for this recording. Among them are excerpts from Draumkvedet, The Dream Ballad, a visionary poem on a tune from Telemark.

The less well known

This release also contain string quartets by Anna Severine and Just Riddervold, as well as keyboard pieces by Ole Andreas and Peter Brynie. Most of this music is performed from manuscripts, but some of the pieces were also published at the time. This the extensive liner notes for this release have contributions from outstanding Norwegian music scholars, and is supported by The Lindeman Foundation.

Anfinn Øien |Arne Akselberg |Copenhagen String Quartet |Einar Steen-Nøkleberg |Eva Knardahl |J.R. Lindeman |Kåre Nordstoga |L.M. Lindeman |Malmö Chamber Choir |O.A. Lindeman |Øystein Gaukstad |Tore Simonsen

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EAN : 7033662018260

Cat.No.: PSC1826

Priskategori : CD

Link til booklet : nedlasting