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Arctic Philharmonic celebrates Beethoven 250!<\/p>\n
With their new Chief Conductor Christian Kluxen and Henning Kraggerud as soloist\/composer\/arranger, everything is ready for a release containing the most iconic of all violin concertos. Kraggerud has performed Beethoven\u2019s violin concerto countless times in concert halls all over the world, including Carnegie Hall. The piece has followed him ever since he heard it as a little boy in Oistrakh\u2019s 1948 recording \u2013 falling in love completely. And now the time is right for recording Kraggerud\u2019s reading of the concerto, of course with his own cadenzas. Kraggerud wrote the Mantra-Metamorfosen while rehearsing Strauss\u2019s \u2018Metamorphosen\u2019 for Arctic Philharmonic\u2019s festival on the island of Svalbard in 2019. Closing the album is the master\u2019s quartet no. 11 in F Minor, one of the most compact of all of Beethoven\u2019s string quartets, in Kraggerud\u2019s own arrangement.<\/p>\n
Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and together they have released several albums to great critical acclaim:
\n\u2013 [\u2026] one of the best recordings \u2013 maybe the best \u2013 of the Vivaldi cycle. Maybe you can scrap the ones you already have! The solo playing is stunning, the orchestra, the world\u2019s youngest and northernmost, is fantastic and the recording is superb in every respect. Besides that there is a very personal essay on Vivaldi and his four seasons by Erik Fosnes Hansen. Things couldn\u2019t be better! [Recording of the Month \/ Musicweb-international.com]
\n\u2013 Kraggerud’s flamboyant playing is always at the service of the music, and the orchestral playing is phenomenal. Erik Fosnes Hansen\u2019s discursive sleeve note is an enjoyable read, and Simax\u2019s engineering is stunning. [The Arts Desk]<\/p>\n
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With their new Chief Conductor Christian Kluxen and Henning Kraggerud as soloist\/composer\/arranger, everything is ready for a release containing the most iconic of all violin concertos.<\/p>\n
For Henning Kraggerud the road to Beethoven has been from the traditions he grew up with, through thorough studies of the composer\u2019s manuscripts, and not least through improvisations! Kraggerud states in his liner note: \u201cAs a means to get to know the score better I started improvising over every motif and theme found in all movements and in all parts of the orchestral score. And I also let myself be inspired by harmonic progressions in other works by Beethoven close to my heart including his piano sonatas and quartets. Not only did that lead to the cadenzas found on this album, but I also discovered a lot about Beethoven\u2019s compositional techniques and most importantly: I got a feeling of ownership to the score in a completely different way than before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kraggerud wrote the Mantra-Metamorfosen while rehearsing Strauss\u2019s \u2018Metamorphosen\u2019 for Arctic Philharmonic\u2019s festival on the island of Svalbard in 2019. Closing the album is the master\u2019s quartet no. 11 in F Minor, one of the most compact of all of Beethoven\u2019s string quartets, in Kraggerud\u2019s own arrangement.<\/p>\n
Based well north of the Arctic Circle, the Arctic Philharmonic is the world\u2019s northernmost professional orchestra. The orchestra strives to be as raw and real as the surrounding nature, and each musician tries to reach the outer limits of their performance and communication with the audience. Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and together they have released several albums to great critical acclaim:
\n\u2013 [\u2026] one of the best recordings \u2013 maybe the best \u2013 of the Vivaldi cycle. Maybe you can scrap the ones you already have! The solo playing is stunning, the orchestra, the world\u2019s youngest and northernmost, is fantastic and the recording is superb in every respect. Besides that there is a very personal essay on Vivaldi and his four seasons by Erik Fosnes Hansen. Things couldn\u2019t be better! [Recording of the Month \/ Musicweb-international.com]
\n\u2013 Kraggerud’s flamboyant playing is always at the service of the music, and the orchestral playing is phenomenal. Erik Fosnes Hansen\u2019s discursive sleeve note is an enjoyable read, and Simax\u2019s engineering is stunning. [The Arts Desk]<\/p>\n
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