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Leif Ove Andsnes presents music of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) on this Simax Classics recording of Tveitt\u2019s Sonata No. 29 \u2018Sonata etere\u2019 <\/i>and Folk Tunes. <\/i>Also recorded here is a selection of Tveitt\u2019s Songs <\/i>together with Leif Ove Andsnes\u2019 sister, singer Solveig Andsnes. <\/b>It was a bit of a bold move when Leif Ove Andsnes decided to programme Geirr Tveitt\u2019s Piano Sonata No. 29 \u2018Sonate etere\u2019 <\/i>in 35 concerts across Europe and North America in 2024 and 2025. However, in Andsnes\u2019 words, it is \u201cthe most ambitious solo piano piece by any Norwegian composer\u201d, and bold move or not, audiences went wild for it. His Carnegie Hall performance of Geirr Tveitt\u2019s Sonata No. 29 <\/i>was hailed as one of the \u2018Best Classical Performances of 2025\u2019 by The New York Times<\/i>. On this album, Andsnes pairs the sonata with a selection of solo piano works from Fifty Folk Tunes from Hardanger, Op. 150 <\/i>and a selection of Tveitt\u2019s Songs <\/i>that he performs together with his sister, singer Solveig Andsnes. <\/b><\/p>\n
In 1970, a devastating fire destroyed Geirr Tveitt\u2019s house and an estimated 300 compositions burnt to ashes. <\/b>Roughly 80% of his oeuvre was lost forever, including all of the piano sonatas he wrote except for Sonata No. 29 \u2018Sonata etere\u2019<\/i>. This sonata only survived because it had been sent to Norsk Musikkforlag to be published. In Andsnes\u2019 words, the Sonata etere <\/i>\u201cis a gigantic piece of music built on two simple melodies with many variations. It is a tough piece to play, but very rewarding. With Russian rhythmic influences combined with touches of French music and folk music, Tveitt really is in a world all his own. <\/b>It is fantastically colourful in its writing for the instrument, full of tension in its architecture, harmony, and rhythm.\u201d The album also includes a selection of solo piano pieces from Femti folkatonar fr\u00e5o Hardanger (Fifty Folk Tunes from Hardanger). <\/i><\/p>\n
The Songs<\/i>, in which he fuses folk elements with modernist harmonic language, are set to poetry by leading Norwegian poets of Tveitt\u2019s era<\/b>. The Norwegian lyrics are included in the booklet of the album, but unfortunately an official English translation only exists for one of these nine poems\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n Leif Ove Andsnes \u2013 Geirr Tveitt: Sonata No. 29 \u201cSonata etere\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Leif Ove Andsnes presents Geirr Tveitt\u2019s Sonata No. 29 \u201cSonata etere\u201d<\/em>\u2014the only surviving piano sonata from a body of work largely lost in the 1970 fire. Widely considered Norway\u2019s most ambitious solo piano piece, the sonata is paired here with selections from Fifty Folk Tunes from Hardanger<\/em> and songs performed with soprano Solveig Andsnes.<\/p>\n Together, the album highlights Tveitt\u2019s distinctive fusion of folk elements and modernist expression, brought to life through Andsnes\u2019 acclaimed interpretation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[180],"product_tag":[8149,8040,8150],"class_list":{"0":"post-42511","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-simax-classics","7":"product_tag-geirr-tveitt","8":"product_tag-leif-ove-andsnes","9":"product_tag-solveig-andsnes","10":"uni_artist_tag-leif-ove-andsnes","11":"uni_artist_tag-solveig-andsnes","12":"uni_main_artist_tag-leif-ove-andsnes","13":"uni_artist_genre-klassisk","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"taxable","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42511"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42511"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}