Ensemble
Highlights Collection 1: ECL 20031Sounds in natural perspective
Selected from the Simax Classics and Aurora catalogue
Total music time 70:38
Highlights Collection compilation ©Ensemble Inc., 2003.
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1. Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Molly on the Shore 3:35NAF Staff Band, Eivind Aadland (cond.)
Simax Classics PSC 1208 (Grainger/Schmitt/Holst)
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2. Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Variations on a Slovakian Theme (extract) 8:12Øystein Birkeland (cello), Håvard Gimse (piano)
Simax PSC 1146 (Martinu° & Kabalevsky, Sonatas & Variations for Cello and Piano)
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3. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Simple Symphony, op. 4: Playful Pizzicato 3:20Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown (cond.)
Simax Classics PSC 1111 (Britten, Music for Strings)
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4. Halfdan Kjerulf (1815-1868): Idyl in A major (HK 111) 3.20Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano)
Simax Classics PSC 1225 (Halfdan Kjerulf, Frühlingslied)
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5. Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988): C’est bien la nuit 2:42Bjørn Ianke (double bass)
Simax Classics PSC 1136 (The Contemporary Double Bass II)
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6. Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Three Nocturnes: Andante Quieto 2:24Grieg Trio: S. Sigerland (violin), V. Anvik (piano), E.M. Flesjø (cello)
Recorded at Lommedalen Church, Norway, 1998
Simax Classics PSC 1147 (Grieg Trio: Shostakovich/Bloch/Martin)
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7. Ravi Shankar (b. 1920): L’aube enchantée 2:22Gro Sandvik (flute), Stein-Erik Olsen (guitar)
Simax Classics PSC 1083 (Diptych)
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8. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10: Variation 6 3:00Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (cond.)
Simax Classics PSC 1111 (Britten, Music for Strings)
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9. Halfdan Kjerulf (1815-1868), Caprice in D major (HK174) 2:26Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano)
Simax Classics PSC 1225 (Halfdan Kjerulf, Frühlingslied)
10. Christian Sinding (1856-1941): Pleasing Everyone 0:56
Per Vollestad (baritone), Sigmund Hjelset (piano)
Simax Classics PSC 1194 (Christian Sinding, Songs vol. 1)
11. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), String Quartet in G minor, op. 27: IV. Finale
9:00
Vertavo String Quartet: B. Cardas (violin), Ø. Volle (violin), H. Landaas
(viola), B. Værnes (cello)
Simax Classics PSC 1201 (Vertavo String Quartet: Grieg/Debussy)
12. François Rabbath (b. 1931): Ode d’Espagne for Double
Bass 2:24
Dan Styffe (double bass)
Simax Classics PSC 1157 (Double Bass)
13. Lasse Thoresen (b. 1949): Qudrat 5:38
Einar Fjærevoll / Kjell Samkopf / Rob Waring (percussion), Iver Kleive /
Kenneth Karlsson / Per Skoglund (synthesizer)
Christian Eggen (cond.)
Aurora ACD 4968 (Lasse Thoresen)
14. Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge,
op. 10: Variation 8 3:40
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (cond.)
Simax Classics PSC 1111 (Britten, Music for Strings)
15. Olav Anton Thommessen (b. 1946): A Glass Bead Game: Prologue 3:18
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra , Arturo Tamayo (cond.)
Aurora ACD 4927 (Olav Anton Thommessen)
16. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), A Ceremony of Carols, op.
28: Balulalow 1:19
Voci Nobili Choir, Maria G. Helbekkmo (cond.), Willy Postma (harp)
Simax Classics PSC 1106 (Britten, A Ceremony of Carols / Rutter, Dancing Day)
17. B. Britten, A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In Freezing Winter Night 3:48
Voci Nobili Choir, Maria G. Helbekkmo (cond.), Willy Postma (harp)
Simax Classics PSC 1106 (Britten, A Ceremony of Carols / Rutter, Dancing Day)
18. J.S. Bach (1685-1750) , Toccata in F major BMW 540 9:14
Kåre Nordstoga (main organ of Oslo Cathedral, Ryde & Berg, 1998)
Simax Classics PSC 1152 (J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fuga)