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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Just adding my voice to the many who have already extolled the virtues of this music by Tveitt. Unmissable at this price - thank you Naxos! I for one will be investigating Tveitt's surviving output further. Think Sibelius, Grieg, Ravel and Bartok, all out on a double date. The result is this lambent, melodic, percussive and songful music for piano and orchestra. Irresistible.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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What a superb find. A colourful Norwegian idiom, folk influence and lingering nineteenth century romanticism are part of Tveitt’s sound world, naturally. But while far from avant garde, these are not backward looking works. They have an exploratory, cosmopolitan feel. The composer, well known for his exhaustive Greig analysis and love of Brahms, also experienced much personal tragedy. It was this, perhaps, that kept his harmonic nerve sharp and stopped him slipping into sentimentality. This disc has been well reviewed (BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone and elsewhere) and deservedly so.
The Royal Scottish national Orchestra, long associated with Michael Tippett among others, give an excellent account of themselves here, and on ‘A Hundred Hardanger Tunes’, Suites No 2 and 5 (Naxos 8555770, February 2002). Both are under the baton of Bjarte Engeset. Naxos also offer the First and Fifth Tveitt Piano Concertos (N8555077, September 2001).
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The latest installment of Naxos' series of orchestral music by the Norwegian composer Gerr Tveitt is perhaps the most remarkable. The Variations on a Folksong is a wonderful discovery, sounding like a Scandanavian Villa-Lobos and sharing the Brazilian master's fountain of melody and masterful orchestration. This is some of the most physically exciting music you will ever hear: a mercurial musical rollercoaster ride that never lets up. The Northern Lights concerto is also an excellent piece and is worth the modest asking price alone.
It is however the performances that are the icing on the cake. The soloists, orchestra and conductors play this music for all its worth and were plainly inspired by the music. There are more musical ideas in these two pieces than you might find in ten other modern piano concerti. If you have any interest in 20th Century melodic,communicative and imaginative music you owe it to yourself to listen to this disc. In my opinion, this is the outstanding classical disc of 2002! At the price it is an absolute steal.
It is however the performances that are the icing on the cake. The soloists, orchestra and conductors play this music for all its worth and were plainly inspired by the music. There are more musical ideas in these two pieces than you might find in ten other modern piano concerti. If you have any interest in 20th Century melodic,communicative and imaginative music you owe it to yourself to listen to this disc. In my opinion, this is the outstanding classical disc of 2002! At the price it is an absolute steal.
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