Bjarte Engeset - Sym in D minor / Passacaglia Air - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album celebrates the centenary of the birth of Geirr Tveitt, an important figure in Norwegian music, many of whose scores perished when his house burned to the ground in 1970. Album Tracks 1. Sinfonia Di Soffiatori 2. Prinds Christian Frederiks Honnorm RCH (Prince Christian Fredrick's Ma 3. Det Gamle Kvernhuset (The Old Mill on the Brook), Op. 204 4. Hymne Til Fridomen (Hymn to Freedo) 5. Sinfonietta Di Soffiatori, Op. 203 6. 100 Folk-Tunes from Hardanger, Op. 151 Suite No. 2, Inch15 Mountain Song 7. 100 Folk-Tunes from Hardanger, Op. 151 Suite No. 4, InchWedding SuiteInch 8. 100 Folk-Tunes from Hardanger, Op. 151 Suite No. 5, InchTroll TunesInch

Album Tracks 1. The Devil's Five-Hop 2. Hymn Against the Boyg 3. Mixed Company 4. A Hundred Hardanger Tunes Welcome with Honour 5. Langeleik Tune 6. Hardanger Ale 7. At Evening, Op.60 8. Hjalarljod Overture, Op.38 9. Out Towards the Sea 10. Legend 11. Little Overture, Op.11 12. Bol's Song 13. The Ballad of Revolt, Op.22 14. The Churchyard By the Sea, Op.20 15. II - the Princess Riding on the Bear 16. III - Entry of the Trolls Into the Blue Mountain 17. IV - Dance of the Little Trolls

Few symphonies can have been the subject of so many reservations as the 20-year-old Grieg's 'forbidden' Symphony in C minor of which the composer himself wrote, on the score, 'must never be performed'. Album Tracks 1. I Allegro Molto 2. II Adagio Espressivo 3. III Intermezzo 4. IV Finale Allegro Molto Vivace 5. Poco Tranquillo 6. Tema Andantino Espressivo 7. Poco Allegro, Ma Tranquillo 8. Energico 9. Allegro Leggiero 10. Poco Andante 11. Maestoso 12. Allegro Scherzando E Leggiero 13. Andante 14. Andante Molto Tranquillo 15. Presto 16. Tempo Di Menuetto 17. Allegro Marcato 18. Tempo Di Valse 19. Adagio Molto Espressivo 20. Finale Allegro Molto Marcato 21. Pomposo 22. Prestissimo 23. Andante Molto Tranquillo 24. I Prelude (In the King's Hall) 25. II Intermezzo (Borghild's Dream) 26. III Homage March