Organist Halgeir Schiager ønsker med denne CD-en å vise eksempler på utviklingstrekk som preger tysk orgelmusikk midt på 1800-tallet. I denne perioden påvirkes orgelmusikken i økende grad av det symfoniske orkesteret. Dette gjør seg gjeldene i stadig større orgler med flere klangfarger og i musikk som får en mer bevegelig dynamikk.

Organist Halgeir Schiager’s intention with this CD is to present examples of developments characterizing German organ music in the mid-1800s. During this period, organ music was influenced to an ever-increasing extent by the symphony orchestra. This change was evident in the building of ever larger organs with a greater range of timbres, and in the music with its more variable dynamics. 

 

 

På sin debutplate på LAWO Classics byr den fremadstormende, unge, norske fiolinisten Sonoko Miriam Welde lytteren på fiolinkonserter av Max Bruch og Samuel Barber, samt Ralph Vaughan Williams rørende stykke «The Lark Ascending».

On her debut recording with LAWO Classics, the up-and-coming young Norwegian violinist Sonoko Miriam Welde presents violin concertos by Max Bruch and Samuel Barber, as well as Ralph Vaughan Williams’s poignant piece “The Lark Ascending”. 

 

 

“The Beethoven concerto is a piece of overwhelming power,” says violinist Vilde Frang. “It is
somehow more than music – the dimension of it feels almost cosmic. The force of this concerto
takes me by surprise, over and over again.” Frang juxtaposes Beethoven’s epic, lyrical work with
Stravinsky’s compact violin concerto, which pays spiky tribute to 18th century models. The
conductor is Pekka Kuusisto, himself an adventurous violinist, in his role as Artistic Best Friend of
the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. “It was the chamber musical qualities of the
Beethoven concerto that provided the key for me,” says Frang. “The violin is constantly ‘feeding’
and playing around the orchestra … In its own way, the Stravinsky too engages the soloist in a
constant dialogue with the orchestra. With Pekka Kuusisto and the Bremen players, I really feel in
such a comfort zone … There is a feeling of having everything to gain by gathering together,
coming together.” 

Sandra Lied Haga albumdebuterer som solist med State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' i ærverdige Moskva-konservatoriets Store Sal. 25 år gammel har Sandra allerede en klang og et utrykk i sin musisering som umiddelbart griper tak i lytteren.