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Secret Memories - works for double bass & orchestra by Auerbach, Hauta, Kurtag, Scelsi, Salles / Dan Styffe, double bass

1 CD / Simax / 2012-09-25

Works: Lera Auerbach: Memory of a Tango, for double bass; Teppo Hauta-Aho: Poetic Caprice, for double bass; György Kurtág: Vigasztalás-üzenet Christian Sutternek, for solo cello; Olav An...
Performers: Herresthal, Peter; Styffe, Dan
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Dan Styffe is ranked among the foremost of the double bass players today. His ability to communicate musical refinement through the double bass is renowned....continue...

Perspectives: Pärt, Lutoslawski, Kurtag, Webern, Hogberg / Tromso CO; Dan Styfee, double bass

1 CD / Simax / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Webern: Movements (5), version for string orchestra, Op. 5; Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne no 3, for s...
Conductors: Holthe, Kolbjorn
Ensemble: ; Tromso Chamber Orchestra

The works on this recording embrace ninety-nine years of European music history and are balanced by paradoxical opposites; the program is dominated by moods of...continue...
Recording information: Målselv kirke, Bardufoss, Norway (01/17/2012-01/19/2012); Målselv kirke, Bardufoss, Norway (10/17/2011-10/19/2011)....continue...

Finn Mortensen: Symphony; Pezzo Orchestrale; Evolution

1 CD / Simax / 2012-01-31

Works: Finn Mortensen: Symphony no 1, Op. 5; Pezzo orchestrale, for orchestra, Op. 12; Evolution, for orchestra, Op. 23; Per Orchestra, for orchestra, Op. 30
Conductors: Mikkelsen, Terje
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mortensen (1922-83) is one of those composers whose ideas and aesthetics seems to come into vogue long after their own time. Inspired by Bruckner, his...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, BR Munich (03/21/2011-03/25/2011)....continue...

YR: Traditional Tunes by Grieg, Thoresen, Sparre Olsen / Ragnhild Hemsing, violin; Hardanger fiddle

1 CD / Simax / 2011-10-25

Works: Norwegian Traditional: The tricky tune, listening tune after the playing of Trygve Bolstad; Halling on low bass after Jorn Hilme, in a form after the playing of Harald Roine; The Gnat, springar in a ...
Performers: Aspaas, Tor Espen; Hemsing, Ragnhild

"YR" is the debut of an artist with a dynamite personality that is audible in every stroke of the bow. Combining traditional Hardanger fiddle playing...continue...
Recording information: Sofienberg Kirke, Oslo, Norway (10/28/2010-10/31/2010)....continue...

Chamber music of Geirr Tveitt: From a Travel Diary; Septet; Midsummer's Eve

1 CD / Simax / 2011-08-30

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Frå ei reisedagbok (From a Travel Diary), suite for strings; Husguden (The Household God), ballet in 12 scenes, Op. 184; Septet for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, oboe & hor...
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Ensemble: Fragaria Vesca

Geirr Tveitt is indisputably a leading light among Norwegian composers. This release features chamber works that have never before been available on record, works that...continue...
Recording information: Hoff kirke, Ostre Toten, Norway (11/13/2009-11/15/2009); Sofienberg kirke, Oslo (11/13/2009-11/15/2009); Hoff kirke, Ostre Toten, Norway (11/21/2009-11/22/2009); Sofienberg kirk...continue...

Tribute To The Northern Winds

1 CD / Simax / 2011-06-28

Works: Egil Hovland: Fanfare and Choral, for wind band, Op. 54B; Festival Overture, for wind band, Op. 39; Aulis Sallinen: The Palace Rhapsody (Palatsirapsodia), for winds, percussion, harp & piano, Op. 72;...
Performers: Helseth, Tine Thing
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian

The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces is among the foremost military orchestras, with international acclaim for its high musical level. A Tribute to...continue...
Recording information: Ridehuset, Akershus Festning, Oslo....continue...

Catharinus Elling: Quartets / Engegard Qrt.

1 CD / Simax / 2011-03-29

Works: Catharinus Elling: Quartet for Strings in D major; Quartet for Strings in A minor; Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor
Performers: Mortensen, Nils Anders

Recording information: Sofienberg kirke, Oslo (09/01/2008-09/05/2008)....continue...

Jehan Alain: Complete Works for Organ

2 CD / Simax / 2011-02-22

Works: Jehan Alain: Litanies for Organ, AWV 100/Op. 79; Le jardin suspendu, for organ, JA 71 (AWV 63); Petite Pièce, for organ, JA 33 (AWV 37); Première Fantaisie, for organ, JA 72 (AWV 59); Fanta...
Performers: Birkeland, Lars Notto [Organ]

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of the French composer Jehan Alain on February 3, 2011, Simax Classics is proud to release his complete works...continue...
Recording information: Fagerborg church, Oslo, Norway (2010-02-18_2010-02-20&2010-)....continue...

L'espace Entre Nous

1 CD / Simax / 2010-10-26

Works: Noel Zahler: L'espace entre nous, for flute & guitar; Nikita Koshkin: Suite for flute & guitar ("Oratorium Lacrimae"); Edison Denisov: Sonata for flute & guitar; Lowell Liebermann: Sonata for flute &...
Performers: Olsen, Stein-Erik; Sandvik, Gro

Recording information: Vaksdal kirke, Norway (2008-02-29_2008-03-03&2009-)....continue...

Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne / Winger

1 CD / Simax / 2009-07-07

Works: Marcel Dupré: Préludes and Fugues (3) for organ, Op. 7; Symphony for Organ no 2, Op. 26; Louis Vierne: Pièces de fantaisie, for organ, Suite 1, Op. 51

Edvard Fliflet Braein: Anne Pedersdotter

2 CD / Simax / 2009-01-15

Works: Edvard Fliflet Braein: Anne Pedersdotter, Op 74

David Monrad Johansen, Johan Kvandal: Piano Concertos; Pan

1 CD / Simax / 2008-10-18

Works: David Monrad Johansen: Concerto for Piano in E flat major, Op. 29; Pan, for orchestra, Op. 22; Johan Kvandal: Piano Concerto, Op. 85

George Crumb: Makrokosmos I-II / Ugelvik

1 Super Audio CD / Simax / 2008-10-02

Works: George Crumb: Makrokosmos Vol 1 for amplified Piano; Makrokosmos II, for amplified piano

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Knut Nystedt: Knistnikvede

1 CD / Simax / 2008-08-22

Works: Knut Nystedt: Kristnikvede (Canticles of Praise), Op.144; A Song as in the Night for soprano & baritone solo, chorus & string orchestra, Op.149
Conductors: Mangersnes, Magnar

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird

1 CD / Simax / 2008-08-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Harald Saeverud: Complete Works for Violin

1 CD / Simax / 2008-07-31

Works: Harald Saeverud: Concerto for Violin & orchestra, Op. 37; Romanza, for violin & orchestra, Op. 23a; Small Duets (20) for Two Violins, Op. 32; Elegie for violin

Hjalmar Borgstrom: Thora paa Rimol

2 CD / Simax / 2008-04-08

Works: Hjalmar Borgstrom: Thora paa Rimol, opera, Op. 7

Edvard Fliflet Brein: Complete Symphonies

1 CD / Simax / 2008-04-08

Works: Edvard Fliflet Braein: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3

Great Norwegian Performers 1945-2000, Vol. 3: Camilla Wicks, violin

1 CD / Simax / 2008-03-30

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Bjarne Brustad: Suite for...

Les Vendredis

1 CD / Simax / 2007-06-25

Works: Nikolai Artsybushev: Serenade for string quartet in A major (for collaborative work "Les Vendredis," Book 1, no 2); Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov: Scherzo for string quartet in D major (for collabora...

The Contemporary Double Bass III - Xenakis, et al / B. Ianke

1 CD / Simax / 2007-04-06

Works: Arne Nordheim: Three Stanzas for double bass alone; Ase Hedstrom: Touche, for double bass; Iannis Xenakis: Theraps, for solo double-bass; Henrik Hellstenius: Essays sur les temps double, for double b...
Performers: Ianke, Bjorn

Alnaes: Songs / Bodil Arnesen, Erling Ragnar Eriksen

1 CD / Simax / 2007-02-01

Works: Eyvind Alnaes: The Skogsra, Op. 38 no 4; Out there in the World, Op. 12 no 4; A little Tune about Spring, Op. 38 no 2; Narcissus, Op. 28 no 2; The Last Voyage, Op. 17 no 2; February Morning by the Gu...
Performers: Arnesen, Bodil; Eriksen, Erling Ragnar

Issay Dobrowen: Piano Concerto; Sonata-Skazka; Jugend-Sonate; Deuxième Sonate

1 CD / Simax / 2006-11-24

Works: Issay Dobroven: Concerto for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 20; Sonata for Piano ("Jugend"); Sonata for Piano ('Skazka"); Sonata for Piano no 2

Telling What Is Told: Shakespeare Songs

1 CD / Simax / 2006-11-24

Works: Alfred Janson: Sonnet no 76, for chorus; Nils Lindberg: Shall I Compare thee to a summer's day?; Sven-Eric Johanson: Sylvia, for vocal ensemble & piano (Fancies no 1); Under the Greenwood Tree, for v...

Edvard Fliflet Braein: De glade musikanter; Ouverture; Serenade; Capriccio; Concertino; Ut mot havet

1 CD / Simax / 2006-08-14

Works: Edvard Fliflet Braein: Overture for orchestra, Op. 2; Capriccio for piano & orchestra, Op. 9; Concertino for flute & orchestra, Op. 10; Serenade for orchestra, Op. 5; De glade Musikanter (The Merry M...

Nystedt: Apocalypsis Joannis / Remmereit, Julsrud, Gilchrist

2 CD / Simax / 2006-07-25

Works: Knut Nystedt: Apocalypsis Joannis, symphony for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op. 155
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Julsrud, Mona
Conductors: Remmereit, Arild
Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Saeverud: Orchestral Music II / Andersen, Bergen PO

2 CD / Simax / 2006-04-26

Works: Harald Saeverud: Kjempeviseslåtten for orchestra, Op. 22a/5; Siljuslåtten, for piano, Op. 17; Her Last Cradle Song, for orchestra, Op. 22a/3; Fanfare og Hymne, Op. 48; Vade Mors, for orches...
Performers: Sæverud, Trond; Sandvik, Gro
Conductors: Andersen, Karsten
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Valen: The Complete Symphonies

2 CD / Simax / 2006-04-25

Works: Fartein Valen: Symphonies, Nos 1-4, complete
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo

Revisited - Scelsi: Maknongan; et al / Dan Styffe, et al

1 CD / Simax / 2006-03-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Études tanguistiques (6), for flute solo; John Persen: DuO, for flute & double bass; Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan; Teppo Hauta-Aho: Pieni Bassofantasia; Gisle Kverndokk: ...with...
Performers: Birkeland, Oystein; Hveding, Anne; Moreno, Gonzalo; Styffe, Dan

Personnel: Dan Styffe (double bass); Oystein Birkeland (cello).

Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Oslo, Norway (02/25/2002-02/28/2002)....continue...

Irgens-Jensen: Japanischer Frühling, etc / Aadland, et al

1 CD / Simax / 2006-02-03

Works: Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Japanesischer Frühling, for voice & orchestra; Passacaglia for orchestra; Pastorale religioso, for orchestra; Canto d'omaggio, for orchestra
Performers: Sorensen, Ragnhild Heiland
Conductors: Aadland, Eivind
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Valen: Complete Songs / Torjesen, Eggen, Austbö, Bergen PO

1 CD / Simax / 2005-08-24

Works: Fartein Valen: Gedichte von Goethe, for voice & piano, Op. 6; Lieder (2), for voice & piano, Op. 31; Lieder (2), for voice & piano, Op. 39; Gedichte von Goethe (2), for voice & piano, Op. 7; Ave Mari...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Torjesen, Siri
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Baroque Oboe Concertos / B. Hoff, I. Watson, English CO

2 CD / Simax / 2005-08-05

Works: Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Gordon Bryan: Concerto no 1 in G major, arranged for oboe & orchestra (after Scarlatti); Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 7; Con...
Performers: Hoff, Brynjar
Conductors: Watson, Ian
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Torleif Torgersen Plays Fartein Valen and Lasse Thoresen

1 CD / Simax / 1995-11-10

Works: Fartein Valen: Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 22; Variations for piano, Op. 23; Gavotte and Musette for piano, Op. 24; Intermezzo for piano, Op. 36; Lasse Thoresen: Inventions (4) for piano "In Memoriam F...
Performers: Torgersen, Torleif

Oboe Concertos by Strauss, Martinu, Francaix / Zubicky

1 CD / Simax / 1992-01-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Oboe H. 353; Jean Françaix: L' Horloge de Flore, for oboe & orchestra

Saeverud: Piano Pieces

1 CD / Simax / 1992-01-08

Works: Harald Saeverud: Fuscia, for piano (Kristi blodsdråper) Op. 21/1; Grazietta, Op. 42; Caprice for piano "Allsegretto" Op. 1/3; Easy pieces for piano, Op. 18, no 2, Valzer d'ucelli (Småfugl-v...
Performers: Kayser, Jan Henrik

Franck: Sonata A major; Chausson: Pièce Op. 39; Debussy: Sonata D minor; Poulenc: Sonata

1 CD / Simax / 1991-05-01

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Ernest Chausson: Pièce for viola (or cello) & piano in C major, Op. 39; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Francis Poulen...