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Per Norgård: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Spaces of Time / Herresthal, violin

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-12-03

Works: Per Norgård: Helle Nacht, concerto for violin & orchestra; Spaces of Time, for orchestra; Borderlines (Violin Concerto no 2), for violin, strings & percussion
Performers: Herresthal, Peter; Mo, Ida
Conductors: Gupta, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating his 80th birthday in 2012, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. A prolific composer in many genres,...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (08/2010)....continue...

Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Norgård: Helle Nacht / Åstrand

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: György Ligeti: Concerto for Violin; Per Norgård: Helle Nacht, concerto for violin & orchestra; The Secret Melody, sonata for solo viola (from "Libro Per Nobuko")
Performers: Astrand, Christina
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...Christina Astrand is a superbly assured soloist...The Danish performance is more extrovert, with the soloist and the exuberant swooping harmonics on violin well to the...continue...