Christian Eggen, Christia

Richard Barrett: Dark Matter, for 19 players / Deborah Kayser, Carl Rosman

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Richard Barrett: Dark Matter, for ensemble
Conductors: Eggen, Christian; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Cikada; Cikada Ensemble; Elision

"Dark Matter", scored for an ensemble of 19 performers plus live and pre-recorded electronics, sets secret Egyptian texts carved on the walls of sarcophagi in...continue...
Recording information: Scene 4, Kunsthogskole, Oslo National Academy of the Ar (08/20/2005-08/21/2005)....continue...

Arne Nordheim: Complete Accordion Works / Frode Haltli, accordion

1 CD / Simax / 2013-01-29

Works: Arne Nordheim: Spur, for accordion & orchestra; Signals, for accordion, electric guitar & percussion; Dinosauros, for accordion & tape; Flashing, for accordion
Performers: Bjorkenheim, Raoul; Haltli, Frode; Sorensen, Hans-Kristian Kjos
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra

Highly acclaimed and innovative accordionist Frode Haltli performs on the first complete recording of accordion works by his fellow countryman and musical explorer: Arne Nordheim....continue...
Recording information: NRK Store Studio, Oslo, Norway (03/21/2011-03/22/2011)....continue...

Cikada - Eivind Buene: Possible Cities / Essential Landscapes

2 CD / 2 L Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Eivind Buene: Possible Cities / Essential Landscapes, cycle for chamber ensemble
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Cikada Ensemble

Possible Cities/Essential Landscapes is a cycle of chamber music and ensemble works written between 2005 and 2009, commissioned by CIKADA and Ensemble Intercontemporain. Composer Eivind...continue...

Faces - Hagerup, Reinholdtsen, et al / Oslo Sinfonietta

2 CD / Norway Music / 2012-03-07

Works: Bendik Hagerup: Confusion Worse Confounded, for ensemble; Trond Reinholdtsen: Psalm (Narrative Studies), for ensemble; Eivind Buene: Deaths and Entrances, for saxophone & ensemble; Lars Petter Hagen:...
Performers: Oslo Sinfonietta; Semmingsen, Tuva; Snekkestad, Torben
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Oslo Sinfonietta

Rolf Wallin: Wire And String / For Fiddle, Soprano & Chamber Orch.

1 CD / Pro Musica / 2011-08-30

Works: Rolf Wallin: Imella, for fiddle & orchestra; The Age of Wire and String, for orchestra; Drei Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Lundeng, Susanne; Torjesen, Siri
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Bodo Sinfonietta

Recording information: Store Studio, Bodo (04/12/2010-04/15/2010)....continue...

Music of Synne Skouen / Call-Notes

1 CD / Aurora / 2011-03-29

Works: Synne Skouen: Une Soirée d'Été, for solo violin; Hils Domitila!, for piano; Nattstykke, for piano; Fair Play, Pocket Music for percussion; A Travers Les Paroles, for solo violin;...
Performers: Lotsberg, Geir Inge; Martens, Johannes; Meyer, Ruth Wilhelmine; Ugelvik, Ellen
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia

Synne Skouen is a vital and important voice on the Norwegian cultural scene, and has been so for more than 30 years. A most welcome...continue...

Unerwartet (Unexpected)

1 CD / Wergo / 2011-03-08

Works: David Lang: Are You Experienced? for electric tuba, narrator & ensemble; Philippe Boesmans: Sextuor à clavier, for piano, 2 violins, 2 violas & cello; Richard Barrett: interference, for contraba...
Performers: Bruckner, Christian; Francesconi, Luca; Josel, Seth; Klancar, Ales; Marinissen, Arnold; Oesterdiekhoff, Thomas; Poore, Melvyn; Rosman, Carl; Schlierf, Nikolaus; Wietheger, Dirk
Conductors: Asbury, Stefan; Siebens, Etienne; ; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

Unexpected events rupture continuity; they occur suddenly and they create a moment, a now, in which the flow of history dissolves into “suddenness.” The question...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, WDR Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz K (2003-12-03&2006-03-03&2006-)....continue...

Kåre Kolberg: Aria in Aria/For The Time Being

1 CD / Aurora / 2009-04-21

Works: Kåre Kolberg: Aria in Aria for orchestra; For the Time Being, for vocal quartet
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia

Feldman: The Viola in My Life / Konstantynowicz, Eggen, Cikada Ensemble, Norwegian Radio Orchestra

1 CD / ECM / 2008-05-20

Works: Morton Feldman: The Viola in my Life no 1; The Viola in my Life no 2; The Viola in my Life no 3; The Viola in my Life no 4
Performers: Karlsson, Kenneth; Konstantynowicz, Marek
Conductors: ; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Cikada String Quartet; Norwegian Radio Orchestra

'The Viola in My Life' is one of innovative American composer Morton Feldman's most important works, and this is the first ECM album devoted entirely...continue...

Hegdal: Grande symphonie de salon, etc / Eggen, et al

1 CD / Aurora / 2007-08-03

Works: Magne Hegdal: Grand Symphonie de salon; For 2 Nr. 3; Rondo 2; Annotations
Performers: Braaten, Geir Henning
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia;
Ensemble: Cikada Duo; Cikada String Quartet; Oslo Sinfonietta

Listen: The Art of Arne Nordheim [Box Set]

7 CD / Aurora / 2007-08-03

Works: Arne Nordheim: Epitaffio, for orchestra & electronic elements; Listen, for piano; Evening Land (Aftonland), for soprano or tenor & chamber ensemble; Canzona per orchestra; Colorazione, for hammond or...
Performers: Carlsen, Toril; Christensen, Jon; Dorow, Dorothy; Ellegaard, Mogens; Garbarek, Jan; Herresthal, Peter; Hogset, Carl; Keyte, Christopher; Krog, Karin; Nordheim, Arne; Saav, Jan Erik Broch; Santiago, E...
Conductors: Dreier, Per; Bergby, Ingar; Blomstedt, Herbert; Andersen, Karsten; Talmi, Yoav; Hogset, Carl; Brulund, Sverre; Kvam, Terje; Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: ; BIT 20 Ensemble (Norway)

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