Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

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...

Handel: Jephtha / Fabio Biondi,

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

After finishing the chorus ‘How dark, O Lord, are thy decrees’ in February 1751, Handel noted in the autograph score that he couldn’t continue his...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (02/07/2008); Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (2008-08-29&2008-09-01&2008-)....continue...

Valen: Orchestral Music Vol 3 / Christian Eggen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-03-01

Works: Fartein Valen: Le cimetiere Marin, Op. 20; La Isla de las Calmas, Op. 21; Ode to Solitude, Op. 35; Symphony no 4, Op. 43; Concerto for Piano, Op. 44
Performers: Smebye, Einar Henning
Conductors: Eggen, Christian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

This third and final disc of BIS' survey of the complete orchestral music by Norwegian composer Fartein Valen includes three shorter one-movement works from the...continue...

Valen: Orchestral Music Vol 2 / Christian Eggen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-11-01

Works: Fartein Valen: Nenia, Op. 18 no 1; An die Hoffnung, Op. 18 no 2; Epithalamion, Op. 19; Symphony no 2, Op. 40; Symphony no 3, Op. 41
Conductors: Eggen, Christian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

With this release, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Eggen continue their survey of their compatriot Fartein Valen's orchestral music with a program spanning...continue...

Valen: The Orchestral Music Vol 1 / Eggen, Båtnes, Stavanger SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-05-01

Works: Fartein Valen: Pastorale, Op. 11; Sonetto di Michelangelo, Op. 17 no 1; Cantico di Ringraziamento, Op. 17 no 2; Symphony no 1, Op. 30; Concerto for Violin, Op. 37
Performers: Båtnes, Elise
Conductors: Eggen, Christian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Harald Saeverud and Geirr Tveitt are two Norwegian composers whose music has reached a wider audience through the highly acclaimed recordings by the Stavanger Symphony...continue...

Saeverud: Orchestral Music Vol 7 / Ruud, Buvarp, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-03-01

Works: Harald Saeverud: Symphony no 2, Op. 4; Romanza for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 23; Easy Pieces (7) for Piano, Op. 14; Variazioni piccole (50), Op. 8; Symphony no 4, Op. 11
Performers: Buvarp, Katrine
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"The Romanza for violin and orchestsra finds the composer in a more romantic mood than usual, and it, too, is packed with captivating music, even...continue...

Towards the Mountains - Groven: Symphony no 1, etc / Aadland

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-03-01

Works: Eivind Groven: Hjalarljod Overture, Op. 38; Symphony no 1 "Towards the Mountains"; Norwegian Symphonic Dances no 1 (3), Op. 43; Norwegian Symphonic Dances no 2 (3), Op. 53
Conductors: Aadland, Eivind
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"Think of a mixture of Vaughan Williams in his pastoral style, but with Copland's feeling for sonority and that "open air" quality to the orchestration....continue...

Tveitt: Piano Concertos no 1 & 4, The Turtle / Ruud, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-07-01

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4, Op. 130 "Aurora Borealis"
Performers: Austbo, Haakon; Bjelland, Sveinung
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Tveitt: Piano Concerto no 5, etc / Mortensen, Ruud, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-04-01

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Concerto for Piano no 5, Op. 156; Variations on a Folk Tune from Hardanger
Performers: Bjelland, Sveinung; Mortensen, Nils
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"Geirr Tveitt was a combination of Grieg and early Bartok. His manipulation of Norwegian folk music is thoroughly tonal and tuneful; a virtuoso pianist, he...continue...

Geirr Tveitt: Baldurs draumar, Telemarkin / Ruud, et al

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-01-01

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Baldur's Dreams; Telemarkin
Performers: Bergset, Arve Moen; Elkemo, Jon; Fremmerlid, Magne; Kringelborn, Solveig; Oien, Trine; Oien, Ulf
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"[Tveitt] lost around four-fifths of his music manuscripts in a house fire late in his life. In 1999, researchers began a massive conservation project, in...continue...

Saeverud: Symphony no 5, etc / Ruud, G. Hunt, Stavanger SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-10-12

Works: Harald Saeverud: Symphony no 5, Op. 16 "Quasi una fantasia"
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

This disc represents the seventh volume in the series and contains the fifth symphony as well as his oboe concerto and some orchestral pieces for...continue...

Tveitt: Wedding Suite, Troll Tunes / Ruud, Stavanger SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-09-30

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Folktunes (100) from Hardanger, Op. 151
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

While Grieg and other composers were content to use second-hand sources and even other composers' arrangements of folk melodies, Tveitt collected the melodies himself, notating...continue...

Norwegian Rhapsody - Grieg, Halvorsen, etc / Aadland, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-12-05

Works: Johan Halvorsen: Entry March of the Boyars (Bojarernes Indtogsmarsch), for orchestra; Fanitullen, for narrator & ensemble; Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carnival, for orchestra, Op. 14; Edvard G...
Performers: Oland, Nils
Conductors: Aadland, Eivind
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Tveitt: Hardanger Fiddle Concertos 1 and 2, etc / Bergset

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-04-13

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Concerto for Hardanger fiddle & orchestra no 1, Op. 163; Concerto for hardanger fiddle & orchestra No 2 ("Three Fjords"); Nykken, symphonic paint for orchestra ("Water Sprite"), Op. 187
Performers: Bergset, Arve Moen
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"The Hardanger fiddle of western Norway probably originated in the mid-17th century, possibly - as Reidar Storaas suggests in his notes - as a hybrid...continue...

Nordheim: Complete Violin Music / Herresthal, Aadland, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-10-07

Works: Arne Nordheim: Concerto for Violin; Duplex for violin & cello; Partita für Paul, for volin & electronics (inspired by Paul Klee's pictures)
Performers: Herresthal, Peter
Conductors: Aadland, Eivind
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"...The main piece is the Violin Concerto of 1996 written for (and expertly played by) Peter Herresthal, who displays much virtuosity throughout... Nordheim is an...continue...

Tveitt: Prillar, Sun God Symphony / Ruud, Stavenger SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-03-22

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Prillar (i G-lydisk), for orchestra (completed by Jon Ovind Ness), Op. 8; Solgud-symfonien (Sun God Symphony), 3 pieces from "Baldur's Dreams" (reconst. by Kaare Dyvik Husby)
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Saeverud: Cello Concerto, Symphony no 8 / Mork, Ruud, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-04-15

Works: Harald Saeverud: Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op. 7; Symphony no 8 ("Minnesota"), Op. 40
Performers: Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Tveitt: 100 Folk Tunes from Hardanger Suites 1 & 2 / Ruud

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-12-20

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Folktunes (100) from Hardanger, Op. 151
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"The Norwegian Geirr Tveitt is often referred to as the Bartok of the North because he traveled the length and breadth of the fiord country...continue...

Saeverud: Orchestral Music Vol 4 / Dmitriev, Ogawa, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Harald Saeverud: Fanfare og Hymne, Op. 48; Piano Concerto, Op. 31; Symphony no 9, Op. 45
Performers: Ogawa, Noriko
Conductors: Dmitriev, Alexander
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Saeverud: Symphony no 3, Violin Concerto / Ruud, Saeverud

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-04-06

Works: Harald Saeverud: Symphony no 3, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin, Op. 37
Performers: Saeverud, Trond
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"...a genuine revelation. One can hear right away that Saverud was a born symphonist...one can well appreciate why none other than Carl Neilsen was deeply...continue...

Saeverud Vol 2 - Bassoon Concerto, etc / Ronnes, Dmitriev

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-11-01

Works: Harald Saeverud: Concerto for bassoon; Lucretia-Suite, for orchestra, Op. 10; Symphony no 7 ("Salme"), Op. 27
Conductors: Dmitriev, Alexander
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"Harald Saeverud's Bassoon Concerto...is a wonderful, lyrical, melodic concerto...[his] first excursion into the theater was in 1935, when he wrote the music for the first...continue...

Saeverud: Sinfonia Dolorosa, etc / Dmitriev, Stavanger SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-05-30

Works: Harald Saeverud: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 28/1; The Devil's 5-Hop; Sinfonia Dolorosa, Op. 19; Galdreslåtten, for orchestra, Op. 20; Kjempeviseslåtten for orchestra, Op. 22a/5
Conductors: Dmitriev, Alexander
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra