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Geirr Tveitt: From a Travel Diary

GEIRR TVEITT: Frå ei reisedagbok / From a travel diary - quartet for strings, 8 movements in suite form · Jonsokkvelden / Midsummer's eve - Septet for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, cor anglais and horn · Septet - for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, oboe and horn · Husguden / The household god - ballet in 12 scenes.

Fragaria Vesca

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Playing time

1 - I Middelhavet / The Mediterranean (Andante)
05:21

2 - II Via Appia (Adagio)
03:03

3 - III Sicilia (Allegretto deciso)
01:46

4 - IV Tripoli (Tranquillo e grazioso)
03:01

5 - V Sirocco
01:31

6 - VI El Escorial (Lento misterioso)
03:17

7 - VII Sevilla (Ritmico)
03:37

8 - VIII Stjernehimmel over Sahara / Starry skies over the Sahara (Lento)
05:09

9 - Husguden / The household god - ballet in 12 scenes. I Grave, II Tempo di "Rudl", moderato, III Tempo di "Springar" moderato, IV Tempo di "Springar" più vivo, V, VI Tempo di "Rudl" solito (tempo d"ordinario), VII Molto tranquillo, VIII Tempo di "Rudl" solito (come VI), IX Tempo di "Gangar", X Tempo di "Halling", XI Molto deciso, XII Grave
03:08

10 - Septet for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, oboe and horn
02:18

11 - Jonsokkvelden / Midsummer's eve (Con Moto)
16:35

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Exotic and adventurous. The remarkable musical gift of Geirr Tveitt continues to surprise and delight us with 'new' material - 30 years after he left us. Violinist and musicologist Tor Johan Bøen has brought new things forth.

Geirr Tveitt is undisputably a leading light among Norwegian composers. This release features chamber works that have never before been available on record, works that broaden and deepen our admiration of the artistic gift of Tveitt.

Tveitt the enigma

Few composers surrounded themselves and their work with such aura of mystique and disarray as did Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981). His opus list counts more than 250 works. The great fire at the Tveitt farm in 1970 reputedly devoured most of his musical manuscripts. Hitherto unknown copies of some of these works have surfaced over the last decades. The material for this recording has been painstakingly edited by Tor Johan Bøen, some of it based only on a radio recording.

From a travel diary - around the Mediterranean

The photo of Tveitt on the back of a dromedary connects to the theme of the main work on this release. His string quartet in eight movements is clearly influenced by stylistic traits from traditional music of Mediterranean region. The music is original and picturesque, describing titles of the movements include Via Appia, Sevilla and Starry Skies over the Sahara. In the programme notes for the premiere performance in 1960, Tveitt writes that the work was written as early as the 1930s, a statement that has been difficult to verify.

The houshold god - ballet about the conflict between the old and new

In the years just before WW2, Tveitt was extremely productive with music for two big ballets - one of them The Dreams of Baldur. In 1956 he was given a commission for a smaller ballet from the Bergen Festival, called The Household God. There was only money for a chamber ensemble and the performances took place outdoors. Tveitt excels in the use of Norwegian traditional dance forms like the halling, rull, springar and gangar in this ballet.

Fragaria Vesca Geirr Tveitt

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Release:

05.08.2011
EAN:

7033662012220
Catalog Number:

PSC1222
Price Category:

1CDK

Classical | Strings | Chamber | World premiere recording

The remarkable musical gift of Geirr Tveitt continues to surprise and delight us with 'new' material - 30 years after he left us.

“- Musikk som ikke ligner noe som helst annet i verden. [6/6 Peter Larsen / Bergens Tidende]“

Dice 6

“- Veldig flott. Utgivelsen gir inntrykk av å være skapt i kammermusikkens ånd. Med andre ord, en høyst velkommen tilvekst med hittil ukjent musikk av en våre aller største kompositoriske begavelser noensinne. [Kjell Hillveg / Dagsavisen]“

Dice 6

“- Vaguely covering the romantic spectrum from Brahms to Shostakovich, Tveitt is full of unexpected, newly familiar sounds that celebrate lyricism and sweetness one mo(ve)ment, and compelling angular rhythms the next. [Jens F. Laurson / Ionarts]“

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