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Percy Grainger & Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, GRIEG Piano Concerto (192kHz)

GRIEG Piano Concerto (192kHz)

2L-060-FLAC192

Artist: Percy Grainger & Kristiansand Symfoniorkester
Label: 2L FLAC 192kHz 24 bit
External Link: 2L FLAC 192kHz 24 bit
8/17/09 FLAC, PDF
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The magic of a "time machine" brings Percy Grainger's original performance back to life in this modern surround-sound recording with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rolf Gupta. Edvard Grieg himself bears witness to the validity and authenticity of Grainger's interpretation through his own enthusiastic endorsement: "I had to become sixty-four years old to hear Norwegian piano music interpreted so understandingly and brilliantly. He breaks new ground for himself, for me, and for Norway. And then this enchanting, profound, serious, and childlike naturalness! What a joy to gain a young friend with such qualities!"

In 2007, conductor Rolf Gupta gave the first Norwegian performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, with the legendary Australian pianist Percy Grainger (1882-1961) as the posthumous soloist. On this recording, the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra accompanies Grainger's original and controversial interpretation of the concerto. In addition, the violinist Øyvind Bjorå and pianolist Rex Lawson perform Grieg's Violin Sonata in C minor. The recording also includes a handful of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, performed by the composer himself. Astonishingly, these performances have not been available to the public until now.

Two different instruments have facilitated Grainger's and Grieg's encounters with the KSO/Gupta in modern times. Grainger plays on a form of musical time machine, the Duo-Art reproducing piano, which is something like an analogue predecessor of the computer, powered by an electric suction pump, and controlled automatically by perforated rolls of paper. Grieg, on the other hand, has been restored to life by means of a foot-pedalled pianola, played by Rex Lawson. For this recording, both instruments were fitted in front of a Steinway concert grand piano and re-performed the playing of Grainger in 1921 and Grieg in 1906.

Recorded and produced in DXD (352kHz/24bit).

GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 - I: Allegro molto moderato (FLAC/24 12:27) Play Buy USD 4.00
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 - II: Adagio (FLAC/24 5:38) Play Buy USD 4.00
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 - III: Allegro molto moderato e marcato (FLAC/24 9:53) Play Buy USD 4.00
Edvard Grieg - GRIEG Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65 no. 6 (FLAC/24 5:25) Play Buy USD 4.00
Edvard Grieg - GRIEG Album Leaf, op. 28 no. 1 (FLAC/24 1:34) Play Buy USD 2.00
Edvard Grieg - GRIEG Album Leaf, op. 28 no. 2 (FLAC/24 2:58) Play Buy USD 2.00
Edvard Grieg - GRIEG Erotikon, op. 43 no. 5 (FLAC/24 2:54) Play Buy USD 2.00
GRIEG To Spring, op. 43. no. 6 (FLAC/24 2:51) Play Buy USD 2.00
Øyvind Bjorå & Rex Lawson - GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano, no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 - I: Allegro molto ed appassionato (FLAC/24 8:39) Play Buy USD 4.00
Øyvind Bjorå & Rex Lawson - GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano, no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 - II: Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza (FLAC/24 6:35) Play Buy USD 4.00
Øyvind Bjorå & Rex Lawson - GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano, no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 - III: Allegro animato (FLAC/24 7:26) Play Buy USD 4.00
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