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Wu Wei, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Ida Nielsen, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra & Andris Poga – Rolf Wallin: Five Seasons; Whirld; Stride; Spirit (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:22 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album of works by the prominent Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin (b. 1957), one of Scandinavia’s leading composers, features new works with three outstanding soloists. Wallin’s concerto for the traditional Chinese instrument, the sheng, features award-winning artist Wu Wei, and his violin concerto the rapidly-rising violin star Eldbjørg Hemsing. Wallin’s Spirit for electric bass guitar and orchestra was written for Ida Nielsen, voted as one of the most notable bass players in the world, as well as Prince’s bassist.
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Eldbjørg Hemsing – Arctic (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:22 minutes | 941 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Sony Classical debut album “Arctic” by the internationally acclaimed Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing is a musical journey through the Arctic with new music by star composers Jacob Shea (“The Blue Planet”) of Bleeding fingers Music and Frode Fjellheim (“Frozen”), among others Sony Classical’s collaboration with the young concert violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing kicks off with an album that is extraordinary in both music and content: “Arctic” is a musical journey through a unique region, celebrating the fragile and largely undiscovered beauty of an ecosystem threatened by climate change on an unprecedented scale “The Arctic is often misjudged as a rugged, uninhabitable place, yet it is a region of unparalleled beauty and full of life, fascinatingly illustrating how everything is interconnected in fragile cycles.
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Eldbjørg Hemsing, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun – Tan Dun: Fire Ritual (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:37 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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The first encounter between Chinese composer Tan Dun and Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing took place in 2010 during the Shanghai World Expo, when Hemsing premièred Tan’s Love Concerto. Both have strong roots in the traditional music of their native countries, and out of this meeting between traditions a fruitful collaboration has developed which also involves an investigation of the music that happens here and now. In Hemsing’s words, the encounter ‘opened up my musical horizons’ and she has since performed a number of the composer’s works involving the violin. Fire Ritual, the concerto that lends its name to the present album, was composed with Hemsing in mind. It exists in a version for violin and Chinese traditional orchestra, as well as the one recorded here, which Hemsing and the Oslo Philharmonic premièred in September 2018, conducted by the composer. For Eldbjørg Hemsing, Tan Dun has also created the concerto that opens the disc, Rhapsody and Fantasia, based on earlier works. Both works reflect the composer’s memories of growing up barefoot in the countryside, and his later experiences of bringing together the shamanistic and spiritual world of his childhood with the discipline and philosophy of Peking Opera. Or in the composers own words: ‘a reflection of those early memories of my youth, but through the lens of my current musical soundscape’.
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Eldbjørg Hemsing & Simon Trpčeski – Grieg: Violin Sonatas (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:29 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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Following acclaimed recordings of concertos by Dvořák and Shostakovich, by Tan Dun and Josef Suk, the Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing returns to her roots in this Grieg recital, joined by Simon Trpčeski at the piano. Each of Edvard Grieg’s violin sonatas marks a decisive phase in the composer’s artistic development. He completed the F major Sonata at the age of 22, while still trying to break free from the heady influences he had received during his training at the Leipzig conservatory. The work still bears the stamp of German romanticism, but it also includes references to Norwegian folk dances and Hardanger fiddle techniques, features that were perceived as ‘a breath of fresh air’ when the work was premièred.
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Eldbjørg Hemsing – Dvořák & Suk: Works for Violin & Orchestra (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:02 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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Originally, this album was intended to be Eldbjorg Hemsing’s recording debut, but the repertoire interest in what became her debut (Borgstrom and Shostakovich) swayed the label and they changed the plan accordingly. Rarely has a recording debut had the impact of Eldbjorg’s debut album, and she has since been catapulted into international awareness in a very short time. On this release, we have more standard repertoire, no less well played and beautifully accompanied by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (previously the Royal Flemish Symphony Orchestra) under Alan Buribayev. This is the second record in a projected long series. A champion of Norway’s rich musical tradition, Eldbjorg Hemsing has been performing on some of the world’s most prestigious stages since age 11, when she made her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Her violin playing represents a unique blend of classic Viennese sound, drawn from her lessons with Boris Kuschnier; a contemporary sensibility absorbed through numerous projects with the Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun; and a deep affinity with her Scandinavian heritage that she proudly showcases in every aspect of her active musical life.
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Eldbjørg Hemsing, Wiener Symphoniker, Olari Elts – Borgström & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
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Eldbjørg Hemsing has been a household name in her native Norway since childhood and made her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 11. During and after her studies in Vienna, she has absorbed repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Tan Dun, a composer she has collaborated with on several projects in both Europe and Asia.
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