Geir Inge Lotsberg

Geir Inge Lotsberg – Works by Henze, Sallinen, Sandvik, Sigurbjörnsson, Skouen and Yun (2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:33 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album consists of solo-violin works by different nordic contemporary composers combined with Hans Werner Henze representing the central european and Isang Yun the asiatic style and esthetics.

The selection of pieces presented here shows a variety of approaches to writing polyphonic music for solo violin.
The violin as an instrument has great expressive flexibility. At the same time, there are limitations with regard to scope, double-stop combinations and performance styles that place significant constraints on the choices open to composers.

Every composer relates in some way to J. S. Bach’s masterly polyphonic compositions for solo violin from 1720. The collection of works from the past 35 years on this recording demonstrates that Bach’s legacy, rather than imposing limitations, serves as an inspiration in seeking to vary the expressive idioms that can be elicited from an unaccompanied violin.

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Geir Inge Lotsberg – Works by Apollyon, Skouen and Åm (2005)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:11 minutes | 843 MB | Genre: Classical
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This is the first solo-violin album by the Norwegian violinist Geir Inge Lotsberg, released in 2005. Three different venues with with special acustical qualities were used for the recording. The works by Apollyon and Åm were commisioned and premiered by Lotsberg in the early 2000. Apollyon (1945-2015), Skouen (1950) and Åm (1952) are among the most profiled composers of their generation in Norway, representing a wide stylistic and estetic range.

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