BBC Music Magazine: Attractive makeweights

By Elin Kvandal | 13. November 201723. November 2017

A delightfully airy, idiomatic Holberg Suite from this conductorless string group from Oslo, with attractive makeweights by the less familiar Kvandal, Grüner-Hegge and Nystedt. Superbly clear recording.

Ensemble Allegria: Grieg Holberg Suite; plus works by Kvandal, Nystedt and Grüner-Hegge.

Review by BBC Music Magazine, April 2014

Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement III - 23` 1:16
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra op. 55 (1980) - 15` 1:27
Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
Divertimento for String Orchestra op. 3 (1941) - 18` Johan Kvandal 1:39
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphonic Epos for Orchestra op. 21 (1962) - 18` 5:27
Antagonia, Op. 38 Concerto for Two String Orchestras and Percussion (1973) - Movement I - 23` 1:13
Norwegian Overture for Orchestra op. 7 (1951) -7` 2:17
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement II - 17` 1:02
Triptychon for Orchestra op. 53 (1979) - 13` 0:15
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
Variations and Fugue for Orchestra op. 14 (1954) - 15` 2:31
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Antagonia op. 28 (1979) - Movement II - 23` 2:07
Skipper Worse Suite op. 28.b (1968) - Movement I - 17` 0:51
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement III - 32` 1:19
Visions Norvegiennes pour orchestre op. 67 (1985) 1:34
Sinfonia Concertante op. 29 (1968) - 18` 1:29
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Symphony nr. 1 op. 18 (1959) - Movement I - 32` 1:21
Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00
Sonata for Strings op. 79 (1994) - 12`45 2:00