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Thommessen: Bull's Eye / Please Accept My Ears / Cantabile

11/1/2006, 9 Tracks, 55:38

Featuring

  • Rolf Gupta
  • Peter Herresthal
  • Gonzalo Moreno
  • Oslo Philharmonic
  • Olav Anton Thommessen

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Recording & Production

This Hybrid SACD recording can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) and in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD), using a 5.0 configuration without a separate bass channel.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1919, gained an international reputation and became one of the best orchestras in the world under the baton of Mariss Jansons.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Peter Herresthal, the violinist, was named 'Performer of the Year' in 2002 by the Norwegian Society of Composers and won a Norwegian Grammy for his recording of Arne Nordheim's complete violin music.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Olav Anton Thommessen, the composer, was born into a family of diplomats and encountered diverse cultural influences from an early age.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Peter Herresthal performs on an Enrico Rocca violin from 1915 for 'BULL's eye' and 'Please Accept my Ears', and an 18th-century Varotti for 'Cantabile'.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thommessen, in the 1980s, began to use music history as a 'musical warehouse,' viewing classical music heritage as a supply-room of musical building components.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Thommessen's compositional process often involves creating musical entities that can be expanded or combined into larger cycles of works.

Source: Booklet

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