Utwory na płycie:

• String Quartet No. IV
• Octopus Rex (for 8 Cellos)
• String Quartet No. I
• Concerto for Violin and Pop Band

String Quartet No. IV
Octopus Rex (for 8 Cellos)
String Quartet No. I
Concerto for Violin and Pop Band

Ketil Hvoslef (b. 1939) is a productive, versatile and undogmatic composer who even now, in his 80’s continues to write music at a furious pace. Hvoslef’s style is characterized by an economy of means, the accumulation of latent energy, rhythmical ingenuity and, often, an element of humour.

“Hvoslef Chamber Works No. VIII” is the next to last in a series of nine albums of Ketil Hvoslef’s chamber music. The idea to document 38 of Hvoslef’s chamber music works on CD was initiated by violinist Ricardo Odriozola and pianist Einar Rottingen, both with backgrounds spanning many years of cooperation with the composer. The recordings draw from the vast pool of performers in Bergen, where the composer lives and works. The musicians are primarily from the Grieg Academy (University of Bergen) and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Recorded in Gunnar Savigs Sal, The Grieg Academy, Bergen, 26 May and 18 20 June 2019, in Studio A, Stein Rokkans Hus, The Grieg Academy, Bergen, 20 June 2019, and in Lawo Studio, Oslo, 21 June 2022.