Harald Sæverud - Orchestral Music Vol. 1 (Dmitri Kitayenko)

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Composer: Harald Sæverud

CD1:

• (01) Symphony No. 8, Op. 40 'Minnesota'
• (05) Canto Ostinato, Op. 9
• (06) Galdreslatten, Op. 20
• (07) Symphony No. 6, Op. 19 'Sinfonia dolorosa'

CD2:

• (01) Rondo amoroso, Op. 14a No. 7
• (02) Symphony No. 4, Op. 11
• (03) Symphony No. 5, Op. 16 'Quasi una fantasia'
• (04) Symphony No. 7, Op. 27 'Psalm'

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Simax Classics

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Harald Sæverud (17 April 1897 – 27 March 1992) was a Norwegian composer. Sæverud studied at the Grieg Academy in Bergen with Borghild Holmsen, and at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik with Friedrich Koch. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt. Sæverud wrote nine symphonies and a large number of pieces for solo piano. He was a frequent guest conductor of his own works with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Sæverud's central place in Norwegian and European music has resulted in many honorary awards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_S%C3%A6verud

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Dmitri Kitayenko (born 18 August 1940 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian conductor. Kitayenko studied at the Glinka Conservatory and those of Leningrad and Moscow. He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969. Kitayenko was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years (1976-1990). He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990-1998), the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (1990-1996), KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999-2004) and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990-2004).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Kitayenko

http://en.kitajenko.com/

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