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Bent Sørensen: Concertos
8.226095 (Dacapo Records, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (20 March 2020)
Playing time: 56'59"
Tracks: 11
Booklet pages: 32
© 2020 Dacapo Records
Main country of recording: NO
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Eugene Takeuchi-Williams
Review of Bent Sørensen: Concertos published on 28 April 2020
Listen: Bent Sørensen: Lento lugubre (La Mattina) (track 1, 1:40-2:19)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano (tracks 1-5)
Martin Fröst, clarinet (tracks 6-8)
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet (tracks 9-11)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (tracks 1-5 and 9-11)
Per Kristian Skalstad, conductor (tracks 1-5 and 9-11)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra (tracks 6-8)
Thomas Søndergård (tracks 6-8)
Bent Sørensen (born 1958):
La Mattina for piano and orchestra (2007-9)
1 Lento lugubre
2 Luminoso - quasi allegro
3 Lento misterioso
4 Andante
5 Presto
Serenidad for clarinet and orchestra (2011-12)
6 I
7 II
8 III
Trumpet Concerto (2012-13)
9 I
10 II
11 III
First recordings
Recorded 18-19 September 2019 at Universitetets Aula, Oslo, Norway (tracks 1-5 and 9-11) and 10 May 2014 (live) at Koncertsalen, DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark (tracks 6-8)