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CDs and DVDs featuring the composer Johan Svendsen

CATALOGUE NR: CHAN9258  (barcode: 0095115925829)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50

COMPOSER: Carl Nielsen  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Quintet in G major FS5 (Nielsen). String Octet in A major op.3. Romance for violin and strings op.26 (Svendsen).
ARTISTS: Kenneth Sillito   Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ensemble    

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: DSPRCD012  (barcode: 5060104470036)
RECORD LABEL: Dal Segno
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Cecile Chaminade  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Master of the Piano Roll
TRACKS: CECILE CHAMINADE : works by - Chaminade. GENEVIEVE PITOT : works by - Moret / Terschak / Leybach / Svendsen / Johann Strauss.
ARTISTS: Cecile Chaminade   Genevieve Pitot    

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN9028  (barcode: 0095115902820)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Norwegian Dances op.35. In Autumn Overture op.11. Old Norwegian Romance with Variations op.51. Erotik from Lyric Pieces op.43 No.5. (Grieg). Two Icelandic Melodies (Svendsen).
ORCHESTRA: Iceland Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Petri Sakari

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the Icelandic orchestra play very responsively for their Finnish conductor, Petri Sakari, who gives very natural and straightforward accounts of this endearing music'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2110240  (barcode: 0747313524051)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 27-Sep-2010

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Musical Journey - Norway
TRACKS: From Gaupne to Sogndal - Sandbu / Bergen / Alesund / Maihaugen / Lillehammer / Trolls - music by Grieg / Sinding / Svendsen.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 52 minutes

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CATALOGUE NR: PPC9056  (barcode: 7033662090563)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2006

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In the Hall of the Mountain King
TRACKS: Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (Grieg). Polonaise - Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune - Norwegian Artist's Carnival (Johan Svendsen). The Wedding in Hardanger (Halfdan Kjerulf). Solitude (Ole Bull). Purpose - Valse Caprice (Rikard Nordraak orch. Johan Halvorsen). National Anthem (Olav Trygvasson). Entry of the Boyars. Danse Visionaire (Johan Halvorsen).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Per Dreier

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CATALOGUE NR: DSD250274  (barcode: 0794881975525)
RECORD LABEL: Praga
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Norwegian Romantic Chamber Music
TRACKS: String Quartet in G minor op.27 (Grieg). String Octet op.3 (Johan Svendsen).
ARTISTS: Kocian Qt   M Nostitz Qt    

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1081  (barcode: 7025560108129)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65

COMPOSER: Ernest Bloch  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Nigun from Baal Shem suite (Bloch). Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in G major op.13 (Grieg). Violin Sonata No.2 in G major op.13 (Schubert). Aus der Heimat (Smetana). Violin Romance in G major op.26 (Svendsen).
ARTISTS: Marianne Thorsen   Jorgen Larsen    

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CATALOGUE NR: DACOCD523524  (barcode: 5709499523247)
RECORD LABEL: Danacord
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 17.99

COMPOSER: JPE Hartmann  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Thomas Jensen conducts Scandinavian Classics
TRACKS: Triumphal March of the Nordic Gods (JPE Hartmann). Concert Overture: Echoes of Ossian (Niels W Gade). Violin Romance op.26 (Johan Svendsen). Prelude to 'Voeland the Smith' (Fini Henrique). Prelude to 'Renaissance' (PE Lange-Müller). Little Suite for Strings op.1. Helios Overture op.17. March from 'The Mother'. Prelude to Act II of 'Saul and David' (Carl Nielsen). Finlandia op.26. Valse triste op.44/1. Valse lyrique op.96a (Jean Sibelius). 'It is perfectly true' symphonic fantasy op.37 (Finn Høffding). Miniature Suite: 'Mosaik' (Svend Erik Tarp). Little Overture for Strings Concertino for Trumpet and Strings. Excerpts from the ballet 'Twelve by the Mail-coach'. Fools' Paradise suite. Two Beggar-pupils' Song. On the Occasion of (Knudage Riisager).
ORCHESTRA: Copenhagen Philharmonic and Danish State Radio Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Jensen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recordings from 1937-1949 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8550329  (barcode: 0730099532921)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75

COMPOSER: Jean Sibelius  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Scandinavian Violin Music
TRACKS: Violin Concerto op.47 (Sibelius). Legende (Sinding). Romance op.26 (Svendsen). Danses Norvegiennes. Air Norvegien op.7 (Halvorsen).
ORCHESTRA: Czech-Slovak RSO
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Leaper
ARTISTS: Dong-Suk Kang      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Dong-Suk Kang plays the attractive Danses norvégiennes with great panache, character and effortless virtuosity, and delivers an equally impeccable performance of the earlier Air norvégien'

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1085  (barcode: 7025560108525)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65

COMPOSER: Johan Halvorsen  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Norwegian Rhapsodies
TRACKS: Norwegian Rhapsody No.1 A major. Norwegian Rhapsody No.2 G major (Halvorsen). Norwegian Rhapsody No.1 op.17. Norwegian Rhapsody No.2 op.19. Norwegian Rhapsody No.3 op21. Norwegian Rhapsody No.4 op.22 (Svendsen).
ORCHESTRA: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ole Kristian Ruud

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CATALOGUE NR: 8570322  (barcode: 0747313032273)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TITLE: Norwegian Rhapsodies
TRACKS: Romeo og Julie - Romeo and Juliet op.18. Norwegian Rhapsody No.1 op.17. Norwegian Rhapsody No.2 op.19. Norwegian Rhapsody No.3 op.21. Norwegian Rhapsody No.4 op.22. Zorahayda op.11.
ORCHESTRA: South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bjarte Engeset

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927406212  (barcode: 0809274062123)
RECORD LABEL: Apex
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 15-Oct-2001

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D op.4. Symphony No.2 in B flat op.15.
ORCHESTRA: Norwegian Radio Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ari Rasilainen

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD347  (barcode: 7318590003473)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D op.4. Symphony No.2 in B flat op.15. Two Swedish Folk Tunes for strings.
ORCHESTRA: Gotesborgs Symfoniker
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Jarvi

- Penguin Guide 4 star 'Jarvi gives first-class performances, sensitive and vital, and the excellent recordings earn them a strong recommendation'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8553898  (barcode: 0730099489829)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D major, op.4. Symphony No.2 in B flat major, op.15.
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
CONDUCTOR: Bjarte Engeset

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN9932  (barcode: 0095115993224)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jun-2001

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in D major op.4. Symphony No.2 in B flat major op.15. Polonaise No.2 op.28.
ORCHESTRA: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Dausgaard

- Oct-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2001 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Music of great charm, full of colour and understated elegance. Dausgaard and his Danish orchestra clearly warm to these appealing scores.' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'this is captivating music and the Danes, among whom Svendsen spent so much of his life, respond with enthusiasm'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD753  (barcode: 7318590007532)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-1997

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: String Quartet in A minor op.1. Octet in A major op.3.
ARTISTS: Kontra Qt      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the Kontra Quartet and their colleague's give a strong account of the Octet, coupling it with another student work, the A minor Quartet, Op1. A good well-balanced sound'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8554497  (barcode: 0636943449721)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-1999

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Norwegian Violin Favourites
TRACKS: Romance in G op.26 (Svendsen). The Herd girl's Sunday. La Melancholie. Adagio - Concerto in E minor (Bull). Suite for Violin & Orchestra op.10 'Im alten Stil' (Sinding). 2 Norske Dances for Violin & Orchestra. Maiden's Song. Wedding March. The Old Fisherman's Song. Andante religioso (Halvorsen). I love you. Last Spring (Grieg).
ORCHESTRA: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bjarte Engeset
ARTISTS: Henning Kraggerud      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1097  (barcode: 7025560109720)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TITLE: Music for Strings
TRACKS: Violin Romance G major op.26. Two Swedish Folk Tunes op.27. Two Icelandic Folk Tunes op.30. Variations on I fjol gjaett e gjeitin op.31. Abendlied. Octet for Strings op.3.
ARTISTS: Henning Kraggerud   Risor Festival Strings    

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CATALOGUE NR: 9998582  (barcode: 0761203985821)
RECORD LABEL: CPO
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.99
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen
TRACKS: String Quartet op.1 in A minor. String Quartet op.5 in C major.
ARTISTS: Oslo String Qt   Henning Kraggerud    

- Nov-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'two delightful and rewarding scores that have been absurdly neglected, now very persuasively played and well recorded'

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1260X  (barcode: 7033662112609)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 08-Aug-2005

COMPOSER: Johan Svendsen  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Five Norwegian Orchestral Romantics
TRACKS: Norwegian Rhapsody No.3. Norwegian Artist's Carnival (Johan Svendsen). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor (Edvard Grieg). Norwegian Rhapsody No.2. Bergensiana. Entry of the Boyars (Johan Halvorsen). Peer Gynt Suite No.1. Her Last Lullaby. Canto Rivoltoso (Harald Saeverud). From Hundred Folk-tunes from Hardanger (Geirr Tveitt).
ORCHESTRA: Oslo Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Michail Jurowski
ARTISTS: Sigurd Slattebrekk   Arve Moen Bergset   Isa Katharina Gericke  

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