Joachim Knoph - Kvandal: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Fantasies on 3 Country Dances, Op. 31 (Johan Kvandal): No. 1. Skjeggeloppa, Munnharpeslått (Jew's Harp Slått)
02. Fantasies on 3 Country Dances, Op. 31 (Johan Kvandal): No. 2. Langeleikimprovisasjon (Langleik improvisation)
03. Fantasies on 3 Country Dances, Op. 31 (Johan Kvandal): No. 3. Vigstadmoen (Springleik for fiddle)
04. 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Johan Kvandal): No. 1. Moderato con moto
05. 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Johan Kvandal): No. 2. Moderato
06. 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Johan Kvandal): No. 3. Allegretto
07. 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Johan Kvandal): No. 4. Risoluto
08. 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Johan Kvandal): No. 5. Andantino
09. Skipper Worse (Johan Kvandal): Klokkespillmenuett (Glockenspiel Minuet)
10. Stemning. Fra en gammel kladdebok (Mood. From an Old Sketchbook) (Johan Kvandal)
11. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 1. Skjemtevise, "Kjetta sett' opp veven sin"
12. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 2. Um morgon tidleg, "Um morgon tidleg på høgste nut"
13. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 3. Bonden og reven, "Eg gjekk meg i dalen og skaut meg ein rev"
14. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 4. Kjærlighetssang, "Kvi ror du so du fagre ungersvein"
15. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 5. Dans, "Tak hardt uti hand, trø lett utpå fot"
16. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 6. Velkomstsang, "I være velkommen kong Albret"
17. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 7. Vesle Ola Finndal
18. 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70 (Johan Kvandal): No. 8. Å hanen han satt upp på bjelken
19. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): Rondo Grazioso, Op. 5, No. 1
20. Mysteries, Op. 75 (Johan Kvandal): Mysterier (Mysteries), Op. 75, Act II: Valse (version for piano)
21. Fantasy, Op. 8 (Johan Kvandal): Fantasy, Op. 8
22. Munnharpevals (Jew's Harp Waltz) (Johan Kvandal)
23. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): No. 4. Intermezzo No. 1: Andante sostenuto
24. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): No. 5. Intermezzo No. 2: Andante
25. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): No. 6. Capriccio: Allegro molto
26. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): No. 7. Scherzino: Allegro scherzando
27. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): a. Lokk fra Lom (Shepherd's call from Lom)
28. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): b. Sjung amen! (Sing amen)
29. Lyric Pieces, Op. 5 (Johan Kvandal): c. Då e` va liti (When I was little)
30. Mosaikk, Elevbok 1 (Johan Kvandal): Mosaikk - Pianomusikk gjennom tidene (Mosaics - Piano Music through the Ages), Book 1: Dans (Dance)
31. Piano Sonatina, Op. 2 (Johan Kvandal): I. Allegro energico
32. Piano Sonatina, Op. 2 (Johan Kvandal): II. Andante
33. Piano Sonatina, Op. 2 (Johan Kvandal): III. Presto non troppo


Johan Kvandal was one of Norway’s most highly esteemed 20th-century composers. He wrote a substantial body of works, notably orchestral, vocal and instrumental, that was popular with musicians and audiences alike. Initially encouraged by his father, the composer David Monrad Johansen, when he followed the predominantly nationalist trends of the 1920s and 1930s, Kvandal went on to study in Paris and Vienna, absorbing some of the infuences of composers such as Bartók, Stravinsky and Messiaen. From the 1970s onwards, a return to Norwegian folk-music as the very building bricks of his compositions, combined with the musical currents of the time, led to the development of an attractive and sometimes daring musical language described by Kvandal himself as “modern tonality”.

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