Kvandal: Complete Works for Solo Piano Joachim Knoph

• Johan Kvandal (1919-1999): Fantasies on 3 Country Dances, Op. 31:
• 1 No. 1. Skjeggeloppa, Munnharpeslått (Jew's Harp Slått) 02:45
• 2 No. 2. Langeleikimprovisasjon (Langleik improvisation) 03:55
• 3 No. 3. Vigstadmoen (Springleik for fiddle) 03:29
• 5 Small Piano Pieces, Op. 1:
• 4 No. 1. Moderato con moto 00:49
• 5 No. 2. Moderato 01:27
• 6 No. 3. Allegretto 00:50
• 7 No. 4. Risoluto 00:50
• 8 No. 5. Andantino 01:38
• Skipper Worse:
• 9 Klokkespillmenuett (Glockenspiel Minuet) 01:49
• Stemning:
• 10 Fra en gammel kladdebok (Mood. From an Old Sketchbook) 02:22
• 8 Norwegian Folk Tunes, Op. 70:
• 11 No. 1. Skjemtevise, "Kjetta sett' opp veven sin" 00:55
• 12 No. 2. Um morgon tidleg, "Um morgon tidleg på høgste nut" 01:35
• 13 No. 3. Bonden og reven, "Eg gjekk meg i dalen og skaut meg ein rev" 00:49
• 14 No. 4. Kjærlighetssang, "Kvi ror du so du fagre ungersvein" 01:35
• 15 No. 5. Dans, "Tak hardt uti hand, trø lett utpå fot" 00:46
• 16 No. 6. Velkomstsang, "I være velkommen kong Albret" 01:28
• 17 No. 7. Vesle Ola Finndal 01:26
• 18 No. 8. Å hanen han satt upp på bjelken 00:54
• Lyric Pieces, Op. 5:
• 19 Rondo Grazioso, Op. 5, No. 1 05:33
• Mysterier (Mysteries), Op. 75, Act II:
• 20 Valse (version for piano) 02:30
• Fantasy, Op. 8:
• 21 Fantasy, Op. 8 05:45
• Munnharpevals (Jew's Harp Waltz):
• 22 Munnharpevals (Jew's Harp Waltz) 02:12
• Lyric Pieces, Op. 5:
• 23 No. 4. Intermezzo No. 1: Andante sostenuto 02:25
• 24 No. 5. Intermezzo No. 2: Andante 01:20
• 25 No. 6. Capriccio: Allegro molto 02:20
• 26 No. 7. Scherzino: Allegro scherzando 02:14
• 27 a. Lokk fra Lom (Shepherd's call from Lom) 01:03
• 28 b. Sjung amen! (Sing amen) 01:00
• 29 c. Då e` va liti (When I was little) 02:11
• Mosaikk - Pianomusikk gjennom tidene (Mosaics - Piano Music through the Ages), Book 1:
• 30 Dans (Dance) 00:47
• Piano Sonatina, Op. 2:
• 31 I. Allegro energico 04:00
• 32 II. Andante 05:32
• 33 III. Presto non troppo 03:13
• Total Runtime 01:11:27

Info zu Kvandal: Complete Works for Solo Piano

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”.

„The Norwegian composer, Johan Kvandal, wrote works for keyboard almost through his long life, but as a miniaturist in this genre they can be contained on one disc. Born into an intensely artistic family, his father being the composer, David Monrad Johansen, he began compositional studies at the age of eighteen, firstly with Geirr Tveitt and Joseph Marx, though he was already thirty-three when a life-changing two years was spent in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger. He then embarked on the major part of his career, his works covering almost the entire gambit of composition. By then he had completed a large part of his music for piano, his pieces largely aimed at the amateur pianist and devoid of technical hurdles. Unlike most of his compatriots he never deserted tonality, and in his later works returned to Norwegian folk music as his inspiration. So here we have thirty-three tracks of uncomplicated music that falls very easily on the ear, Joachim Knoph playing with the unadorned simplicity the music requires, few tracks extending much beyond two minutes. The intimate sound quality is well suited.“ (David’s Review Corner)

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