Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen: Complete Piano Music Øyvind Aase

• Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903 - 1984):
• 1 Olsen: Little Butterfly 00:46
• 2 Olsen: Suite on Norwegian Folk Songs No. 1, Op. 31 No. 1 "Frå Telemark" 07:41
• 3 Olsen: Air 01:42
• 4 Olsen: Suite on Norwegian Folk Songs No. 2, Op. 31 No. 2 "Frå Telemark" 09:53
• 3 Small Piano Pieces:
• 5 Olsen: 3 Small Piano Pieces: No. 1, Menuett 01:14
• 6 Olsen: 3 Small Piano Pieces: No. 2, Evening Song 02:12
• 7 Olsen: 3 Small Piano Pieces: No. 3, Gavotte 01:33
• Leitom Suite, Op. 33:
• 8 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: I. By the Old Church 02:34
• 9 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: II. When Christmas Comes 01:59
• 10 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: III. Glacier Crowfoot 02:16
• 11 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: IV. The Sorpero Dance 03:37
• 12 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: V. Snow-Clad Forest 04:09
• 13 Olsen: Leitom Suite, Op. 33: VI. The Leitom 03:45
• Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen:
• 14 Olsen: 6 Old Village Songs from Lom, Op. 2 (Version for Piano) 03:12
• 15 Olsen: Andante funebre (Version for Piano) 04:31
• Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano):
• 16 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 1, Big Baby Larry 00:25
• 17 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 2, The Prize Pig 00:23
• 18 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 3, Kari's Ugly Cap 00:31
• 19 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 4, Pussy and the Tom-Tit 00:36
• 20 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 5, The Two Sisters 00:25
• 21 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 6, The Fairy and the Mother 00:50
• 22 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 7, My Sweetheart Was That Kind 00:50
• 23 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 8, Pussy and I 00:12
• 24 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 9, O, It's Alright 00:29
• 25 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 10, Mary Lazy-Bones 00:24
• 26 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 11, When Baby Grows Up 00:23
• 27 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 12, Sparrow to Its Wee One 00:32
• 28 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 13, Up the Slope 00:40
• 29 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 14, Going North or Going South 00:27
• 30 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 15, Polly, Molly, Get Up Now 00:14
• 31 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 16, Between the Oven and the Table 00:30
• 32 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 17, Pretty Polly, Sweet and Jolly 00:29
• 33 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 18, Young Ola Finndale 00:19
• 34 Olsen: Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano): No. 19, The Dance Round the Anvil 00:19
• Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen:
• 35 Olsen: Variations on a Norwegian Folktune, Op. 5 07:46
• 36 Olsen: Hymn "Honour Eternal Spring" 01:04
• Total Runtime 01:08:52

Info for Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen: Complete Piano Music

Norwegian folksong and dance constitute the very DNA of the music of Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903–84), on both a large and a small scale – from Draumkvedet, the 1936 oratorio that was his first major success, to the tiny miniatures that form most of his piano music, recorded here in its entirety for the first time. The apparent simplicity of much of this material belies the unassuming sophistication of its construction: many of these pieces, some barely a minute long, seem – to adapt William Blake – to contain the world in a grain of sand.

Øyvind Aase, piano

Øyvind Aase
The pianist and writer Øyvind Aase was born in Bergen, Norway. His formal musical education includes exams in musicology from the University of Oslo and the Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix) from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, after a performance of, among other, Beethoven`s Piano Sonata op. 101 and Brahms`s Fantasien op. 116. His piano teachers have been the concert pianists Jan Henrik Kayser (Bergen), Eline Nygaard (University of Oslo) and Edith Vogel (Guildhall, London). He has also taken lessons from the pianists Charles Rosen, Albert Ferber and Jenny Solheid (piano), and the violinists Manoug Parikian and Sergiu Luca (chamber music).

Øyvind Aase made his official debut as a concert pianist at the famous concert hall of the University of Oslo (Universitetets Aula) at the age of twenty, playing major works by Schubert, Schumann and Debussy. His performance of Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze op.6 in particular received critical acclaim in five papers. Today Øyvind Aase is a versatile performer. He has made recordings (in studio and live) for the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Bulgarian state radios. His CD recordings include 9 volumes (10 records). In Evening Air: Piano Moods 1900-2000 aims to show the wide range of the piano sound of the 20th Century, presenting 33 leading musical profiles from the period. Among his many projects dedicated to Nordic music, his CD Nordic Piano Music for Children presents lesser known works by such composers as Johan Kvandal (Norway), Leifur Thórarinsson (Iceland) and Adolf Wiklund (Sweden). Among the Nordic composers Alf Hurum, Norway`s first musical impressionist, plays an important part in Aase`s recording career. His 4 CD recording The Hurum Collection is the first thorough presentation of Hurum`s chamber music for and with piano to be released on CD.

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