CHRISTIANIALIV - Works from Norway's Golden Age of wind music The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces

• Johan Svendsen (1840-1911): Svendsen: Symfoni nr. 2:
• 1 I. Allegro 09:48
• 2 II. Andante sostenuto 07:31
• 3 III. Intermezzo – Allegro giusto 05:22
• 4 IV. Finale. Andante 11:18
• Adolf Hansen (1852-1911): Serenade til Griegs sølvbryllup:
• 5 Serenade til Griegs sølvbryllup 03:19
• Hansen: Serenade
• 6 Serenade 05:45
• Hansen: Bondebryllupet
• 7 Bondebryllupet 05:14
• Hansen: Romance
• 8 Romance 04:37
• Hansen: Christianialiv. Musikalske Tonebilleder
• 9 Christianialiv. Musikalske Tonebilleder 11:59
• Ole Olsen (1850-1872): Ouverture til Svein Uræd:
• 10 Ouverture til Svein Uræd 08:43
• Olsen: Sörgemarsch
• 11 Sörgemarsch 04:37
• Evensen: Norsk Dans nr. 1
• 12 Norsk Dans nr. 1 03:57
• Evensen: Norsk Dans nr. 2
• 13 Norsk Dans nr. 2 04:42
• Total Runtime 01:26:52

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The second half of the 19th century is often called the 'Golden Age' of Norwegian music. The reason lies partly in the international reputations established by Johan Svendsen and Edvard Grieg, but it also lies in the fact that musical life in Norway, at a time of population growth and economic expansion, enjoyed a period of huge vitality and creativity, responding to a growing demand for music in every genre. The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces (to use its modern name) played a key role in this burgeoning musical life not just by performing music for all sections of society, but also by discovering and fostering musical talent in performers and composers. Johan Svendsen, Adolf Hansen, Ole Olsen and Alfred Evensen, whose music we hear on this album, can therefore be called part of the band's history.

The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces
Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor

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