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 Encore - The Long, Long Winter Night / Leif Ove Andsnes
Release Date: 02/06/2007 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 72485   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Edvard Grieg,  Geirr Tveitt,  David Monrad Johansen,  Fartein Valen,  Harald Saeverud

Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 8 Mins. 

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This disc was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist Performance without Orchestra."
The great Russian pianist, Emil Gilels, made a recording for Deutsche Grammophon of some twenty selections from Edvard Grieg's 'Lyric Pieces' that turned out to be one of the great piano recordings ever made. Leif Ove Andsnes opens his comparably fine recital with nine selections from two of Grieg's late collections of folk music transcriptions. Startlingly dissonant when they were new, they accurately reflect the harmonic complexity of his folk sources and take the music into realms commonly associated with Béla Bartók's explorations of Hungarian folk music. Throughout the recital the element of Norwegian folk music pervades the selections even as the music makes use of many of the devices more commonly associated with Bartók and Igor Stravinsky.
The seven selections by Geirr Tveitt are taken from a collection of fifty transcriptions of Norwegian folk songs and dances. With the exception of Fartein Valen's Variations, which are a lovely example of non-Schoenberg atonal composition, the rest of the program consists of various pictures of Norwegian life where the qualities of the folk music transcriptions permeate the original material. This is a fascinating look at comparatively rare repertoire beautifully played.
REVIEWS:
BBC Music (6/98, p.63) - Performance: 4 (out of 5), Sound: 4 (out of 5) - "...Tveitt's versions of folk tunes from Hardanger display variously a Bartókian percussiveness...and an attractive melodic angularity....Valen's Variations...convey real power and substance....Andsnes plays the programme well."
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1.  Norwegian Folksongs (19) for Piano, Op. 66: no 1, Kulokk by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 30 Secs. 
2.  Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72: no 6 by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902-1903; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 12 Secs. 
3.  Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72: no 10, Knut Luråsens halling I by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902-1903; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 22 Secs. 
4.  Norwegian Folksongs (19) for Piano, Op. 66: no 18, Jeg går... by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs. 
5.  Norwegian Folksongs (19) for Piano, Op. 66: no 10, Morgo ska... by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 15 Secs. 
6.  Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72: no 4, Halling from the hills by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902-1903; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs. 
7.  Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72: no 5, Prillar from the church-play Os by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902-1903; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 2 Secs. 
8.  Norwegian Folksongs (19) for Piano, Op. 66: no 17, Bådnlåt by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. 
9.  Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72: no 14, The goblin's bridal procession by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902-1903; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs. 
10.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no. 1, Vél Komne med aera by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
11.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 33, Graott og laott aot ein baot by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
12.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 3, Friarfoter by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 8 Secs. 
13.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 9, Dan fagraste viso pao jorae by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
14.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 27, Langeleik-låt by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
15.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 38, Barnefaren by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. 
16.  Folktunes (50) from Hardanger, Op. 150: no 37, Dan långje långje vettranåttae by Geirr Tveitt
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1953; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs. 
17.  Suite for Piano no 1, Op. 5 "Nordland Images" by David Monrad Johansen
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1918; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 9 Minutes 18 Secs. 
18.  Variations for Piano, Op. 23 by Fartein Valen
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935-1936; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 7 Minutes 38 Secs. 
19.  Tunes and Dances from "Siljustol", Op. 22: no 5, Kjempeviseslåtten by Harald Saeverud
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942-1946; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
20.  Tunes and Dances from "Siljustol", Op. 24: no 4, Myrdunspiele på Månestrålefele by Harald Saeverud
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942-1946; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
21.  Tunes and Dances from "Siljustol", Op. 24: no 5, Hamar-Tor. Slåtten by Harald Saeverud
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942-1946; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs. 
22.  Tunes and Dances from "Siljustol", Op. 25: no 4, Tones Vuggevise by Harald Saeverud
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942-1946; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
23.  Peer Gynt, Op. 28: Hymn against the Boyg by Harald Saeverud
Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; Norway 
 		Date of Recording: 01/1997 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs. 
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