The works on this recording embrace ninety-nine years of European music history and are balanced by paradoxical opposites; the program is dominated by moods of the long, arctic winter night - grief, longing, absence - and the midnight sun's unceasing orgy of light and life. Kolbjurn Holthe and his inspired orchestra display both playful virtuosity and extreme serenity in their interpretations of this repertoire. The Tromse Chamber Orchestra is the only full-time professional chamber orchestra in Norway. The orchestra has become well-known as a modern and versatile ensemble of high international standard. The orchestra gives weekly concerts in Tromse, and the musicians also serve regularly as a part of the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tracklist:

Fünf Sätze, Fassung Für Streichorchester, Op. 5: I Heftig Bewegt, Tempo I – Etwas Ruhiger, Tempo II
Fünf Sätze, Fassung Für Streichorchester, Op. 5: II Sehr Langsam
Fünf Sätze, Fassung Für Streichorchester, Op. 5: III Sehr Lebhaft
Fünf Sätze, Fassung Für Streichorchester, Op. 5: IV Sehr Langsam
Fünf Sätze, Fassung Für Streichorchester, Op. 5: V In Zarter Bewegung
Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Aus Der Ferne III, For String Quartet
Hitting The First Base. Concerto For Double Bass
Musique Funèbre (Prologue, Métamorphoses, Apogée, Epilogue)

UPC: 7033662013029
Label: Simax Classics
Release Date: 7.31.12
Format: CD

Tromsø Chamber Orchestra - Perspectives (CD)