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Edvard Grieg. (Sound Recording Reviews).(Sound Recording Review)
Edvard Grieg. Lyric Pieces. Leif Ove Andsnes. EMI 57296, 2002.
There is an understandable fascination to recordings made on the composer's own instrument. Were these the exact sounds the composer heard? Will the individual quirks of the instrument reveal something new about the contours and characteristics of the works composed upon it? How do the action of the keys, height of the strings, length of the neck, etc. affect the "feel" of the piece as performed on this particular instrument, and what can we infer from that about the composer's approach to the work? These are musicianly thoughts, certainly, and not ones likely to trouble the average listener. But musicians are an audience worth winning, and recordings like this one are of particular attraction to them. Many of the works presented here, all of them very attractive but ...
- Leif Ove Andsnes and Ian Bostridge.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Minter, Drew October 1, 2003 700+ words
Texts and translations. EMI Classics 57509 This disc, part of an ongoing series of Schubert recordings by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and tenor Ian Bostridge, kicks off with Andsnes's fascinating, virtuoso performance of the D-major sonata. The imperious...
- Ian Bostridge and Leif Ove Andsnes.(SCHUBERT: SONATA D. 959; FOUR LIEDER)(Sound...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Cohn, Fred February 1, 2003 700+ words
...music, just as attendees at the original Schubertiades did. In this program, a dark mood predominates, as if pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and tenor Ian Bostridge were intent on dispelling the image of Schubert as the genial charmer of "Heidenroslein" and the...
- Rachel Podger, Leif Ove Andsnes in Seoul.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 12, 2002 700+ words
...joo Staff reporter Violinist Rachel Podger and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, two leading European artists in classical music, will visit...Orchestra at the Barbican Center in London entitled "Leif Ove Andsnes: Artist Profile," comprising of a chamber music concert...
- Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide MORIN, ALEX May 1, 2000 700+ words
Leif Ove Andsnes's recordings have persuaded me that he is probably the best of the under-30 generation of pianists, and his January recital...
- BEST FINGERS.(pianist Leif Ove Andsnes )(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Vanity Fair January 1, 2005 700+ words
...acrobats who seek to dazzle audiences with their speed, strength, and agility, but here is a different breed of soloist. Leif Ove Andsnes was a shy boy from rural Norway who was born with an exceptional musical gift, and he somehow developed his talent without...
- Keyboard clarity.(Less Is More)(Leif Ove Andsnes pianist)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Town & Country Tabachnik, Robin January 1, 2005 700+ words
Unique among the piano virtuosos of his generation, LEIF OVE ANDSNES is a thinker, a listener, a keyboard poet. Evincing quiet passion and fierce intelligence, he distills music to its essence...
- From fjord to fame: A Norwegian concert pianist hits the world...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Bryant, Christa Case January 17, 2008 700+ words
...them? It may be a scene from a TV documentary, but the handsome guy hammering the ivories cliff-side is no actor. Leif Ove Andsnes is the real thing. The windswept island of Karmoy off Norway's western coast isn't exactly known for world-class concert...
- Bartok: The Piano Concertos.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound July 1, 2005 700+ words
Bartok: The Piano Concertos. Krystian Zimerman, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Helene Grimaud, piano; Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony...counteract the coolness of the First. However, with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Berlin Philharmonic, it is not quite as lively as...
- Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Piano Quintet.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John January 1, 2004 700+ words
Sarah Chang, violin; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra. EM17243...everything in between. The group Ms. Chang performs with--Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Alexander Kerr, violin; Wolf gang Christ, viola...
- Violin, piano in the spotlight.(Sound recording review)
- News wire article from: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) September 26, 2007 700+ words
...lucid and full of drama. "Ballad for Edvard Grieg," Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI Classics): Who better to interpret Norway's greatest...composer than Norway's greatest pianist? In the hands of Leif Ove Andsnes and conductor Mariss Jansons (of the Berlin Philharmonic...
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