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Martin Grubinger (percussion) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Kroumata percussion ensemble Act is the première recording on Ondine of Norwegian
composer Rolf Wallin, a figure of increasingly international
renown who celebrates his 50th birthday in 2007. He studied
in Oslo with Finn Morthensen and Olav Anton Thommessen
and later at the University of California where his teachers
included Roger Reynolds and Vinko Globokar.Wallin's music combines an intuitive freedom with a rigorous
mathematical approach, such as use of fractal algorithms to construct melody and harmony, resulting in a
music that often hints at the influence of Ligeti, Xenakis and Berio.
The Oslo Philharmonic performs under the baton of respectively Jaap van Zweden, John Axelrod and music
director Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Das war schön features young Austrian percussion star Martin Grubinger, chosen
Rising Artist 2007/08 by the European Concert Halls Organisation and recipient of the Bernstein Award at
the 2007 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. "There's a bewildering variety of young(ish) composers active in Norway these days... To my mind, the most impressive of the under-fifties is Rolf Wallin (b. 1957), whose music has an exhilarating charge of energy, Like several composers of his vintage who have sown their serial oats - Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen and George Benjamin come to mind - Wallin blends the lessons learned from high modernism with a renewed appreciation of the directional power of 'classical' harmony." International Record Review “Performances are as committed as this exhilarating music requires, the sound lacks nothing in its impact and the composer's notes are both succinct and informative. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “The Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin is increasingly gaining international recognition, and this disc is likely to win him further admirers. …all the works on this disc, are given an utterly committed and convincing performance.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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