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Alfred Janson - Nasjonalsang (National Anthem) | Simax PPC9060

Alfred Janson - Nasjonalsang (National Anthem)

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Label: Simax

Cat No: PPC9060

Barcode: 7033662090600

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 27th August 2007

Contents

Works

Janson
Nasjolsang

Janson
Valse Triste

Janson
Tarantella

Artists

Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Jan Garbarek
Arild Andersen
Jon Christensen
Thorbjorn Sunde
Ole Edvard Antonsen
Alfred Janson
Per Flemstrom
Kari Ravnan
Harald Berersen
Eileen Siegel
Christian Berg

Conductor

Christian Eggen

Works

Janson
Nasjolsang

Janson
Valse Triste

Janson
Tarantella

Artists

Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Jan Garbarek
Arild Andersen
Jon Christensen
Thorbjorn Sunde
Ole Edvard Antonsen
Alfred Janson
Per Flemstrom
Kari Ravnan
Harald Berersen
Eileen Siegel
Christian Berg

Conductor

Christian Eggen

About

Celebrating his 70-year birthday in 2007, Alfred Janson can look back on a colourful career. 12 years old he made his debut on the accordion at the age of 12, and later he appeared on the jazz scene as a pianist. He made his debut as a performer on the classical music stage in 1962. As a composer Janson is non-dogmatic and has been able to fuse elements of European avant garde, late romantic style, jazz and Norwegian folk music into his own personal vision.

In its February edition this year the Gramophone paid the following compliment to his “Sonett no. 76” performed by the Norwegian Soloist Choir on the Simax CD “Shakespeare in Song” (PSC 1298) :–

…catches Shakespeare’s questioning of his muse exquisitely and the choral climax on “ever the same” is breathtaking”.

Janson’s works are often accompanied by a political message. Valse Triste deals with the (then) EEC, and is a sardonic piece in which a jazz quintet accompanies rather absurd cuts from a debate held on Norwegian television about the European Song Contest. Nasjonalsang (1988) is a tribute to Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian Rail). Janson writes: “I have spent a large part of my life on trains, or at least it feels that way. Even the lady with the refreshment cart and the fellow snoring so trustingly beside me have etched themselves into my subconscious." He describes this piece as a portrait of a train obsessive’s inner life. It is written in a musical style reminiscent of American minimalism. Tarantella (1990) was written for the opening of the Museum for Contemporary Art in Oslo, a building with acoustic similar to that of a church.

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