Amalie Stalheim - Thoresen: Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra "Journey Through Three Valleys", Op. 38: La prima valle
02. Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra "Journey Through Three Valleys", Op. 38: La seconda valle
03. Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra "Journey Through Three Valleys", Op. 38: La terza valle


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Cellist Amalie Stalheim is accompanied by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Ingar Bergby on her debut DSD EP for LAWO Classics. It features the Symphonic Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra composed by Lasse Thoresen.

Extremely technical and virtuosic, the three-movement Symphonic Concerto was premiered in 2008 and presents rich musical motives, dramatic climaxes, and passages of delicate microtonality.

Amalle Stalheim tells us “‘The Concerto evokes images of the high Norwegian mountains, with fog drifting by along the trees and a valley so deep that you can’t see over the horizon. For the composer Lasse Thoresen, the valley is a metaphor for a state of mind and the music explores this wide and disorientating terrain.

I am so happy and proud to have recorded Lasse Thoresen’s spectacular Cello Concerto together with fabulous Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Oslo-Filharmonien) and conductor Ingar Heine Bergby. It was a huge pleasure to collaborate with the Oslo Phil. The music sounds soooo beautiful.

I’m also very grateful to have worked for the first (but definitely not the last) time with LAWO Classics, who make really superb sounding albums. The whole team of LAWO deserves the biggest thank you for all their support during the entire process.

And of course, a big, big thank you to Lasse Thoresen, who has composed such a beautiful and unique cello concerto.

I hope you will listen and enjoy.”

Amalie Stalheim, Cello
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Ingar Bergby, Conductor

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