The Silk Road – Chamber music for Winds

  • LWC1271
  • Released CD and Streaming/download 15th Dec 2023

Oslo Kammerakademi (Chamber ensemble)

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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Orient et Occident, Op. 25 (arr. Trond Olaf Larsen)

1 Marche. Allegro – Moderato assai sostenuto – Allegro 7:32

André Caplet (1878–1925)

Suite Persane

2 No. 1, Scharki (Chant d’amour). Allegretto, quasi Andante 4:42
3 No. 2, Nihawend. Andantino 4:18
4 No. 3, Iskia Samaïsi. Vivo 7:54

Gisle Kverndokk (*1967)

The Silk Road, Suite in 10 movements

5 No. 1, Venice. Song of the Silk Merchants 2:37
6 No. 2, Turkey. Don’t leave any Hazelnuts on the Tree 1:50
7 No. 3, Armenia. You are a Ploughman 4:11
8 No. 4, Azerbaijan. Shampan Ragsi – Country Dance 2:07
9 No. 5, Iran. Khayam and the Pots 3:43
10 No. 6, Afghanistan. Atan – Nomad Dance 1:40
11 No. 7, Uzbekistan. Morning in the Desert 4:04
12 No. 8, Kyrgyzstan. Shepherd’s Melody 5:06
13 No. 9, Mongolia. Dance Melody 4:14
14 No. 10, China. I love you, Snow in the North 4:41

Mert Karabey

15 The Last Days of Sultan Selim III 6:13

Credits

Chamber ensemble
Oslo Kammerakademi
Composer
Gisle Kverndokk | Mert Karabey | Camille Saint-Saëns | Saens | André Caplet
Producer
Vegard Landaas
Engineer
Thomas Wolden
Editing
Vegard Landaas
Mastering
Thomas Wolden
Liner notes
Alison Bullock Aarsten
English translation
David Friedemann Strunck
Executive producer
Vegard Landaas
Booklet editor
Hege Wolleng
PR
Camilla Momkvist-Skau
Accounting
Torgeir M. Landaas
Cover art
Wassily Kandinsky
Artist photo
Oslo Kammerakademi by Anna-Julia Granberg
Design
Anna-Julia Granberg | Blunderbuss
Recording location
Sofienberg Church, Oslo
Recording country
Norway
Recording year
2021–2022
Recording dates
20.02.2021 | 21.02.2021 | 22.02.2021 | 23.02.2021 | 15.08.2022
Original source
DXD (352.8 kHz, 24 bit)
Discs / tracks
1 disc | 15 tracks
Produced with support from
Arts and Culture Norway | The Audio and Visual Fund
Release year
2023
Label
LAWO Classics
Duration
64:59
EAN
7090020182933
ISRC
NOEHX2320010/150