Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (in Norwegian Det Norske Kammerorchester), growing from a student ensemble, has achieved international success via high-profile tours. The ensemble has worked with many prestigious soloists and guest conductors.
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra's roots date back to 1975 when violinist Bjarne Fiskum brought together a group of student musicians in Oslo to perform summer concerts. Realizing the need for a small orchestra in the city, conductor Terje Tønnesen formally established the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra two years later. He has served as the music director for the orchestra's entire existence, stepping down only in the summer of 2021. From 1981 to 2001, violinist Iona Brown served as the co-artistic director; her successor in that position, beginning in 2009, was violinist Isabelle van Keulen. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes began a stint as the principal guest conductor in 2002, and the orchestra has attracted many high-profile guest conductors and collaborators, including clarinetist Martin Fröst and cellist Steven Isserlis. The orchestra's membership is flexible, enabling the group to undertake a wide range of players, but a core group has provided artistic continuity. The orchestra has, at various times, used the University of Oslo as a home base but has also performed in other Norwegian concert halls and has toured repeatedly in Europe, Asia, and North America.
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra began recording shortly after its formation, backing flutist Per Øien on the album Virtuoso Flute Concerti of the Baroque on the BIS label in 1978. The group has recorded more than 25 albums that have appeared on BIS, Lawo Classics, Simax, and other labels, performing a wide range of repertory from Scandinavian music to early 20th century works to Classical and Romantic standards. In 2021, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra joined violinist Pekka Kuusisto on an album of works by Nico Muhly and Philip Glass.
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Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima"
Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 06.04.2021
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Grieg: Complete Music for String Orchestra (The)
Terje Tønnesen, Lars Anders Tomter, Anne Britt Saevig, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 31.01.1993
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Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht - Schubert: Death and the Maiden
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.04.1998
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Leoš Janáček: The Kreutzer Sonata & Intimate Letters
Klassik - Erschienen bei Lawo Classics am 20.03.2017
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Haydn: Piano Concertos
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 07.02.2000
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Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 9 & 18.
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 04.10.2004
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Glass: The Orchard (Version For Violin & Piano)
Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 07.05.2021
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Concertos pour piano n° 17 & n° 20
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 01.01.2000
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Haydn - Cello Concertos
Truls Mørk, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 25.02.1994
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First Light
Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 04.06.2021
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Lully/Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Klassik - Erschienen bei Lawo Classics am 04.12.2017
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Mozart: Double Piano Concerto, K. 365 & Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
Iona Brown, Håvard Gimse, Vebjørn Anvik, Lars Anders Tomter, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.01.2009
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence - Strauss: Metamorphosen
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Chandos am 01.04.1999
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Britten: Music for Strings
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Lars Anders Tomter
Klassik - Erschienen bei Simax Classics am 12.06.1991
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Brigitte Meyer: Mozart
Brigitte Meyer, Iona Brown, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Doron Music am 01.01.2014
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Muhly: Shrink
Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Pentatone am 11.03.2022
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Buenos Aires · Paris · Chicago
Andreas Brantelid, Per Arne Glorvigen, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Aurora Records AS am 01.02.2019
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Eivind Buene: Garland
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen
Klassik - Erschienen bei Aurora Records AS am 10.11.2017
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Wallin: Boyl
Oslo Sinfonietta, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Aurora Records AS am 01.06.1999
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Hovland: Chamber Works
Klassik - Erschienen bei Aurora Records AS am 29.10.1999
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