Composer: Johan Daniel Berlin, Georg von Bertouch, Johan Henrik Freithoff, Hinrick Philip Johnsen
Performer: Caroline Eidsten Dahl, Ensemble Freithoff
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: LAWO
Catalogue: LWC1165
Release: 2019
Size: 716 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Freithoff: Trio Sonata in G major
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro
Freithoff: Sonata in G major
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro ma non presto
Bertouch: Trio Sonata No. 8 in G major
07. I. Vivace
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Andante
Bertouch: Trio Sonata No. 14 in G minor
10. I. Largo
11. II. Andante
12. III. Adagio
13. IV. Vivace
Johnsen: Sonata in E-flat major
14. I. Andante
15. II. Allegro
16. III. Menuet
Johnsen: Trio Sonata in D major
17. I. Andante
18. II. Fuga alla breve. Vivace
19. III. Vivace
Berlin: Sonatina in D minor
20. I. Capricetto. Presto
21. II. Arietta
22. III. Gavotta
23. IV. Menuet
24. V. Giga
On “Sonata Norwegica” recorder player Caroline Eidsten Dahl and Ensemble Freithoff present three Norwegian composers and one who is Swedish: Johan Henrik Freithoff, Georg von Bertouch, Johan Daniel Berlin, and the Swede, Henrik Phillip Johnsen. The ensemble has selected music written in Norway and Sweden around 250 years ago, and it is virtuosic, ardent and original.
Does a clear definition of Norwegian baroque music exist? Can one hear that the compositions on this recording are from Norway and Scandinavia? We believe the answer to both questions must remain ‘no’. This music was composed a hundred years before National Romanticism’s clear definition of national character. Even so, there is little doubt that being outside the centre of things can lead to a certain originality, perhaps more or less deliberately from the side of the composer.
In spring 2007 Caroline Eidsten Dahl (b. 1980) was one of three winners of Concerts Norway’s international programme “Intro-klassisk”. Since then she has distinguished herself as a soloist and chamber musician and has toured in Russia, China, India, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Her debut album on the LAWO Classics label, “Blockbird — Norwegian Recorder Music” (LWC1069), has received glowing reviews. “Sonata Norwegica” is her second album with LAWO.
Ensemble Freithoff is: Christiane Eidsten Dahl, baroque violinist based in London; Kate Hearne, baroque cellist based in Helsingborg; and Vegard Lund on theorbo and baroque guitar.