Pearls From The Northern Seas: Violin Masterpieces From North European Composers – Duo Sigova-Lasine

The pearls offered in this CD are gathered and collected into a necklace, and a splendid one; one which can be defined as representing Scandinavian music between nineteenth and twentieth century. Some of the composers whose works are recorded here are in the Gotha of classical music: for instance, Edvard Grieg, some of whose works (not perforce the best) have become true pop icons, and many more are very well known also by the common music lover. Others are better known among specialists (some of these enthusing over them), but have much to offer also to those who are not familiar with the entire gamut of Western music; among them are certainly Niels W. Gade, Johan Halvorsen and Christian Sinding. Still others are largely unknown even by specialist standard; in their case, initiatives such as this one are all the more praiseworthy, as they bring to the attention of the international community of listeners the work of excellent musicians who, for one reason or another, might be ignored by the large public. Together, these “pearls” really make a necklace worth listening, which brings us to Northern landscapes suffused with light and delicate nuances of sound.