MEDITATION
Newly re-released by Centaur Records
Works by: Massenet, Kreisler, Chopin/Milstein, Gershwin/Heifetz, Wladigeroff, de Falla, Brahms/Kreisler, Ravel, Liadov, Dvorak, Albeniz and Rachmaninoff
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Kaare Ørnung – Piano
First release: Varèse International VS-84001
ROMANTIC CONCERTOS
Röntgen: Violin Concerto in A minor (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
Chausson: Poème
Hubay: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G minor Op. 99 *
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – violin
Dvorak Symphony Orchestra – Stanislav Bogunia, conductor
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra – Dennis Burkh, conductor
NUIT EXOTIQUE
Includes:
Vittorio Monti – Czardas
Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 2
Hubay – Hejre Kati, Op. 32
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
De Falla – Nana
Pancho Vladigerov – Chant, Op. 21/2
Mischa Elman – Eili, Eili
Joseph Achron – Hebrew Lullaby
Ernest Bloch – Nigun & Nuite Exotique
Ravel – Pièce en forme de Habanera & Tzigane for violin and “lutheal”
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – violin
Rohan De Silva – piano
MEDITATION
(First release)
Works by:
Massenet, Kreisler, Chopin/Milstein, Gershwin/Heifetz, Wladigeroff, de Falla, Brahms/Kreisler, Ravel, Liadov, Dvorak, Albeniz and Rachmaninoff
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Kaare Ørnung – Piano
First release: Varèse International VS-84001
IVER HOLTER
Includes:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor,
Op.22 Symphony in F Major, Op. 3
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Per Dreier, Conductor
NKFCD 50020-2
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM NORWAY
Works by Johan Kvandal, including:
Antagonia, Concerto Op. 38 String Quartet,
No.2 Op. 27 Sonata for Violin Solo Op. 45
“For Ragin”
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Orchestra conducted by Karsten Andersen
Philips 6507.060
JOHAN KVANDAL
Works by Johan Kvandal including:
Sonata for Violin Solo Op.45
“for Ragin+
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Aurora ACD 4986
REIDAR THOMMESSEN
Hør en enkel vuggesang
Lengsel
Når stjernene tennes
and other waltzes
Performed by
Ragin Wenk-Wolff – Violin
Knut Skram – voice
Eileen Knapper – voice
Thorbjørn Lindhjem – voice
Orchestra conducted by
Sigurd Jansen
Carsten Klouman
Ragnar Söderlind
NOPA 2900
Reviews
ROMANTIC CONCERTOS
Recommended for the Rontgen.
Bauman, American Record Guide, March 2007
Julian Haylock
The Strad, September 2006
Duncan Druce
Gramophone, December 2006
NUIT EXOTIQUE
Hi-Fi Review (Hong Kong)
JOHAN KVANDAL
A real jewel. May we predict that this recording will be standing as one of the really great presentations of Norwegian contemporary music this decade!
Kjell Moe
www.pluto.no/kulturspeilet
David Denton
The Strad, June 1998
Martin Anderson
Fanfare, September/October 1997
Two Scandinavian violin concertos with the Kvandal more folksy than the prickly-inventive Söderlind. If you have a taste for the Nielsen, Rawsthorne and Bartok concertos you will like the Kvandal. If you prefer a strain bred from the Walton, Schuman, Berg and Frankel concertos then the Söderlind is a must-have.
An unaccountably overlooked disc.
Rob Barnett
Music Web, April 2003
Idar Karevold
Aftenposten, Oslo, Norway, January 1998