Be sure to tune in between 27 Sept and 1 Oct when Christian Sinding's Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 2 is the CD of the week on Symphony 92.4 FM
Remembered by ambitious amateur pianists for his Rustle of Spring, Christian Sinding was a more important figure than this might suggest in the music of his native Norway, where, in his time, he was second only to Grieg. Trained in Leipzig, he fell under the influence of Liszt and Wagner, producing a large quantity of music that enjoyed contemporary popularity.
Sinding's Music for Violin and Piano is performed by the Norwegian musicians Henning Kraggerud and Christian Ihle Hadland. Kraggerud is one of Scandinavia’s most sought after artists while Christian Ihle Hadland one of Norway’s most exciting young pianists. Together they comprise a formidable partnership, as their release of Sinding’s Violin and Piano Music Vol. 1 has shown. Volume 2 presents several of the Norwegian composer’s finely crafted salon pieces, whose charming character, sweet melodic lines and lively harmonies are Sinding’s hallmarks.
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