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The Norwegians Johan Henrik Freithoff, Georg von Bertouch, Johan Daniel Berlin, and the Swede Henrik Phillip Johnsen are Composers with whom probably even some Insiders of the Baroque Scene have to fit.
The Music world is still mostly Euro-centrically oriented. What’s going on at the Ends of the Continent, it’s hard to be heard. Wrongly!
This teaches us once again this Recording with Baroque music from the Scandinavian Area. Four composers are hard to locate in purely geo-historical terms, as today we think within limits that did not yet exist in the 18th Century.
This also applies to music, which cannot be unceremoniously labeled as a Scandinavian Baroque. Freithoff, Bertouch, Johnsen, and Berlin have gone through different schools, Inspired in a variety of musical ways.
‘Sonata Norwegica’ thus primarily expands our musical horizon and does so in an excellent, very vital and dynamic way.
The ‘Ensemble Freithoff’ and the Flutist Caroline Eidsten Dahl play the seven Sonatas unpretentiously, without artificial musical face lifting. The Opposite is true. The Performers strike a pleasantly rough tone in places, which is to the advantage of the Music, as it is only in this way that it gets the necessary relief and real edges. This also benefits the slow, lyrical Sentences, which stand out as important dynamic counterpoints.
With works by not well known Norwegian composers Johan Henrik Freithoff, Georg von Bertouch, Johan Daniel Berlin, and the Swede, Henrik Phillip Johnsen, Sonata Norwegica agreeably widens the musical horizon. The performances by Ensemble Freithoff and flutist Caroline Eidsten Dahl are unpretentious, dynamic and provide a wonderful sound.
Guy Engels
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