NINA PAVLOVSKI soprano
SUSANNE RESMARK alto
PER HØYER baritone
VOCAL GROUP ARS NOVA
COPENHAGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
FRANS RASMUSSEN conductor
Recorded “Live” November 1 & 2, 1996
IB NØRHOLM (b. 1931)
THE ELF MIRROR / ELVERSPEJL Op. 141 [59:10]
Lyrics: POUL BORUM
Denmark’s leading composer Ib Nørholm’s recent work “The Elf Mirror” Op. 141 received tremendous reviews after its premiere in Copenhagen in the spring of 1997. One major newspaper called it “a milestone in the Danish music history”. Kontrapunkt release 32262 is the live recording of that concert.
This work is now nominated for the prestigious Nordic Council’s Music Prize.
1. Part 1: Introduction. Chorus Leader, Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
2. Part 1: Scene 1 The Ride (Ib Nørholm)
3. Part 1: Scene 2 Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
4. Part 1: Scene 3 The Elf Maid, Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
5. Part 1: Scene 4 The Mother, Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
6. Part 1: Scene 5 The Elf Maid, Chorus Soli (Ib Nørholm)
7. Part 1: Scene 6 Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
8. Part 1: Scene 7 The Elf Maid (Ib Nørholm)
9. Part 1: Scene 8 Chorus of Elf Maids (Ib Nørholm)
10. Part 1: Scene 9 Chorus Leader, Oluf, Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
11. Part 1: Scene 10 The Elf Maid, Chorus, Nocturne (Ib Nørholm)
12. Part 1: Scene 11 The Mother (Ib Nørholm)
13. Part 2: Scene 12 Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
14. Part 2: Scene 13 Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
15. Part 2: Scene 14-15 The Elf Maid. Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
16. Part 2: Scene 16 The Mother (Ib Nørholm)
17. Part 3: The Ride II (Ib Nørholm)
18. Part 3: Scene 17 Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
19. Part 3: Scene 18 Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
20. Part 3: Scene 19 The Elf Maid (Ib Nørholm)
21. Part 3: Scene 20 Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
22. Part 3: Scene 21 Chorus, Chorus Soli (Ib Nørholm)
23. Part 3: Scene 22, 23, 24 The Mother, The Elf Maid, Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
24. Epilogue: Alba, Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
25. Epilogue: Scene 25 Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
26. Epilogue: Scene 26 Oluf, The Elf Maid (Ib Nørholm)
27. Epilogue: Scene 27 Oluf (Ib Nørholm)
28. Epilogue: Scene 28 Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
29. Epilogue: Scene 30 Oluf, Chorus (Ib Nørholm)
UPC/EAN: 716043226221