Halfdan Cleve - Piano Concerto 모음

 

Halfdan Cleve

(5 October 1879 – 6 April 1951)

  Norwegian composer, born and raised in Kongsberg, although he spent some time in Germany. 

 

 

  Piano Concerto No. 1 (1901)

           

 

dedicated to Martin Knutzen

Movements:
1. Allegro risoluto energico (0:00)
2. Andante tranquillo [attacca] (12:10)
3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace [attacca] (15:29)
4. Finale: Allegro animato (17:07)

 

Piano Concerto No.2 Op.6 (I)

 

 

 

Piano Concerto No. 3 (1906)              

Dedicated to Philipp Scharwenka
Movements:

Allegro energico - Andante tranquillo (7'36") - Scherzo (15'52) - Finale: Allegro comodo (22'56")

 

 

 

                     Piano Concerto No. 4 in A minor, Op. 12     

       

I. Allegro mesto - Allegro con spirito
II. Andante tranquillo 12:34
III. Allegro energico 19:42

 

 

Piano Concerto No.5 Op.20

 

 

    Throughout his early childhood he was tutored with a firm hand by his father, the organist Andreas Klewe. A child prodigy, he made his first appearances on the concert stage at the age of five. The strictness of his training is exemplified by the fact that he was not allowed to play anything other than the works of Johann Sebastian Bach until he was sixteen!

 

For the next three years his musical training was undertaken by Otto Winter-Hjelm, after which he studied in Berlin under Professor Raif and the brothers Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka. In 1902 he married Berit Winderen, a student of Theresa Carreno, and together they made numerous concert appearances, both in Norway and abroad. They had four children.

 

Cleve composed five piano concertos, a violin sonata, a piano quintet, songs with orchestral accompaniment and over one hundred piano pieces