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Trio Hardangar
Trio Hardangar (2L, Norway)
$16.99
Knut Hamre, Åse Teigland and Frank Rolland are among Norway's most elite fiddlers, collectively offering many years of experience, a wide-ranging regional viewpoint and a variety of stylistic approaches. Together they offer the music of legendary fiddle player Halldor Meland (1884–1972), beautifully recorded in a beautiful, ambient space that accents the unique tone and beauty of the songs and the fiddles themselves.
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Listen:
Rudl (trio)
Kristi Hovden (Åse)
Folkedalen (Frank)
See also:
Hamre, Teigland and RollandHåstaboe slåttar (2000)
Myllarspel
Åse Teigland - Dansarsteinen
You might also want to hear the nyckelharpa
The record label says:
This CD presents interpretations of Norwegian folk tunes in the manner of the legendary fiddle player Halldor Meland [1884–1972], performed by three of Norway's most accomplished soloists on the hardanger fiddle. The recording is a result of a number of musical as well as human encounters — both Frank Rolland and Åse Teigland studied with Knut Hamre during their early years; Knut Hamre himself learned the art from older fiddlers who had Meland as their principal teacher; and all three have been inspired here by the dynamic, boundless and uncompromising spirit of the older master.
As an ensemble, the members of trio HARDANGER draw a kind of energy from one another that infuses their playing with new vitality. But above all they stand forth as soloists, with a spontaneity, vigor and inner verve that lives on inside the listener.
In the spirit of Halldor
Taking on Halldor Meland's music is no small matter; his tunes — whether they be compositions from his own hand or older tunes that bear his characteristic stamp — are technically challenging, and place considerable demands on the performer's interpretive abilities. Knut Hamre, Åse Teigland and Frank Rolland have approached this task with respect for tradition, as well as the vitality of innovation. All the tunes on this CD — whether realized on the basis of Halldor Meland's recordings or by way of intermediate sources — are characterized by presence, drive and energy. We furthermore hear performances of tunes that the three soloists have rarely played on previous occasions.
Knut Hamre | Åse Teigland | Frank Rolland
The three performers first presented themselves for a larger audience as trio HARDANGER at the Landskappleik at Rauland in 2001. The four ensemble-tunes on this recording show the trio's ability to create simple arrangements and play polyphonically, while at the same time the performers' reliance upon one another paves the way for improvisatory passages. This approach to presenting tunes was without doubt unthinkable during Halldor's time, but reveals to us three fiddle players with great respect for the playing of folk tunes as a form of artistic expression, who are nonetheless able to adapt their playing to the demands of their own musical perception. That must surely be in the spirit of Halldor! - Stein Versto, 2003
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