Frode Haltli
Looking On Darkness
Frode Haltli accordion
Vertavo String Quartet
Øyvor Volle violin
Berit Cardas violin
Henninge Landaas viola
Bjøg Værnes cello
Bent Sørensen
Looking on Darkness
PerMagnus Lindborg
Bombastic Sonosofisms
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje
gagaku variations
Magnus Lindberg
Jeux d'anches
Asbjørn Schaathun
Lament
Recorded August 2001
ECM New Series 1794
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"Looking on Darkness" is the solo recording debut of accordionist Frode
Haltli, a major talent from Norway, destined to make his mark on several
genres. He was last heard on ECM in the company of Trygve Seim and friends, but his primary commitment is to the performance of contemporary composition
and this album features Nordic new music - from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland - written for the accordion.
Four of the five pieces are premiere recordings, written especially for Halti. They add up to a fascinating
landscape of new music from the north, music which casts its inspirational
net wide. Features compositions by Bent Sørensen, Asbjørn Schaathun, Magnus
Lindberg, PerMagnus Lindborg, and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje. Halti is
joined by the Vertavo String Quartet for Ratkje's "gagaku variations".
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