THE WARNER CLASSICS EDITION (1990 – 2010)
The complete 36-CD box set available 13 October 2023 on Warner Classics
Leif Ove Andsnes is a leading pianist of his time, known for his exceptional musicianship and subtil touch, his considerable technical flair being unfailingly put at the service of his interpretations. He was a pioneer for being the first home-trained superstar pianist to have emerged from Norway. This box is the story of a 20-year partnership that has yielded a rich seam of recorded treasures, first for Virgin and then for EMI. Running through this cornucopia of 34 albums (36 CDs), we find recurring themes: Grieg (Andsnes even recorded some Lyric Pieces on the composer’s own piano at Troldhaugen), Nordic music in general, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Schubert.
THE BOX SET INCLUDES:
Bartók: Violin Sonatas
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Brahms: Piano Concerto
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
WINNER OF 1998 THE CHOC DE LA MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE
CD 2 (1998)
Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Op. 120 - Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Lars Anders Tomter, viola
Chopin: The Three Piano Sonatas; Five Etudes; Four Mazurkas
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANNPRIS – CHAMBER MUSIC
Various
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155
with Sarah Chang and Alexandre Kerr, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; George Faust, cello (2003)
Grieg: Ballade in G minor, Op. 24 (2007)
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 “Sinfonia Concertante”
with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, conductor (1999)
CD 6
Grieg: Piano Sonata and Lyric Pieces
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANNPRIS IN THE CATEGORY OF CHAMBER MUSIC
NOMINATED FOR THE GRAMOPHONE INSTRUMENTAL AWARD
CD 7 (1993)
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
WINNER OF THE GRAMOPHONE INSTRUMENTAL AWARD
Grieg & Liszt – Piano Concertos
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor
The Warner Classics / Erato Debut Album
CD 9 (1991)
Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos
Berliner Philharmoniker
Mariss Jansons, conductor
WINNER OF THE GRAMOPHONE
CONCERTO AWARD
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANNPRIS IN THE CATEGORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
CD 10 (2003)
Haydn: Piano Sonatas
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANN OF THE YEAR
CD 11 (1999)
Haydn: Keyboard Concertos No. 3, 4 and 11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY AWARD FOR BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
CD 12 (2000)
Janácek: Piano Music
WINNER OF THE PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK
CD 13 (1991)
Janáček, Debussy, Ravel, Nielsen: Violin Sonatas
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
CD 14 (1995)
Liszt: Piano Recital
WINNER OF THE DIAPASON D’OR
WINNER OF THE SOLISTISCHE EINSPIELUNG DES JAHRES
CD 15 (2001)
Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
CD 16 (2004)
Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 20
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
CD 17 (2008)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Schumann: Kinderszenen
WINNER OF THE ECHO KLASSIK PREIS IN THE CATEGORY EDITORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR
CD 18 (2009)
Nielsen: Piano Pieces
NOMINATED FOR THE GRAMOPHONE INSTRUMENTAL AWARD
CD 19 (1996)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
WINNER OF THE CLASSICAL BRIT AWARD IN THE CATEGORY BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
WINNER OF THE GRAMOPHONE CONCERTO AWARD
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANNPRIS IN THE CATEGORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD
CD 20 (2005)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
WINNER OF THE CHOC DE CLASSICA IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST CONCERTO RECORDING
WINNER OF THE RECORD GEIJUTSU ACADEMY AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST CONCERTO RECORDING
WINNER OF KLASSIEK CENTRAAL’S GOLDEN LABEL AWARD
NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD
CD 21 (2010)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3; 9 Etudes-tableaux Op. 39: No. 6 in A minor; Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund, conductor
CD 22 (1995)
Rachmaninov: Songs
Dimitri Kharitonov, baritone
CD 23 (1999)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850
Ian Bostridge, tenor
CD 24 (2003)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Ian Bostridge, tenor
“Leif Ove Andsnes here deals beautifully with the Sonata itself. Andsnes’s performance is smooth and warmly expressive, with the final tarantella going at a galloping lick. Bostridge, too, is in fine form, evincing a tremulous vulnerability in Schubert’s settings of three poems of Romantic alienation: his singing suggests a great surrounding stillness.” – BBC Music Magazine *****
CD 25 (2007)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959,
Ian Bostridge, tenor; Timothy Brown, horn
WINNER OF THE SPELLEMANNPRIS IN THE CATEGORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
CD 26 (2002)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Schubert: Winterreise D911
Ian Bostridge, tenor
it is a highly involving performance and is continually lifted by Leif Ove Andsnes’s imaginative and atmospheric accompaniments…The recording is beautifully balanced, and this remains an unforgettable performance.” The Penguin Guide to Classical Music
CD 28 (2004)
Schumann – Piano Sonata No. 1 & Fantasie in C
CD 29 (1997)
Schumann: Complete Piano Trios
Christian Tetzlaff (violin) & Tanja Tetzlaff (cello)
WINNER OF THE GRAMOPHONE AWARD FOR BEST CHAMBER RECORDING
“In their hands Schumann emerges as blazingly inspired.” – Classic FM *****
CDs 30 & 31 (2010)
Schumann & Brahms: Piano Quintets
Artemis Quartet
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1; Britten: Piano Concerto, & Enesco: Légende
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet*
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor
CD 33 (1999)
Horizons: A Personal Collection of Piano Encores
WINNER OF THE CLASSICAL BRIT AWARD IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
NOMINATED FOR A SPELLEMANNPRIS IN THE CATEGORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
CD 34 (2006)
Shadows of Silence
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
“This is a notable addition to Andsnes’s discography. All his virtues are in display here, from the bravura of his flourishes and crispness of his chordal delivery in the two concertos to the intimacy and sensitivity to the tiniest resonances in the solo pieces.” – BBC Music Magazine *****
CD 35 (2009)
