{"product_id":"lwc1259-fire-walker","title":"Fire Walker","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eMarion Walker\u003c\/strong\u003e's debut album, and the first album in \u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e series, as part of Lawo Classics' ongoing collaboration with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra's alternating solo oboist.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe album is Exclusively Available at NativeDSD in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and the recorded format and bit rate of Stereo DXD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\nIn an important role on this album, she has brought with her the award-winning violinist\u003cstrong\u003e Sara Övinge\u003c\/strong\u003e, former concertmaster of Den Norske Opera \u0026amp; Ballett, who leads the strings in the quintet and quartet on this album. Participating musicians are violist Anders Rensvik, clarinetist Ingvill Hafskjold, cellist Gunnar Hauge and double bassist Marius Flatby.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuintet, Op. 39\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\nProkofiev's chamber music output is relatively modest—a handful of sonatas, two string quartets, an overture of Hebrew themes for clarinet, string quartet and piano, as well as this quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and bass.\r\n\r\nThe quintet, with its peculiar instrumentation and its tonal and rhythmic playfulness— described by some as “successfully circusy”—is a prime example of Prokofiev as an ironist and humorist, a superb craftsman who elegantly juggles his material and produces surprisingly sonorous, tonal and rhythmic kaleidoscopes. The work is one of his most radical, but the crassness of the elements is placated by the lightness of the form—like a kind of polite insolence.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBælþræk, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello (2016)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \/ Bælsiþ, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConcerto for Oboe and Sinfonietta (2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\nHumour has long been a central ingredient in Jon Øivind Ness's music, ever since he put his perilous life as a cat owner to music in the trombone concerto \u003cem\u003eDangerous Kitten\u003c\/em\u003e (1997). In recent years, his music has transformed significantly, from the complex irony of the 90s, via the almost—to quote the composer himself—romantic fervor of the mid-00s, to a microtonally oriented musical language and occasionally ascetic expression in the last 10 years or so.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarion Walker, Oboe\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnsemble Ernst\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Lawo Classics","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245078340,"sku":"LWC1259-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245111108,"sku":"LWC1259-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245143876,"sku":"LWC1259-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245176644,"sku":"LWC1259-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245209412,"sku":"LWC1259-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740245242180,"sku":"LWC1259-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57340076130628,"sku":"LWC1259-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/LWC1259.jpg?v=1790591415","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/lwc1259-fire-walker","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}