The Trondheim Concertos

The Trondheim Concertos is the 5th album at NativeDSD featuring members of the Trondheim Symphony from 2L. This recording portrays a selection of contemporaneous music that is preserved in Trondheim.

The manuscripts may be found in the Gunnerus Library’s special collections and probably belonged to the town musician and polymath Johan Daniel Berlin and his circle of musicians. They provide a unique insight into how European instrumental music found fertile ground in one of Denmark and Norway’s largest provincial towns in the decades preceding the union’s dissolution in 1814.

As the eighteenth century progressed, Trondheim experienced strong economic growth. The Great Nordic War was over, and merchants set about exporting timber, stockfish, and copper from the mines of Trøndelag. They maintained close contact with their networks in the main cities of Northern Europe, and Trondheim’s luxury and extravagance characterized its social milieu. Thus, the latest fashions, literature and music from the Continent found their way to Trondheim.

This album is available at NativeDSD in Stereo and 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD plus Stereo DSD 512.

Produced with support from Norsk kulturfond, Kulturdirektoratet, Torstein Erbos gavefond, Trondheim Kommune, Fond for Utøvede Kunstnere, Fond for Lyd og Bilde

Baroque Ensemble of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Sigurd Imsen, Solo Violin
Renata Kubala, Violin
Cecilia Wåhlberg, Violin
Verona Rapp, Viola
Torleif Holm, Cello
Fredrik Blikeng, Violone
Thomas C. Boysen, Lute & Theorbo
Gunnhild Tønder, Cembalo & Organ
Christina Kobb, Fortepiano