Sverre Jordan (1889-1972)

[JimL]

I've encountered his 2 piano concertos on YouTube, and both appear to be in a Romantic/post-Romantic idiom, at a time in which many of his fellow Norwegians were going down the avant-garde path.  He studied in Berlin, and graduated in 1914.  He is noteworthy inasmuch as he appears to have composed the only cello concerto in a Romantic style by a Norwegian besides Johan Svendsen's; a work I would very much like to be exhumed and recorded.

[Alan Howe]

Interesting, yes. The sound (on YouTube) in PC1 is awful, but the music's very attractive. PC2 is still available on a Simax CD.

[Mark Thomas]

Fight your way through the murk and mud and, yes, a very enjoyable utterly romantic piano concerto.

[Alan Howe]

PC2 is also thoroughly romantic and highly enjoyable. What a pity that PC1 isn't available on CD.

[detuqueridapresencia]

Guys still no trace about any recording of his cello concerto. I am also searching - in vain - for his horn concerto which I was extremely curious to listen to, even an amateur performance. Any thoughts?

[eschiss1]

Were his fellow Norwegians going down the avant-garde path? When Fartein Valen went a little off the Romantic path in the 1940s or so Norwegian music didn't welcome or follow him. (Maybe this was later...)