The view was all in lines Kenneth Karlsson

• Rolf Wallin (1957- ): 7 imperatives:
• 1 I. Seek 00:52
• 2 II. Push 05:06
• 3 III. Sink 02:25
• 4 IV. Spin 03:26
• 5 V. Stab 00:31
• 6 VI. Lean 08:23
• 7 VII. Quit 00:21
• Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951): Asbjørn Schaathun (1961- ): Rolf Wallin: 12 kleine Klavierstucke:
• 8 I 01:46
• 9 II 02:03
• 10 III 01:16
• 11 IV 01:04
• 12 V 01:04
• 13 VI 00:29
• 14 VII 00:27
• 15 VIII 00:30
• 16 IX 00:52
• 17 X 00:59
• 18 XI 01:36
• 19 XII 01:41
• Asbjørn Schaathun:
• 20 Transcriptions of an unknown symphony 16:54
• 21 Stravinsky goes Bach and Schaathun goes Frescobaldi 02:57
• 22 Etude 3 04:53
• Schoenberg
• 23 6 kleine Klavierstucke, op. 19 06:07
• Total Runtime 01:05:42

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In this recording pianist Kenneth Karlsson, for many years the artistic director of the Cikada ensemble, brings together Rolf Wallin and Asbjørn Schaathun, two Norwegian composers of truly European format, inviting them to join in close combat with one the major works of expressionism, the revolutionary 'Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op.19' by Arnold Schönberg, written in the space of one day in February 1911.

In the same fashion Wallin and Schaathun are challenged by Karlsson to also write their replies to Schönberg's six pieces on one and the same day - the 29th January 2011. Thus a new version of Schönberg's classic is born in the collective opus 'Zwölf Kleine Klavierstücke'.

Kenneth Karlsson's album 'the view was all in lines' also features thoroughly conceived and personal interpretations of Wallin's precise and poetic 'Seven Imperatives' and Schaatun's extended and retrospective lines in 'Transcription of an Unknown Symphony', two new major works of the Norwegian piano repertoire.

Kenneth Karlsson, piano

Recorded, June 2008, December 2010 and April 2011 at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway
Recording Producers Jørn Simenstad, Rolf Wallin, Asbjørn Schaathun
Recording Engineers: Beatrice Johannessen (tr. 8-21, 23), Hans Peter L’Orange (tr. 1-7, 22)
Editing Jørn Simenstad
Mix and Mastering Morten Lindberg
Original source: DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)

Kenneth Karlsson
was born in Åmål, Sweden. He is an active and highly sought after chamber musician and soloist. He is the pianist and artistic leader of Cikada and a member of improvisation group Point 4, together with Jon Balke, Ingar Zach and Bjørn Rabben. During the 1980s he was a member of the Swedish group Aquarius, the Oslo Sinfonietta and Ensemble K4. Together with singer Elisabeth Holmertz, Karlsson has recently formed a duo, performing music from today's avant-garde, to the Baroque period. He also plays Indian Harmonium in this duo.

Karlsson has toured in Europe, Asia and America he has commissioned and premiered numerous works, by significant international composers and has recorded a large number of CDs. In 2001 Karlsson was awarded the Spellemannspris, Norway's equivalent of Grammy for his solo-CD ''sofferte onde serene'' with music by Nono, Berio and Scelsi.

He has worked with video, dance and multimedia projects and collaborated with internationally recognised composers and musicians including James Dillon, Bent Sørensen, Richard Barrett, Tan Dun, Jon Balke, Conny Bauer, Rolf Wallin, Hilde Torgersen Sidsel Endresen, Laurence Crane. Kenneth Karlssons ensemble Cikada was awarded The Nordic Council Music Prize in 2005. A new solo CD with music by Wallin, Schaathun and Schönberg will soon be released on the label 2L.

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