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Artist/Title Label Oslo String Quartet FBRCD-08 Jumping Wide 1. In The Mood (Joe Garland) 2 ’11” 2. Take Five (Brubeck/Desmond) 3’19” 3. The Kid From Red Bank (Neil Hefti) 2’27” 4. Visa från Utanmyra (Trad. arr; Jan Johansson) 4’10” 5. Waterloo (Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus/Stikkan Anderson) 2’33” 6. Trumpet Involuntary (Horst Jankowski, Ervan Coleman, Julius Wechter) 3’12” 7. Summertime (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin) Soprano: Isa Gericke 3’20” 8. Le Reel du Forgeron (La Bottine Souriante) 2’34” 9. Fairytale (Alexander Rybak) Vocal: Are Sandbakken 2’52” 10. Ay Candela (Faustino Oramas Osorio) Lead vocal: Ernesto Manuitt Hernández, chorus and percussion: Signe Asmussen Manuitt 4’34” e Oslo String Quartet might seem a (at some point wearing only diapers…), to . for string quartet? We think inspiration has been greater than that from ski track, Liv Hilde wondered if anyone from somewhat contradictory phenomenon: yodelling, clad in authentic Alpen-costume. you are! another world famous quartet, namely the quartet could display the same stamina Firstly, in spite of its name, none of the But from the perspective of the four members Abba. is particularly fruitful Swedish and determination in a CD track. Have you members are actually from Oslo; in fact, the of the Oslo String Quartet the above is not at . might be regarded our tribute collaboration has provided us with yet another got what it takes, Liv Hilde? Ready Steady… majority of concerts take place outside the all contradictory; in fact, we love reconciling to the CD recording process. Countless tedious classic: . ( e Blacksmith’s Reel). capital or abroad. the seemingly opposites. retakes and remakes in order to get it right. We hate it. But we also love it, because it gives . Trumpeters around the world: beware! . No crossover release from the Oslo String Secondly, in string quartet terms the group is Enter us the freedom to experiment and to perfect. Since the beginning of time there have been Quartet is complete without a smash hit relatively old (celebrating its 20th anniversary Jumping Wide! Still, there must be something wrong with this countless so-called “trumpet voluntaries”. from the Eurovision Song Contest. e 2009 in 2011), yet it is brand new in several respects: particular take. Where did this stupid swan in We felt that there must be some room for a winning song has become the new second violinist, renewed repertoire of You are now the proud owner of the sequel 4/4 come from? Producer? in this world, so greatest success of its kind for Norway to classical, romantic and contemporary works, to the hugely successful album “Oslo String we provided one. In this medley of trumpet date. e fact that its author and performer new (actually very old) instruments; in short, Quartet Falling Upwards” from 2003. In order . During summertime most Norwegians hits from the 60’s you will most probably Alexander Rybak used to study the violin with a new lease of life for the next 20 years! to sustain some of that success through this are found listening to a summer holiday experience several involuntary movements of Geir Inge gives the present version a certain irdly, the quartet has performed for new release, we have decided to follow the radio show that is world famous in Norway. the smile muscles. ring of authenticity, we feel. Neil Hei) Bank ( © Cop Red yrig audiences of up to 5000, while on occasion same, proven formula of choosing mainly e theme song is originally Neil He i’s rom ngs AB. • 6. T ht F n So rump Wa id nio et I rn e K l/U ish Flea (Julius W nvo e rsa pan echt lu r/ . e • S Mu er nt Ch passers-by have had to be virtually dragged tunes that made a lasting impression upon the aff ectionate homage to Count Basie, who is . e decision to include the evergreen . What do you get if you cross one 3 iv B y/ATV sic Pub ) © ar a • n g A Son lish C y p B : U in ht in op • p A g h ig g y W e a is yr Sc r a ll ia rl l p a ig l M v ö b o nd h k into the empty hall! We play music for select arranger during childhood. So hopefully you in person. on this record was not made cowbell, a Cuban (Ernesto Manui a f u C i t i u k P © n U n s in i c ) a t i s i k v n h c d u s i iv e n u a a S M b • e b c a M y r l connoisseurs, yet the potential mass appeal is only on account of its obvious musical Hernández), his Danish wife c t R 1 s a a will forgive us the rather sentimental journey S h l 0 a c n a r l k d s g s e : i i r A M F i l r d n e y o a y n u a s v C r p i a s e v unlimited. (Tune from qualities; it might just as well be seen as a (Signe Asmussen Manui ) and y a s . x i o n i along memory lane, but we suspect that the c r e n t a C U l h d P ( A t A e O C © u h ( l B a r r ) b g e g i i l l n ( • Utanmyra) is a fruitful collaboration between rather clever marketing ploy by the quartet. an adventurous string quartet i . A r a F typical listener of this album is probably o s t “ / a 4 s y h S y u . r p i r c o n V e i s o h t C d a g i C w i s F n n a c Last, but not least, the Oslo String Quartet is one parti cular Swede, Jan Johansson, and a With all this talk of global warming these days, from Norway? A hell of a salsa: A contemporary to most of the music on this i . a © o A f B s r 1 9 r ) . O z u å n • I n w • n r a n a M a a k U 7 B o en considered an inten sely serious group host of unspecifi ed Swedes contri buting to practically everybody will soon relate to its . m l m y . k t album. d i A r e S a a e t l f r u n a s a S o M e i m m h / O C v D s o r m y a s t t o n u o with a pen chant for Beethoven, but in fact we one of Sweden’s many beautiful folk tunes. A sentiments and consequently buy this album. r ” n e d a e Happy jumping! h a i r ) r v a g i d ( t ( T o i r J i v H n r m l o ) r E a a © o e y ( U e c d i r p G ( S C s x n regularly spring out in the most outrageous classic. By the way, we are happy to present our long . o G t From all four of us a r o c a a i C e J p r ö r T B s a o j l y r A a n r u a © r B ; g n i k a n / ) J g i e M a a o d h n v d l G n l w u a t ) o ways: from performing complete Tosca for time collaborator and soprano, Isa Gericke. j n e e U n i To all millions of you… s © J s i o r p o s n T k d s p i r h n h v i C a • m a ) e e w a c . h s r o © S d s n i C B a e n B p l / n s M G C / A r D y u I s M e A s o r g i a / c n o n i a P r h i u s i b l p string quartet, singers and kitchen ware to e Oslo String Quartet has always been r . y G n k a i v y *** e g a n c W r r s © t i n h h h e n g i w g i i r n h d y e ) t p © b C o C t n B S o W a u ( c p a r h S o r y c n i o a B e s r l r u / ( C p r M i h l l a e p p g e e t i h r a v star ring in the block buster (well, hardly…) eager to receive inspiration from other . In the wake of the 2010 Olympics in t i o H W . F e 5 B p t • e a e g g k n o i n r h s P i l u b a n T s . t e 2 i • n s & r e C h o s i M l b u u s i P movie “ e hunt for the Beethoven Code” quartets.

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