Simax catalog with records published by the label Simax Classics. ;Albums *1983: Kjell Samkopf, ''Music For Solo Percussion And Electronics'' (PN 2009) *1986: Stein-Erik Olsen, ''Guitar'' (PS 1008) *1980:

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

, ''Poems By Vilhelm Krag, Op. 60 / Haugtussa, Op. 67'' (PS 1011) *1985: Kalenda Maya, ''Songs And Dances From 1200 To 1550 Spain, Italy, France And Germany'' (PS 1017) *1987: Truls Otterbech Mørk,

Arne Nordheim Arne Nordheim (20 June 1931 – 5 June 2010) was a Norwegian composer. Nordheim received numerous awards for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the Norwegian government's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. He ...

, George Crumb, Ingvar Lidholm,

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music edu ...

, Untitled (PSC 1023) *1987: Arild Sandvold &

Kåre Nordstoga Kåre Nordstoga (born 18 December 1954) is a Norwegian organist. Nordstoga had his early studies under Harald Aune and Odd Jacob Unhammer in Notodden where he grew up. He went on to study at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where his tea ...

, ''Organ Music'' (PSC 1028) *1988: Various artists, ''The Crown Princess Sonja International Music Competition - Vol 1: Music By Grieg And Norwegian Contemporary Composers'' (PSC 1042) *1989: Dorothy Dorow &

Aage Kvalbein Aage Kvalbein (born 29 March 1947) is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue. Kvalbein was bo ...

, ''Contemporary Music For Soprano And Cello'' (PSC 1052) *1993:

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...

Laurence Dreyfus Laurence Dreyfus, FBA (born 1952) is an American musicologist and player of the viola da gamba who was University Lecturer and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Early life Dreyfus was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and lived in Ch ...

Ketil Haugsand Ketil Are Haugsand (born 13 June 1947, Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian harpsichordist and conductor. Biography Haugsand started his musical studies in Trondheim and Oslo, and later studied in Prague and Haarlem. In 1973, he earned his solo dipl ...

, ''Les Folies D'Espagne & Tombeau For Lully And For Ste. Colombe And Other Works From Pièces De Violes (1701)'' (PSC 1053) *1991:

Harald Sæverud Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (17 April 1897 – 27 March 1992) was a Norwegian composer. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt'', '' Rondo Amoroso'', and the ''Ballad of Revolt'' ( no, Kjempeviseslåtten). Sæverud ...

Jan Henrik Kayser Jan Henrik Kayser (20 February 1933 – 24 April 2016) was a Norwegian classical pianist. He was born in Bergen. He made his concert debut in 1953, and is known as performer of Harald Sæverud Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (17 April 1897&nb ...

, ''23 Selected Piano Pieces'' (PSC 1070) *1994:

Gro Sandvik Gro Schibsted Sandvik (born 2 October 1942 in Sarpsborg, Norway) is a Norwegian flautist. Career Sandvik is a member of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet and served as solo flutist in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967 until 2005. She has a ...

& Stein-Erik Olsen, ''Diptych'' (PSC 1083) *1991: Stein-Erik Olsen, ''Songs & Dances'' (PSC 1084) *1993:

, Sønderjylland Symphony Orchestra,

Karsten Andersen Karsten Anker Andersen (16 February 192015 December 1997) was a Norwegian conductor. Life Karsten Andersen was born in Fredrikstad. He graduated from the Oslo Music Conservatory (1938–39) and Accademia Musicale Chigiana (1947). He made his deb ...

Trond Sæverud Trond is a Norwegian male given name. The base of the name, Tron'r (Þróndr or Þrándr), is Old Norse and means "to grow and thrive" (þroásk)17785 peoplein Norway have Trond as their first name, making it the 23rd most used name (2008). The nam ...

, ''Complete Works For Violin'' (PSC 1087) *1993:

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music ...

Jacques Ibert Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his firs ...

August Klughardt August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (30 November 1847 – 3 August 1902) was a German composer and conductor. Life Klughardt, who was born in Köthen, took his first piano and music theory lessons at the age of 10. Soon he began to compose his fir ...

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best rem ...

Bergen Wind Quintet The Bergen Woodwind Quintet is a well-known woodwind quintet based in Bergen, Norway. The ensemble's members are the principal wind musicians of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, also known as Harmonien, which was founded in 1765 and is one of ...

, ''Three Shanties Op. 4 / Trois Pièces Brèves / Wind Quintet Op. 79 / Wind Quintet Op. 88 No. 2 / Wind Quintet No. 2'' (PSC 1094) *1993:

Øystein Baadsvik Øystein Baadsvik (born 14 August 1966) is a Norwegian tuba soloist and chamber musician. Born in Trondheim, Norway, he began playing the tuba at the age of fifteen at his school in Trondheim, Norway, and won first prize at eighteen in a Norweg ...

, ''Tuba'' (PSC 1101) *1998:

Halvor Haug Halvor Haug (Trondheim, 20 February 1952) is a Norwegian composer.Nils Grinde ''Contemporary Norwegian music, 1920-1980'' 1981 p.110 Selected works * Violin Sonata (1973) * Tre "Utfall" for guitar (1973/74) * Symphonic Picture (1976) * ''Silence' ...

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra ( sv, Norrköpings Symfoniorkester) is a Swedish professional symphony orchestra. It is based at the concert hall De Geerhallen, in the center of Norrköping. History The orchestra was founded in 1912, a ...

English Chamber Orchestra The English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and their ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall. The orchestra regularly tours in the UK and internationall ...

Ole Kristian Ruud Ole Kristian Ruud (born 2 October 1958) is a Norwegian conductor. Ruud was born in Lillestrøm. He studied clarinet with Richard Kjelstrup at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy and made his debut in Os ...

, ''Symphony No. 3 The Inscrutable Life ・Insignia・Silence・Song Of The Pines'' (PSC 1113) *1995:

Knut Nystedt Knut Nystedt (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer. Early life Nystedt was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, and grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important ...

Oslo String Quartet Oslo String Quartet was formed in 1991 by Geir Inge Lotsberg and (violins), Are Sandbakken (viola), and Øystein Sonstad (cello). It was among the 1994 prize winners of the ''London International String Competition'', which is among the most prest ...

, ''String Quartets'' (PSC 1114) *1995:

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

, Karol Szymanowski, Ketil Hvoslef,

Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', '' Polish Requiem'', ' ...

, Einar Henning Smebye, Lars Erik ter Jung, ''Quasi una Sonata'' (PSC 1115) *1995:

Geirr Tveitt Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s. Life Early years Tveitt was born in Be ...

, Geir Botnen, ''Piano Works'' (PSC 1121) *1995:

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

, Vertavo String Quartet, ''Piano Works'' (PSC 1131) *1996:

, Geir Botnen, Reidun Horvei, ''Fifty Folk Tunes From Hardanger'' (PSC 1132) *1997:

J.S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

, Mozart, Phantasm, ''Art Of Fugue'' (PSC 1135) *1997:

, Hansa Quartet, ''String Quartets'' (PSC 1141) *2001:

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

/ Øystein Birkeland, Vebjørn Anvik, ''Bridge & Britten'' (PSC 1160) *2000: Various artists, ''21 Marches For The 21st Century'' (PSC 1163) *2002: Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Ragnhild Heiland Sørensen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra,

Eivind Aadland Eivind Aadland (born 19 September 1956) is a Norwegian conductor and violinist. He has been concert master of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Aadland was Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra between 2004– ...

, ''Japanischer Frühling'' (PSC 1164) *2002: Grieg Trio,

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

• Kaipainen, ''Beethoven + Kaipainen'' (PSC 1165) *2003:

Fartein Valen Olav Fartein Valen (25 August 1887 – 14 December 1952) was a Norwegian composer, notable for his work in atonal polyphonic music. He developed a polyphony similar to Bach's counterpoint, but based on motivic working and dissonance rather ...

, Siri Torjesen,

Håkon Austbø Håkon Austbø (born October 22, 1948) is a Norwegian classical pianist. He has created many recordings for the label Brilliant Classics and Naxos Records, and is also a professor at the Amsterdam conservatory. Born in Kongsberg, Austbø studie ...

, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Eggen, ''Complete Songs'' (PSC 1168) *2006:

, ''Draumkvedet - The Dream Ballad'' (PSC 1169) *2004: Paul Dukas, Tor Espen Aspaas, ''Complete Works For Piano Solo'' (PSC 1177) *2004: Vertavo String Quartet, ''Les Vendredis) (PSC 1178) *2002:

, ''Goldberg Variations BWV 988'' (PSC 1192) *2001: Bartók / Vertavo String Quartet, ''String Quartets 1-6'' (PSC 1197) *1999:

Johan Halvorsen Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Life Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist from a very early age and became a prominent figure in Norwegian musical life. He r ...

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO; lv, Latvijas Nacionālais simfoniskais orķestris) is a Latvian orchestra based in Riga. Its primary performance venue is the Great Guild Hall in Riga. In addition to regular symphonic concert ...

Terje Mikkelsen Terje Wik Mikkelsen (born April 6, 1957 in Drøbak, south of Oslo) is an acknowledged Norwegian conductor with his main career in Europe and Asia. He graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music, and later studied orchestral conducting with Profe ...

, ''Stage Music 2'' (PSC 1199) *2000: Saxofon Concentus, ''Second Tale'' (PSC 1200) *2001:

- Einar Røttingen, ''Hika'' (PSC 1216) *2002: Johan Henrik Freithoff,

, ''The Chamber Works Of Johan Henrik Freithoff'' (PSC 1220) *2011:

, Fragaria Vesca, ''From A Travel Diary'' (PSC 1222) *2004:

Nordic Baroque Quartet Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean#North, North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultura ...

, ''Northern Delights'' (PSC 1224) *2003:

Bjarne Brustad Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895, in Kristiania, now Oslo – 20 May 1978, in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as ...

, Sølve Sigerland,

Lars Anders Tomter Lars Anders Tomter (born 30 November 1959) is a Norwegian viola player. He plays on a 1590 Gasparo da Salò Gasparo da Salò (20 May 154214 April 1609) is the name given to Gasparo Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers and an expert ...

, ''Music For Violin'' (PSC 1229) *2009: Ann-Helen Moen,

Gunilla Süssmann Gunilla Süssmann (born 22 June 1977 in Bergen, is a Norwegian classical pianist. Career Having played the piano since the age of six, Süssmann graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2002, and got her soloist diploma from the Music ...

, ''Catharinus Elling: Haugtussa and German Lieder'' (PSC 1236) *2003: Dan Styffe, ''Revisited'' (PSC 1252) *2004:

Eirik Raude Erik Thorvaldsson (), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. He most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair a ...

, ''I Ching'' (PSC 1255) *2003: Gustav Mahler,

Mariss Jansons Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian conductor best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he w ...

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra The Oslo Philharmonic (Oslo-Filharmonien) is a Norwegian symphony orchestra based in Oslo, Norway. The orchestra traces its roots to the Philharmonic Society founded in 1847 and the Christiania Musical Association co-founded by Edvard Grieg in 187 ...

, ''Symphonies No. 1 & 9'' (PSC 1270) *2008: Dan Styffe, ''Bass Trip'' (PSC 1288) *2007:

Tine Thing Helseth Tine Thing Helseth ( ; ; born 18 August 1987) is a Norwegian trumpet soloist specializing in classical repertoire. Career Helseth was born in Oslo. She started to play trumpet at the age of 7 in a school band and studied at the Barratt Due I ...

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Det Norske Kammerorkester or The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (established in 1977) is a chamber orchestra based in Oslo. Biography The orchestra was founded by the violinist Bjarne Fiskum who got the idea for a summer course for young string tal ...

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led ...

Albinoni Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera comp ...

, Neruda, Hummel, ''Trumpet Concertos'' (PSC 1292) *2011: Sølve Sigerland, Ruders, Salonen, Hallgrimsson, ''Written In Sand'' (PSC 1301) *2010: Catharinus Elling, The Engegård Quartet,

Nils Anders Mortensen Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

, ''Quartets'' (PSC 1304) *2010: Hjalmar Borgström, Jonas Båtstrand,

, The Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlandsoperan, Terje Boye Hansen, ''Jesus In Gethsemane / Die Nacht Der Toten / Concerto For Violin And Orchestra'' (PSC 1311) *2010: Arve Tellefsen, Ole Bull, ''Arve Tellefsen Plays Ole Bull'' (PSC 1312) *2011:

, Marius Hesby,

Jukka-Pekka Saraste Jukka-Pekka Saraste (born 22 April 1956) is a Finnish conductor and violinist. Biography Saraste was born in Heinola He was trained as a violinist. He later studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula in the same class as Esa-Pe ...

, Rolf Gupta, ''Epitaffio (Monolith / Epitaffio / Canzona / Fonos / Adieu)'' (PSC1318) *1994:

, ''Geirr Tveitt Plays Geirr Tveitt'' (PSC 1805) *1994: Ørnulf Gulbransen, '' Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen & Johann Kvandal: Norwegian Music For Flute'' (PSC 1806) *1993:

, ''The Vocal Music In Historic Interpretations'' (PSC 1810), Compilation *1992:

, Dorothy Dorow,

Miltiades Caridis Miltiades Caridis ( el, Μιλτιάδης Καρύδης; 9 May 1923 – 1 March 1998) was a German-Greek conductor. Biography Caridis was born in the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). His mother was a Danziger of German ethnicity, his father w ...

, ''Symphonic Poems & Orchestral Songs'' (PSC 3115) *1993:

Edvard Fliflet Bræin Edvard Fliflet Bræin (23 August 1924 – 30 April 1976) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best remembered for the composition ''Ut mot havet'' and the opera ''Anne Pedersdotter''. Personal life Bræin was born in Kristiansund a ...

, ''Orchestral Works'' (PSC 3117) *1995: Fartein Valen, ''Violin Concerto Op. 37 • Piano Concerto Op. 44 • Epithalamion Op. 19 • An Die Hoffnung Op. 18 No. 2 • Piano Trio Op. 5 • Serenade For Wind Instrument Op. 13'' (PSC 3116), Compilation *2000: Fartein Valen, ''The Eternal'' (RCD 2013), Compilation ;Single *2000: Elg / Grete Helle Rasmussen / Helge Havsgård Sunde, ''Remembrance'' (PSCDS 1001)

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