Krishna Nagaraja - Tales from NorwayTales from Norway transforms musical stories from Norwegian folk traditions into new compositions that defy genre related labelling and envision a broader, bolder concept of "contemporary music." The string quartet Stringar devotes each of it's three movements to a specific strand of the Norwegian springar tunes, synthesized with elements coming from disparate albeit never gratuitous directions. Western art music, Indian rhythms, progressive metal and

Originally released by Creole Records in 1978

Featuring: Mario Adnet

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The ensemble includes a choir and a period instrument orchestra

Two of these overtures were written as the opening movements of larger works: 'St Paul'

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and film critic Tadao Sato

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