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 Stein-Erik Olsen (born 8 September 1953) is a Norwegian classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the University of Bergen, known from collaborations with such as Gro Sandvik, Roar Engelberg and St Martin in the Fields and a series of reco ...

, ''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 leading Romantic music, Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwid ...

, ''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. ...

George Crumb George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical ...

Ingvar Lidholm Ingvar Natanael Lidholm (24 February 1921 – 17 October 2017) was a Swedish composer. Early years: 1921–1940 Ingvar Lidholm was born in Jönköping. The actual family home was in Nässjö, some 40 kilometers to the southeast. Neither of his pa ...

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

, Untitled (PSC 1023) *1987:

Arild Sandvold Arild Edvin Sandvold (June 2, 1895 – August 12, 1984) was a Norwegian organist, composer, and choir conductor. Sandvold spent most of his career as the cathedral organist and cantor at Oslo Cathedral and as an organ teacher at the Oslo Cons ...

& Kåre Nordstoga, ''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-Colombe ...

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 Che ...

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

, ''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'' (). Sæverud wrote nine symphonie ...

& Jan Henrik Kayser, ''23 Selected Piano Pieces'' (PSC 1070) *1994:

Gro Sandvik Gro Schibsted Sandvik prof.em (born 2 October 1942 in Sarpsborg, Norway) has served as principal flute of the Bergen Philharmonic 1967-2004. She held the position from 1964 with Stavanger Symphony orchestra. Since 1967 she is a member of Berge ...

, ''Diptych'' (PSC 1083) *1991:

, ''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 ...

, Trond Sæverud, ''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 f ...

Jacques Ibert Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of 20th-century classical music, classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoir ...

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 naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ...

, Bergen Wind Quintet, ''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 Norwe ...

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

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra () is a Swedish professional symphony orchestra. It is based at the concert hall Louis de Geer konsert & kongress, De Geerhallen, in the center of Norrköping. History The orchestra was founded in 1912, an ...

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. With a limited performance size, the orchestra spe ...

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 (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

, 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 d ...

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

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

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

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

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

Bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

- Britten /

Øystein Birkeland Øystein is a Norwegian language, Norwegian given name of Old Norse origins. One of its variants is Östen (name), Östen which is mostly used in Sweden. Notable people with the name include: *Øystein Aarseth (1968–1993), Norwegian guitarist (p ...

, 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 The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ( Norwegian: Bergen filharmoniske orkester) is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The M ...

Eivind Aadland Eivind Aadland (born 19 September 1956) is a Norwegian conductor and violinist. He has been concert master of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2020 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Aad ...

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

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

• 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 than ...

, Siri Torjesen,

Håkon Austbø Håkon Austbø (born October 22, 1948) is a Norway, Norwegian European classical music, classical pianist. He has created many recordings for the label Brilliant Classics and Naxos Records, and is also a professor at the Amsterdam music school, co ...

Christian Eggen Christian Eggen (born 8 January 1957) is a Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor. References 1957 births Living people Norwegian classical composers Norwegian classical pianists Norwegian male conductors (music) Norwegian male cl ...

, ''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: J.S. Bach,

, ''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, Terje Mikkelsen, ''Stage Music 2'' (PSC 1199) *2000: Saxofon Concentus, ''Second Tale'' (PSC 1200) *2001: Trond Sæverud - Einar Røttingen, ''Hika'' (PSC 1216) *2002: Johan Henrik Freithoff,

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

Fragaria Vesca ''Fragaria vesca'', commonly called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant in the Rosaceae, rose family that grows naturally thro ...

, ''From A Travel Diary'' (PSC 1222) *2004: Nordic Baroque Quartet, ''Northern Delights'' (PSC 1224) *2003:

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

, Sølve Sigerland, Lars Anders Tomter, ''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, ''I Ching'' (PSC 1255) *2003:

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

Mariss Jansons Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian Conducting, conductor, best known for his interpretations of Gustav Mahler, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, ...

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra The Oslo Philharmonic () 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 1871, and was esta ...

, ''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 Ins ...

, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,

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

, Albinoni, 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, ''Quartets'' (PSC 1304) *2010: Hjalmar Borgström, Jonas Båtstrand, Nils Anders Mortensen, 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 Arve Tellefsen () (born 14 December 1936) is a Norwegian violinist who has worked with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Arvid Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Gary Bertini, Evgeny Svetlanov, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Ole Bull Ole Bornemann Bull (; 5 February 181017 August 1880) was a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer. According to Robert Schumann, he was on a level with Niccolò Paganini for the speed and clarity of his playing. Biography Background Bull was ...

, ''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, the son of teachers Kauko Pekka Saraste and Ritva Leena-Marjatta (Ruoranen) Saraste. He was trained as a violinist at the Cons ...

Rolf Gupta Rolf Arvind Gupta (born 14 January 1967) is a Norwegian contemporary composer and conductor. Career Born in Uppsala, Gupta has studied with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki as well as with Ilya Musin and Herbert Blomstedt. Gupta al ...

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

, ''Geirr Tveitt Plays Geirr Tveitt'' (PSC 1805) *1994:

Ørnulf Gulbransen Ørnulf Gulbransen (19 December 1916 – 20 February 2004) was a Norwegian classical musician (flute) Career Gulbransen was born and died in Kristiania (Oslo), and had a leading position in Norwegian music for more than 50 years. In 1945 he m ...

, ''

Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (April 25, 1903 – November 8, 1984) was a Norwegian violinist and composer. His composition style is lyrical with a strong grounding in Norwegian folk tunes. Life Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen was born in Stavanger, Norway. ...

Johann Kvandal Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

: Norwegian Music For Flute'' (PSC 1806) *1993:

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

, Dorothy Dorow,

Miltiades Caridis Miltiades Caridis (; 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 was a Greek tobacco merchant from Smyrn ...

, ''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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