FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 64:50 | 171 MbSVEIN HUNDSNES is one of Norway’s most important living composers.

He has written a wide-ranging body of music encompassing several vivid styles, moving seamlessly from tonal and non-tonal music to include jazz, rock and even funk.

Hundsnes’ sequence of Clavinatas – one-movement free-standing pieces with a symmetrical form that often include toccata-like vitality – embody qualities that make his music so distinctive.

Often syncopated, they possess short motifs, intensity and emotional ambiguity.

Piano Sonata No.

1 and Downtoned Beats reflect his delight in drama and dance grooves.

Tracklist:1. Clavinata No. 1 (4:10)2. Clavinata No. 2 (3:24)3. Piano Sonata No. 1: I. — (5:44)4. Piano Sonata No. 1: II. — (7:08)5. Piano Sonata No. 1: III. — (4:52)6. Clavinata No. 5 (4:03)7. Clavinata No. 4 (4:57)8. Clavinata No. 3 (3:13)9. Downtoned Beats: I. Cymbal Prelude and Distant Groove (5:22)10. Downtoned Beats: II. Dark Bourrée and Intermezzo (3:59)11. Downtoned Beats: III. Scherzo (3:31)12. Downtoned Beats: IV. Danse Noire (4:28)13. Clavinata No. 7 (5:05)14. Clavinata No. 6 (5:05)