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Afontibus is an independent label and company for releasing of CD recordings and performance of music established by violinist Geir Inge Lotsberg and organist Kåre Nordstoga.


Geir Inge Lotsberg	Kåre Nordstoga

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Prices:
Kr. 220,- (ATB-CD 1&2),
Kr. 165,-
(ATB-CD 3,4,5 & 9)
Kr. 300,- (ATB-CD 6-8)
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The Afontibus cd's are all available as single tracks or complete albums at a.o. iTunes and Musiconline.no.

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Releases:

ATB-CD09
Geir Inge Lotsberg, Solo violin
Hans Werner Henze:
Etude Philharmonique and Serenade.
Aulis Sallinen:
Canto and Ritornello.
Synne Skouen:
"......à travers les paroles". (Premiere recording)
Klaus Sandvik:
In the Pinch of now and Classical Brace. (Premiere recordings)
Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson:
Step by step.
Isang Yun:
Zwei Kontraste and Königliches Thema.

Recorded at Sofienberg Kirke in Oslo, June and September 2008.
Released January 09.
Learn more about the composers.

Press: (Currently in norwegian only)
Aftenposten: Lekkert lydbilde (net)
Lekkert lydbilde Facsimile
Interview in Ballade about the release concert.
Dagens Næringsliv: Stemmer og landskap
Facsimile of Dagens Næringsliv
Dagsavisen: "Ærleg einsemd"
Smaalenene: Ja, ja....
NRK P2: Lotsberg med ny solofiolin-cd

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From Musikkverket

ATB-CD06-08 (3 cd's)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Works
Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644
Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543
Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548
Fantasie & Fugue in G minor BWV 542
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582
Prelude & Fugue in D major BWV 532
Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV 544

Kåre Nordstoga performing at the main organ (1998) of the Oslo Cathedral buildt by Ryde & Berg Organbuilders.

Released December 2006.
Press, presently mostly in norwegian:
Dagbladet: J.S. Bach slått opp i stort format
NRK: Orgelbüchelein
Aftenposten: Konge på instrumentdronning
Klassisk Musikkmagasin: Bach!
Musicweb international (Brian Wilson)
Ballade: Årets plater.

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ATB-CD05
Franz Liszt: Organ Works.
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Variations on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Fantasia and Fugue "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam"

Kåre Nordstoga performing at the main organ (1998) of the Oslo Cathedral buildt by Ryde & Berg Organbuilders.

Released as a hybrid SACD including both a multichannel high-resolution 5.1 and a 2 channel stereo version!

Press, presently in norwegian only:
"Kåre Nordstoga aktuell med Franz Liszts orgelverk" Ballade
"Lydhør i Liszt" Dagbladet
"Liszt på orgeltoppen" Vårt Land
"Liszt i bredt format" Aftenposten
"Den rene og skjære kraften får dine indre organer til å vibrere" Klassisk Musikkmagasin
Årets klassiske plater Aftenposten 5.12. 2006:
Released February 2006.

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ATB-CD04:
Nicolay Apollyon: Episeme and MNEMonics
Synne Skouen: "Une Soirèe d'ètè..."
Magnar Åm:"aching hard, aching soft"
Geir Inge Lotsberg, violin.

The recording was made during 2004/2005 at Sofienberg Church, Ris Church, the Emanuel Vigeland Museum and Sørkedalen Church, all in Oslo. Recording and mastering engineer was Audun Strype.

Press, presently in norwegian only.
"Alene med en fiolin" Smaalenene
"Ny norsk lyd for fiolin" Ballade
"Filosofisk fiolin" Dagens Næringsliv, magasinet
"Nye rom i musikken" Vårt Land

Released April 2005.

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From Musikkverkstedet

ATB-CD03:
Carl Nielsen:
Sonata for and Violin and Piano opus 9 and
Sonata for Violin and Piano opus 35 with Geir Inge Lotsberg and Håvard Gimse.
Preludium and Theme with variations opus 48 and Preludio and Presto opus 52 for solo Violin with Geir Inge Lotsberg.

The recording was made in March/April 2001 at Troldhaugen in Bergen and in the Jondal Church in Hardanger. Producer was Lars-Erik ter Jung, and engineer was Jørgen Træen.

"Carl Nielsen: an exhilarating Norwegian interpretation of the sonatas." Politiken, Copenhagen
"Extremely good and extremely interesting." Bergens Tidende
"Danish charm in a Norwegian package." Fædrelandsvennen

The cd was released 23 October 2001.

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ATB-CD 1&2:
Johann Sebastian Bachs six sonatas for Violin and keyboard BWV 1014-1019 performed by Geir Inge Lotsberg and Kåre Nordstoga.
The recording was made in the Oslo Cathedral by Bertil Alving in June and October 1997.

"A significant effort and an impressive documentation of both the music of Bach and of the conscientious collaboration of two Norwegian performers." Aftenposten.

The cd was released November 1997.

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Distribution:
The Afontibus cd's are distributed by Musicservice Norway AS (reidar (at) musicservice.no).
You will find all our releases including separate single tracks at Musiconline.no. and iTunes!!
Nordstoga releases on iTunes
Lotsberg releases on iTunes

Related label
Fabra is a label connected to Afontibus featuring visiting artists! www.fabra.no