On RØTA, her debut album with the German label Berlin Classics, Ragnhild Hemsing presents her Norwegian roots on the violin and Hardanger fiddle, thereby placing her identity and the link to her musical training centre stage. Ragnhild Hemsing, in compiling RØTA, has recorded works by famous Norwegian composers such as Grieg and Halvorsen alongside four different folk melodies for the Hardanger fiddle from her homeland.
RØTA has won the renowned OPUS KLASSIK award in 2021 in the category "Classical music without boarders".
NEW RECORDING: Ragnhild Hemsing´s new recording together with pianist Tor Espen Aspaas will been released in October 2020 on record label 2L.
Repertoire:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata No. 8 for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3
Sonata No. 9 for Violin and Piano in A Major, Op. 47 «Kreutzer»
NEW RECORDING: Ragnhild Hemsing´s new recording together with pianist Tor Espen Aspaas has been released in May 2017 on record label 2L.
Producer: Morten Lindberg
Repertoire: Nordic programme with works for Violin and Piano by Edvard Grieg, Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius
Ragnhild Hemsing´s debut album with all Norwegian music; classical and Norwegian folk music performed both on classical violin and the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian folk music instrument.
Pianist: Tor Espen Aspaas
Record label: SIMAX
Year: 2011
YR is the debut of an artist with a dynamite personality that is audible in every stroke of the bow. Combining traditional Hardanger fiddle playing and a classical approach at this level is done by few others that Ragnhild Hemsing (1988).
Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, Marianne Thorsen, Ragnhild Hemsing & Melina Mandozzi.
Record label: Chandos
Year: 2011