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Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960)
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2023-10-06 00:00:00
Bruckner, Mahler, Salonen, Sibelius & A Nordic Festival (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
[…] conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen (01, 05-07), Anu Komsi- soprano, Members of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (08)Finlandia 4509-95607-2 [recorded 1989 to 1993; download issued 2011][digital-download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Culture Hall (01, 05-07), Järvenpää Hall (02-04), Studio M1 Finnish Broadcasting (08), Helsinki, FinlandRecording engineers:Jukka Heinonen (01), Robi Godzinsky (02-03), Enno Mäemets (04), Heikki Hölttä (05-08)Producers: Risto Räty (01, 05-07), Reijo Kiilunen (02), Tuija Hakkila (03), Anssi Karttunen (04), Heikki Valsta (08)A Nordic Festival:01 Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, op.19 'Midsummer Vigil' [13'08]02 Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste, op.44 no.1 [4'26]03 - 05 Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, op.56. Three orchestral pieces [15'56]06 Hugo Alfvén: Ballet-pantomime 'Bergakungen', op.37 - Dance of the Shepherdess [3'55]07 Jón Leifs: Geysir. Orchestral Prelude, op.51 [7'18]08 - 09 Carl Nielsen: Maskarade, op.39 - Overture & Dance of the Cockerels [9'51]10 Armas Järnefelt: Berceuse [3'06]11 Jean Sibelius: Finlandia. Tone Poem, op.26 [7'32]Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by […]
2023-09-29 04:00:00
Alfven, Larsson & Wiren: Swedish Orchestral Works (Leo Berlin, Stig Westerberg, Sixten Ehrling et al)
Lars-Erik Larsson:01 - 03 Violin Concerto, op.42 * [26'11]04 - 07 Four Vignettes to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, op.18 [10'18]08 - 10 Violin Concertino, op.45 no.8 * [11'33]Leo Berlin- violin *, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig WesterbergSwedish Society SCD1004 [recorded September 1976, January and May 1977; CD issued 1986][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: The Concert Hall, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Olle Bolander; Producer: Håkan ElmquistLeo Berlin was the leader of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the time of these recordings. This recording of the Violin Concerto was made nearly 20 years before Arne Tellefsen's with Esa-Pakka Salonen (see here)..Dag Wirén:01 - 04 Serenade for Strings, op.11 * [14'11]05 - 07 Sinfonietta in C major, op.7a ^ [17'14]08 - 10 Symphony No. 4, op.27 # [16'24]11 - 14 Music for String Orchestra, op.40 ~ [12'38]Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig Westerberg *, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted […]
2022-12-30 12:00:00
Geoff Pearce enjoys a Naxos set of orchestral music by Swedish composer Hugo Alfvén. 'This is a set to be savoured.'
2022-05-05 04:16:00
Recent Releases, No. 30 (CD reviews)
[…] Meine Freude; Henry Purcell: Music for a While (from Oedipus, Z. 583); Richard Rodgers: It Never Entered My Mind (from the musical Higher and Higher); Jean-Philippe Rameau: Air pour les Sauvages; Antonio Cesti: Intorno All' Idol Mio (from L'Orontea); Bach: 3-Part Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major BWV 791; Corea: Armando's Rhumba; Purcell: Hornpipe in E Minor; Handel: Menuet in G Minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor K 1; Rameau: Musette Tendre en Rondeau; Alfvén: Vallflickans Dans; Bach: 3-Part Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor BWV 801; Fröst: Prelude to Dorotea; Trad.: Polska From Dorotea; Rameau: Tambourin en Rondeau; Gordon Jenkins: Goodbye. Martin Fröst, clarinet; Sébastian Dubé, bass; Roland Pöntinen, piano. Sony Classics 19439917402. I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again: oh, I’m a fool for a clarinet. I’ve played the clarinet, never worth a damn, but there’s much more than that […]
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