034571154718

Sibelius: Songs

Katarina Karneus, Julius Drake

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDH55471

Release Date:  01 December 2013

Label:  Helios / Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571154718

Genres:  Classical  Vocal  

  • Description

    Robert Layton, who has provided the booklet notes for this album, describes the treasure-trove of Sibelius's songs as one of music's best-kept secrets. The composer wrote a surprisingly large number of songs throughout his life, and anybody who responds to the Nordic spirit and subject-matter of the symphonies and other orchestral music will find much to please them here. They are tuneful, passionate and evocative of the northern latitudes. Virtually all of them are in Swedish which, although he was Finnish, was Sibelius's first language, but the Opus 50 set is in German. There are no fewer than seven settings of the composer's favourite poet of the northern landscapes, Johan Runeberg, including two of Sibelius's best-known songs, 'The tryst' and 'The first kiss'.
    Our singer is the delightful Swedish soprano Katarina Karneus, sometime winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Illalle Op 17 No 6 [1'28]
      • 2. Den judiska flickans sÃ¥ng from <i>Belsazars gästabud</i> Op 51 [3'25]
      • 3. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Svarta rosor [2'01]
      • 4. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Men min fÃ¥gel märks dock icke [2'37]
      • 5. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Bollspelet vid Trianon [1'38]
      • 6. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Säv, säv, susa [2'47]
      • 7. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Marssnön [1'36]
      • 8. <b>Six Songs Op 36 |</b> Demanten pÃ¥ Marssnön [2'33]
      • 9. Jag är ett träd Op 57 No 5 [3'03]
      • 10. Näcken Op 57 No 8 [2'37]
      • 11. <b>Five Songs Op 37 |</b> Den första kyssen [2'09]
      • 12. <b>Five Songs Op 37 |</b> Lasse liten [2'29]
      • 13. <b>Five Songs Op 37 |</b> SoluppgÃ¥ng [2'33]
      • 14. <b>Five Songs Op 37 |</b> Var det en dröm? [2'14]
      • 15. <b>Five Songs Op 37 |</b> Flickan kom ifrÃ¥n sin älsklings möte [3'26]
      • 16. Vem styrde hit din väg? Op 90 No 6 [3'16]
      • 17. Norden Op 90 No 1 [2'30]
      • 18. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Lenzgesang [2'36]
      • 19. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Sehnsucht [2'19]
      • 20. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Im Feld ein Mädchen singt [3'13]
      • 21. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Aus banger Brust [2'33]
      • 22. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Die stille Stadt [2'37]
      • 23. <b>Six Songs Op 50 |</b> Rosenlied [1'55]
      • 24. VÃ¥ren flyktar hastigt Op 13 No 4 [1'43]
      • 25. Under strandens granar Op 13 No 1 [5'31]