Release Date: 04 January 2007
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313282821
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: ALFVEN
Description
In his native Sweden Hugo Alfv?®n's music ranks as the most significant after that of Berwald. The music on this disc consists of two suites drawn from films that Alfv?®n scored during the 1930s and 1940s. Both Suites draw on folk-tunes to evoke the countryside with a mix of bucolic devices and sombre pastoral melodies. Although the films were not well received, Alfv?®n's music was widely commended. In 'El?®gie', Alfv?®n pays tribute to fellow countryman and composer Emil Sj?Âgren (1853-1918). This work anticipates his own Fourth Symphony (Naxos 8557284).
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Yaqi Yang; Margarita Parsamyan; Robynne Redmon; Minghao Liu; Frank Ragsdale; Kim Josephson; Kevin S
Vilmos Csikos; Olivier Lechardeur; Manon Lamaison
Tomas Cotik; Martingale Ensemble; Ken Selden
