Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960) - Songs, Piano Pieces : Elin Rombo(S)Peter Friis Johansson(P)(Hybrid) - Import SACD Hybrid

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Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960)

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Songs and piano pieces recorded at "Alf-vengarden" in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Alveen's birth! From 1945 until the year of his death, Hugo Alvén lived in a house in Lakesand, which he named "Alf-vengarden". Visitors feel the presence of composer Alvén as soon as they step into the house. The study, salon, and Italianate corridor. ...... Pater Friis Juhansson's "In the House of Hugo Alveen," released in the year of the 150th anniversary of Alveen's birth, is an album born from such an experience of his. The program includes songs from Alveen's early works, including three "Swedish Rhapsodies" such as "Midsummer Dawn," orchestral works such as "The Shepherd's Daughter's Dance" and "Elegy," and choral works such as "Dawn by the Sea" and "At a Farm for Two," which are familiar to the world, and Piano pieces. The "Drawing on the Reef," one of his few solo piano pieces, is the best known of his works. Evening," a choral piece on a poem by Hermann Sötterberg, arranged by Alveen himself. The sixth piece, "The Forest Sleeps," is Alveen's "calling card," "Seven Poems by Ernst Thiel. One of Jussi Björling's favorite pieces, "My Heart in Thy Hands".His partner in song was the Royal Swedish Court singer Eirin Lomv, whose "Musical Treasures of Löwsta Blük, Vol. 3" (BIS SA-2354) was selected by the Royal Swedish Court. Juhansson studied with Anders Schiellström and Mats Wiedlund at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Constantin Bogino in Italy, and has performed at the Wigmore Hall and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. He is the founder and artistic director of the Jena Festivals Academy. The Steinway piano in Alvengården's study is an instrument that was made in Hamburg around 1908 and sent to Sweden after an ebony treatment. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Aftonen
2.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~1. Djupt hos friborna manniskor
3.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~2. Ett enda vart mitt hjarta givet
4.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~3. Jag kysser din vita hand
5.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~4. Du ar stilla ro
6.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~5. Jag langtar dig
7.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~6. Skogen sover
8.Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28~7. Se, du kom med jubel och sang i hagen
9.Fyra latar fran Leksand for piano~Ganglat
10.Fyra latar fran Leksand for piano~Dans
11.Fyra latar fran Leksand for piano~Skanklat
12.Fyra latar fran Leksand for piano~Danslek
13.Tre Osterdingsanger, Op. 22~1. Bon
14.Tre Osterdingsanger, Op. 22~2. Pioner
15.Tre Osterdingsanger, Op. 22~3. Minnesskrift
16.Skargardsbilder, Op. 17, for piano~Solglitter
17.Skargardsbilder, Op. 17, for piano~Natt
18.Skargardsbilder, Op. 17, for piano~Boljesang
19.Tvenne lyriska stamningar, Op. 8~1. Svarta rosor (Tristi amori)
20.Tvenne lyriska stamningar, Op. 8~2. Sommardofter
21.Sa tag mit hjerte