The Swedish Smorgasbord in Orchestral Music
CDS 1129/1130-2 (Sterling Records, CD, 2 discs)
ADD
mono/stereo
COMPILATION (2 July 2021)
Playing time: TT 116'43"
Tracks: 11 + 12
Booklet pages: 40
℗ 1955-1981 Sterling Records
© 2021 Sterling Records
Main country of recording: Sweden
Country of manufacture: United Kingdom
Reviewer: John Dante Prevedini
Review of The Swedish Smorgasbord in Orchestral Music published on 22 July 2021
Listen: Lars-Erik Larsson: Pastoral (Vignettes for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale) (CD2 track 3, 0:01-0:38)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra / Sten Frykberg (CD1 tracks 1-3, 8 and CD2 tracks 1-3, 6 and 12)
Erik Saedén, baritone (CD1 tracks 6 and 7)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Björn Hallman (CD1 tracks 4-7 and 11)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Göran W Nilson (CD1 tracks 9 and 10)
Antonio Nicolini, violin (CD2 track 5)
Västerås Symphony Orchestra / Harry Damgaard (CD2 tracks 5 and 10-11)
Bo Linde, piano (CD2 tracks 7-9)
Gävleborgs Orkesterförening / Gunnar Staern (CD2 tracks 7-9)
CD1
Johan Agrell (1701-1765?):
Sinfonia F major, Op 1:6 (c 1740)
1 Allegro -
2 Andante -
3 Allegro presto
August Söderman (1832-1876):
4 Svenskt festspel / Swedish Festival (1867)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942):
5 Majkarneval i Stockholm / May Carnival in Stockholm (1892)
6 Florez och Blanzeflor (1898)
7 Höstsång / Autumn Song (1896/1936)
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960):
8 Andante religioso (Uppenbarelsekantat / Revelation Cantata, Op 31, 1913)
Ruben Liljefors (1871-1936):
9 Offertåg / Sacrificial Procession (Frithiof and Ingeborg, 1916)
10 Festspel / Festival (1932)
Adolf Wiklund (1879-1950):
11 Symfonisk prolog /Symphonic Prologue (1934)
CD2
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986):
Fyra vinjetter till Shakespeares En Vintersaga / Vignettes for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Op 18 (1938)
1 Siciliana
2 Intermezzo
3 Pastoral
4 Epilog
Sven Sköld (1899-1956):
5 Sommar / Summer (1938)
Albert Henneberg (1901-1991):
6 Bolla och Badin: overture (1942)
Bo Linde (1933-1970):
Konsert (Nr 1) för piano och stråkorkester / Concerto (No 1) for piano and strings, Op 12 (1955)
7 Entrada e canto
8 Variazioni
9 Improvisato e Finale
Prelude e Finale, Op 16 (1955)
10 Preludio
11 Finale
Sven-Eric Johanson (1919-1997):
12 Variationer över en värmländsk orrlåt / Variations on a grouse lek of Värmland (1963)
Recorded at various locations in Sweden between 1955 and 1981 and previously released on Sterling LPs S-1003, S-1005, S-1006 and S-1007.