Ludvig Norman: Symphony No 3; Overtures

Ludvig Norman: Symphony No 3; Overtures

ODE 1391-2 (Ondine Records, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (5 August 2022)

Playing time: 56'46"
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2022 Ondine Oy
© 2022 Ondine Oy
Main country of recording: Finland
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Ludvig Norman: Symphony No 3; Overtures published on 27 August 2022

Oulu Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Gustavsson, conductor

Ludvig Norman (1831-1885):

1 Concert Overture in E flat, Op 21 (1856)

2 Funeral March, 'To the Memory of August Söderman', Op 46 (1876)

3 Overture to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Op 57 (1881)

Symphony No 3 in D minor, Op 58 (1881)
4 Allegro appassionato ma non troppo presto
5 Andante cantabile
6 Allegro molto commodo
7 Allegro molto

Recorded 27-31 May 2021 at Madetoja Hall, Oulu Music Centre, Oulu, Finland.

This album includes a large portion of the orchestral works written by Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), 'The Swedish Brahms', including his masterpiece work, Symphony No 3, performed by the Oulu Symphony Orchestra under Johannes Gustavsson. Ludvig Norman was a highly fascinating artist who inspired a generation of Swedish composers and was widely respected, although his Third Symphony was first performed only after the composer's death.