Orchestral, Alfvén (composer)
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It’s hard to imagine a more unlikely orchestral pairing. It works mightily well, however, with the Gothenburg Symphony hugely atmospheric in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus then warmly, playfully... —
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Diamonds in the Snow
RecommendedScandinavian Songs by Grieg and Sibelius
Barbara Bonney & Antonio Pappano
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Vocal
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Alfvén’s soundworld is largely lateRomantic, though there’s also oodles of Mendelssohn-like good humour in his lovely Second Symphony. The folky Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 may remind some of Grieg. —
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The album makes a welcome change from the endless recycling of clarinet warhorses elsewhere in the catalogue. Plaudits to Sony for giving Fröst freedom to traverse this breadth of repertoire,... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber
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Like to the Lark
Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... —
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Naxos continues to surprise and delight us with their explorations of the byways of the orchestral repertoire. This enchanting disc provides a timely corrective revealing a late Romantic whose... —
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Midsommarvaka: Orchestral Favourites by Hugo Alfvén
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen
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