Composer(s): Alfvén, Hugo
Conductor(s): Willén, Niklas
Label: Naxos
Genre: Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.553729
Barcode: 0730099472920
Release Date: 05/1999

ALFVÉN, H.: Symphony No. 3 / A Legend of the Skerries / Dalecarlian Rhapsody (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, N. Willén)

Alfvén’s painterly instincts are reflected in a colourful and virtuosic flair for orchestration, which has been compared with that of Richard Strauss. Music-lovers who know him best as the popular, cheerful entertainer will discover in the works recorded here a more elegiac and dramatic side: sometimes melancholy, even turbulent, but characterized, too, by a bacchanalian exuberance.

Tracklist

Alfvén, Hugo
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
1 Dalarapsodi (Dalecarlian Rhapsody), Op. 47, "Swedish Rhapsody No. 3" 24:55
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
2 En skärgårdssägen (A Legend of the Skerries), Op. 20 18:21
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
3 I. Allegro con brio 08:02
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
4 II. Andante 10:39
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
5 III. Presto 07:36
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)
6 IV. Allegro con brio 09:10
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Willén, Niklas (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:18:43