Hugo ALFVÉN (1872⁠–⁠1960)
Complete Symphonies
Suites • Rhapsodies

Hugo Alfvén’s music has always been close to the hearts of the Swedish people, and ranks among some of the most significant and representative of the spirit of the country. Alfvén is known as a cheerful entertainer in compositions such as Den förlorade sonen (‘The Prodigal Son’), but his symphonies reveal a different, more elegiac and often more dramatic side. The success of Alfvén’s symphonies fundamentally changed Sweden’s musical climate and, with a substantial collection of further orchestral music representing his gloriously rich and varied style, these recordings sweep us into the remarkable world of Scandinavian landscape and culture.

8.553962 • Disc 1

Symphony No. 1 • The Mountain King • Uppsala Rhapsody

8.555072 • Disc 2

Symphony No. 2 • The Prodigal Son

8.553729 • Disc 3

Symphony No. 3 • A Legend of the Skerries • Dalecarlian Rhapsody

8.557284 • Disc 4

Symphony No. 4 ‘From the Outermost Skerries’

8.557612 • Disc 5

Symphony No. 5 • Andante religioso

8.557828 • Disc 6

Synnöve Solbakken Suite • A Country Tale Suite

8.553115 • Disc 7

Swedish Orchestral Favourites