The Nordic Experience: works by Grieg, Sinding, Gade, Sibelius and Melartin

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Album Summary

Performers

• Karita Mattila
• Chloe Hanslip (Violin)
• Izumi Tateno (Piano)
• Jon Sonstebo (Viola)
• Harald Aadland (Violin)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (Sound Effects)
• Atle Sponberg (Violin)
• Francois-René Duchable (Piano)

Conductors

• Guschlbauer, Theodor
• Mann, Paul
• Oramo, Sakari
• Pekkanen, Pertti
• Rasilainen, Ari
• Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
• Sato, Shuntaro

Ensemble

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Composers

• Niels Gade (1817 - 1890)
• Selim Palmgren (1878 - 1951)
• Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986)
• Sven Einar Englund (1916 - 1999)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887 - 1974)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960)
• Carl Nielsen (Composer) (1865 - 1931)
• Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941)
• Erkki Melartin (1875 - 1937)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - )
• Hans Christian Lumbye (1810 - 1874)

Notes & Reviews:

Two and a half hours of cool and timeless classics from the North.

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Works Details

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 :: 1. Morning Mood

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 :: 2. The Death of Åse

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 :: 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55 :: 4. Solveig's Song

• Performer: Karita Mattila
• Conductor: Sakari Oramo
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Sinding, Christian : Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Gade, Niels : Capriccio for violin and orchestra in A minor

• Performer: Chloe Hanslip (Violin)
• Conductor: Paul Mann
• Running Time: 8 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1878

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26

• Conductor: Sakari Oramo
• Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1900

Melartin, Erkki : Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) Suite no 2, Op. 22 :: 3. Butterfly Waltz

• Conductor: Shuntaro Sato
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Sibelius, Jean : Karelia Suite, Op. 11 :: 3. Alla marcia

• Conductor: Shuntaro Sato
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1893

Palmgren, Selim : Sun and Clouds, for piano, Op. 102

• Performer: Izumi Tateno (Piano)
• Running Time: 15 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Atterberg, Kurt : Suite no 3, Op. 19 :: Vision

• Performers: Jon Sonstebo (Viola); Harald Aadland (Violin)
• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1917

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61

• Performer: Einojuhani Rautavaara (Sound Effects)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Running Time: 17 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1972

Grieg, Edvard : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16 :: 1. Allegro molto moderato

• Performer: Francois-René Duchable (Piano)
• Conductor: Theodor Guschlbauer
• Running Time: 11 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986) : Serenade, Op. 11 :: 4. Marcia

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960) : Vallflickans dans (Dance of the Shepherd Girl)

• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Lumbye, Hans Christian : Concert-Polka, for 2 violins

• Performers: Atle Sponberg (Violin); Harald Aadland (Violin)
• Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Englund, Sven Einar : Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer - Suite) :: The Reindeer Race

• Conductor: Shuntaro Sato
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Palmgren, Selim : Sun and Clouds, for piano, Op. 102

• Performer: Izumi Tateno (Piano)
• Running Time: 15 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Nielsen, Carl : Symphony no 4, Op. 29 "Inextinguishable"

• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Running Time: 35 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1914-1916