Traditional, Swedish

Nordic Sounds 2 / Swedish Radio Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Jan Sandström: Sloabbme-njunnje, for chorus; Biegga Njunnjí, for chorus & percussion; Bieggá luohte, for yoik, ceremonial drum & chorus; David Wikander: Kung Liljekonvalje, for cho...
Performers: Björsund, Per; Enstrom, Love; Niklasson, Sofia; Olsson, Andreas; Pejler, Johan; Sjöblom, Ulla; Thimander, Conny
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: ; Swedish Radio Choir

Following on the success of their 2011 release Nordic Sounds, Peter Dijkstra and the Swedish Radio Choir return with a second volume in the series,...continue...
Recording information: Musikaliska, Stockholm (06/2011)....continue...

And There Was Music - Gershwin, Jones, Lubbock, Mercury, Metheny

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2012-04-24

Works: Nelson Riddle: Ambulatory Suite, for pops orchestra (after Gershwin); Jeremy Lubbock: At the End of the Day (Grace); Freddie Mercury: Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke; Niclas Rydh: The Awakening, for orc...
Performers: Glanneskog, David [Trumpet]; Henriksson, Kjell; Lundin, Anders; Wilke, Sebastian
Conductors: Hanson, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Goteborg Wind Orchestra

Today, the Gotenburg Wind Orchestra represents one of Sweden's few remaining professional wind ensembles and carries an international reputation. And There Was Music includes a...continue...
Recording information: Göteborg, Sweden (01/2011)....continue...

50 Best Hymns

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: John Goss: Hymn; Gaelic Traditional: Morning has broken (Bunessan), song; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Hymnal; For All the Saints Who from Their Labours Rest, hymn ("Sine nomine"); Martin Luther: ...
Performers: Bayl, Benjamin; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Hare, Ian; Lancelot, James; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Partington, Adrian; Stevens, Peter [Organ]; Tracey, Ian; Wells, I...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Moore, Philip; Tracey, Ian
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

In Thee is Gladness, Vol. 2

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-01

Works: Hubert Parry: I was glad; Stephen Gabrielsen: We Are Your Own Forever, for organ; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), f...
Performers: Gabrielsen, Stephen; Strom, William [Vocals]
Conductors: Barrett, Andrew

National Anthems of Member States of the European Union / Jan Kucera; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Supraphon / 2009-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode to Joy (An die Freude) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee); Anonymous, Austrian: Land der Berge, Land am Strome (National Anthem, Austria); Francois Van Campenhout: La Braban...
Conductors: Kucera, Jan

A national anthem often reflects one of the most significant chapters in a country's history and in some cases it refers to the very beginnings...continue...
Recording information: Czech National Symphony Orchestra Studio, Prague, Czech (11/28/2008/02/10/2009)....continue...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

The Anthems Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Unspecified: European Anthem; Anonymous, Austrian: Land der Berge, Land am Strome (National Anthem, Austria); Francois Van Campenhout: La Brabançonne (National Anthem, Belgium); Nicolaos Mantzar...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Domingo, Placido; Hornik, Gottfried; Janowitz, Gundula; Kmentt, Waldemar; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Personnel: Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza (vocals); Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Waldemar Kmentt, Plácido Domingo (tenor); Walter Berry (bass voice).

Recording information: Festspielhaus S...continue...

The Playful Pachyderm / Corp, Perkins, New London Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-12-14

Works: Johann Wilhelm Ganglberger: Mein Teddybär, polka for bassoon & orchestra; Edward Elgar: Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Jean Baptiste Senaillé: Alleg...
Performers: Perkins, Laurence; Suart, Richard
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

'Perkins is a compelling advocate of the instrument, not only in his painstaking work as orchestrator and arranger, and his enthusiastic and well-researched booklet notes,...continue...

Jussi Björling - The Early Swedish Recordings

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-05

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Carmela; Emil Sjögren: I Drömmen di är Mig Nära (You are near in my dreams), song for voice & piano; August Körling: Vita rosor; Henry G...
Performers: Björling, Gösta; Björling, Jussi; Björling, Olle
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Along Gypsy Trails - A Tribute to León Zuckert

2 CD / Doremi / 2000-02-23

Works: Leopold: Introduction and Hungaria; León Zuckert: Memories of Buda; Folk Song-Dances (3) of Greece, for orchestra; Medley of five traditional Swedish airs, for orchestra; Pieza melancól...
Performers: Alonso, Isabela; Andrian, Irene; Feuerstein, Robert; Golani, Rivka; Harnoy, Ofra [Cello]; Laszlo, Susanne; Mathe, Blain; Parr, Patricia; Peleg, Joseph; Romanko, Sophia; Sharon, Anya; Shulman, Suzanne...
Conductors: Zuckert, León; Burt, Johnny; Susskind, Walter; Alfonso, Armando; Veprinsky, Alexander; Markow, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Johnny Burt Orchestra; Tenerife Symphony Orchestra; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Ukrainian National Opera Theater Orchestra

Composer/conductor Leon Zuckert was well known across the U.S. and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s through his long-running weekly radio broadcasts. This set offers...continue...

Capricer Med Del 1964-69 / Orphei Dränger

1 CD / Northern Lights / 1999-12-23

Works: Otto Lindblad: Ja, jag kommer; Carl Michael Bellman: Hör I orphei Dränger; Evert Taube: Skärgårdsfrun; Sten-Gunnar Hellström: Kondenserade visor; Swedish Traditional: Till &#...
Performers: Babs, Alice; Bladin, Christer; Danielsson, Palle [Double Bass]; Gustafsson, Rune; Hellstrom, Sten-Gunnar; Johansson, Jan [Piano]; Riedel, Georg; Rundgren, Bengt; Solen, Christer; Yrgard, E.M.; Zetter...
Conductors: Ericson, Eric

Includes work(s) by Orlande de Lassus....continue...

Kein Schöner Land

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-10-26

Works: Karl Marx: Jeden Morgen geht die Sonne auf; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Work(s); Cesar Bresgen: Aus den hellen Birken steigt; Über den silbernen Berg...
Performers: Eckhard Weyand; Knabenchor capella vocalis
Conductors: Weyand, Eckhard

Founded in 1992, Capella Vocalis have swiftly become one of the world's premiere youth choirs. In this, their first international recording, the young men of...continue...
Recording information: Evang (04/05/1999-04/09/1999); Kirche Reutlingen-Gonningen (04/05/1999-04/09/1999)....continue...

Gläd Dig

1 CD / Proprius / 1997-07-02

Works: Anonymous, Cortona Codex: Alta trinità beata, devotional song (Laudario di Cortona); Anonymous, Swedish: Gläd dig du Kristi brud; Bereden väg för Herran (Prepare the Way for the...
Performers: Bergström, Ulf
Conductors: Ohrwall, Anders

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ivar Andrésen Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-08-20

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Carl Loewe: Tom der Reimer, Op. 135a; Der selt'ne Beter (Der alte Dessauer) ("Im ...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Janssen, Herbert; Larsen-Todsen, Nanny
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo; Hallasch, Dr. Franz
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra