Wirén, Dag

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

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Niel...
Performers: Aadland, Harald; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Sonstebo, Jon Wien; Sponberg, Atle; Tateno, Izumi
Conductors: Rasilainen, Ari; Oramo, Sakari; Mann, Paul; Sato, Shuntaro; Pekkanen, Pertti; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

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

Scandinavian Serenade: Grieg, Sibelius, Wiren, Nielsen

1 CD / CRD Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Jean Sibelius: Canzonetta, for orchestra (addition to Kuolema), Op. 62a; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for String...
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Ensemble: Scottish Baroque Ensemble

Recording information: St. Mary's Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland....continue...

Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8; Wol...
Performers: Armand, Georges; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Armand, Georges; Tate, Jeffrey; Menuhin, Yehudi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Brown, Iona; Hickox, Richard; Jansons, Mariss; Warren-Green, Christopher; Montgomery, K...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

20th Century Classics / Marriner

10 CD / Decca / 2011-05-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings,...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Connah, Trevor; Ellis, Osian; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Holland, James; Laird, Michael; Loveday, Alan; Nicklin, Celia; Ogdon, John; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Pritchard, Eric;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Over a period of 40 years Marriner and The Academy made over 300 recordings but it is the association with DECCA / ARGO that was...continue...

Dag Wirén: Violin Concerto; Triptych; Wind Quintet, Op. 42; String Quartet No. 5, Op. 41

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-04-13

Works: Dag Wirén: Concerto for Violin Op. 23; Triptych, Op. 33; Quintet for winds, Op. 42; Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 41
Performers: Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Comissiona, Sergiu; Wedin, Jan-Olav;
Ensemble: ; Stockholm Wind Quintet

Memorable Swedish String Quartets Vol. 1:3

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Franz Berwald: Quartet for Strings No 3 in E-flat major; Dag Wirén: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 9; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Nils Castegren: Qua...

Memorable Swedish String Quartets, Vol. 1

5 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Wilhelm Stenhammar: Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 18; Quartet for Strings no 5 in C major, Op. 29; Quartet for Strings no 4 in A major, Op. 25; Sven-Erik Bäck: Quartet for Strings No ...
Performers: Anderson, Olof; Andersson, Gunnar; Appelbom, Bertil; Aumere, Celia; Back, Sven-Erik; Barkel, Charles; Berglund, Lince; Bjork, Gosta; Bramme, Folke; Brodin, Gereon; Broman, Nathaniel; Broman, Sten; Br...
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Ensemble: Barkel Quartet; Follinger Hedberg Quartet; Galli Quintet; Garaguly Quartet; Gothenburg Quartet; Grunfarb Quartet; Halsingborg Quartet; Ivan Ericson Quartet; Kjellstrom Quartet; Kyndel Quartet; Skane ...

Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings; Cello Concerto; Divertimento; Piano Concerto

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Concerto for Cello, Op. 10; Divertimento, Op. 29; Piano Concerto, Op. 26
Performers: Rondin, Mats; Widlund, Mats
Conductors: Sakari, Petri

Les Violons du Monde

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Srul Irving Glick: The Old Toronto Klezmer Suite quintet for piano and strings; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto no 1 in E minor, for piano; Gustav Holst: Scottis...
Performers: Dubeau, Angele
Conductors: Dubeau, Angèle

Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin de Mirabel (05/19/2002-05/20/2002)....continue...

Vintage Wiren

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Dag Wirén: Concert Overture no 2, Op. 16; Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Ironiska Smastycken (Ironical Miniatures), for piano, Op. 19; Sonatina for piano, Op. 25; Suite miniature, for violin & ...
Performers: Ebert, Harry; Karpe, Sven; Kinberg, Camilla [Piano]; Marechal, Maurice; Ribbing, Stig; Tonsattaren
Conductors: Mann, Tor; Eckerberg, Sixten; Ehrling, Sixten

Dag Wiren: String Quartets no 2-5 / Lysell Quartet

1 CD / Daphne Records / 2005-05-12

Works: Dag Wirén: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 9; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D minor, Op. 18; Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 28; Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 41
Performers: Lysell, Bernt; Sandklef, Per; Sjogren, Mikael; Sundkvist, Thomas
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Ensemble: Lysell String Quartet

Scandinavian Serenade / Friedman, Scottish Baroque Ensemble

1 CD / CRD Records / 2004-12-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings in A minor, FS 6/Op. 1; Jean Sibelius: Kuolema; Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, Op. 11
Conductors: Friedman, Leonard
Ensemble: Scottish Baroque Ensemble

Nordic Light - Grieg, et al / Ericsson, Royal Strings

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-02-03

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 53; Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Erna Tauro: Hästvisa; Ture Rangström: Di...
Performers: Arnberg, Matts; Flodin, Olof
Conductors: Ericsson, Magnus
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Strings

BIS has gathered together here a selection of romantic, late nineteenth-century Nordic musical heritage performed by the strings of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. In this...continue...

Wirén: Symphonies 2 and 3, etc / Dausgaard, Norrköping SO

1 CD / CPO / 2000-04-01

Works: Dag Wirén: Symphony no 2, Op. 14; Symphony no 3, Op. 20; Concert Overture no 1, Op. 2; Concert Overture no 2, Op. 16
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

"Wiren's Second and Third Symphonies...combine a pantheistic expansiveness and dewy-fresh orchestral transparency...And they are not in the least cool or detached; on the contrary, they...continue...

Wirén: Gyckeldans / Karpe, Bengtson, DalaSinfoniettan

1 CD / Nosag / 1999-06-10

Works: Dag Wirén: Romantic suite, Op. 22; Concertino for Flute and Small Orchestra, Op. 44; Take Your Places on the Stage, Op. 32
Performers: Bengtson, Jan
Conductors: Karpe, Stefan
Ensemble: DalaSinfoniettan

Wirén: Symphonies no 4 and 5, etc / Dausgaard, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1998-06-01

Works: Dag Wirén: Symphony no 4, Op. 27; Symphony no 5, Op. 38; Oscarsbalen, ballet suite, Op. 24a
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Famous Marches - Grand March from Aida, Marche slave, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Georges Bi...
Conductors: Saccani, Rico; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Johanos, Donald; Antal, Mátyás; Halász, Michael; Eschwe, Alfred; Bramall, Anthony; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bog&...
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia;...

Wirén: Chamber Music Vol 2 / Bojsten, Thedéen, Högman

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-11-04

Works: Dag Wirén: Sea Poems (3), Op. 37; Songs (2) from Hösthorn, Op. 13; Suite Miniature for Cello and Piano, Op. 8b; Sonatina for Piano, Op. 25; Little Suite for Piano, Op. 43; Improvisations fo...
Performers: Bojsten, Stefan; Hogman, Christina; Thedeen, Torleif
Conductors: Riska, Astrid
Ensemble: Jubilate Choir

Orchestral Favourites Vol II / Boughton, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for string orchestra, Op. 35a; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for Cello and String...
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Swedish Orchestral Favourites / Kamu, Helsingborg Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-06-07

Works: August Söderman: Swedish Festival Music, for orchestra; Wilhelm Stenhammar: Sången (The Song), cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 44; Lars-Erik Larsson: Pastoral Suite, for orchest...
Conductors: Kamu, , Okko
Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Scandinavian String Music / Studt, Bournemouth Sinfonietta

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-02-08

Works: Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Johan Svendsen: Icelandic Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 30; Ifjol gjætt' e gjeitinn (Last year I was tending the goats), variations for orchestra af...
Conductors: Studt, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Wirén: Trios, Ironical Miniatures, etc / Stockholm Arts Trio

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-07-01

Works: Dag Wirén: Trio for piano, violin & cello no 1, Op. 6; Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 15; Ironiska Smastycken (Ironical Miniatures), for piano, Op. 19; Sonatina for cello & piano, Op. 1; Trio ...
Performers: Almgren, Dan; Bojsten, Stefan; Thedeen, Torleif
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Ensemble: Stockholm Arts Trio

A Swedish Serenade / Salonen, Stockholm Sinfonietta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-04-26

Works: Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Lars-Erik Larsson: Little Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 12; Lille Bror Söderlundh: Concertino for oboe & string orchestra; Ingvar Lidholm: Mu...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta