Alfvén: Complete Symphonies; Suites; Rhapsodies / Willén

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Naxos
Release Date
November 18, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hugo Alfven
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Iceland Symphony Orchestr
    • PERFORMER
      Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Iceland Symphony Orchestr
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2022
    • UPC
      747313701537
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8507015
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      7
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Festspel (Festival Overture), Op. 25

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    2. I. Besvärjelse (Invocation)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    3. II. Trollflickans dans (Dance of the Troll Maiden)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    4. III. Sommarregn (Summer Rain)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    5. IV. Vallflickans dans (Dance of the Shepherd Girl)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    6. Uppsala-rapsodi (Uppsala Rhapsody), Op. 24, "Svensk rapsodi No. 2" (Swedish Rhapsody No. 2)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    7. I. Grave - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    8. II. Andante

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    9. III. Allegro, molto scherzando

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    10. IV. Allegro, ma non troppo

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    11. I. Gånglåt från Leksand, "Sonens gånglåt" (Marching Tune)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    12. II. Polska från Orsa

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    13. III. Drottningens av Saba festmarsch (Festive March): Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    14. IV. Polketta: Tempo di polketta

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    15. V. Steklåt: Allegretto

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    16. VI. Polka

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    17. VII. Finale: Polska

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    18. I. Moderato

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    19. II. Andante

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    20. III. Allegro

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    21. IV. Preludio: Adagio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    22. IV. Fuga: Allegro energico

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    23. Dalarapsodi (Dalecarlian Rhapsody), Op. 47, "Swedish Rhapsody No. 3"

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    24. En skärgårdssägen (A Legend of the Skerries), Op. 20

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    25. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    26. II. Andante

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    27. III. Presto

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    28. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    29. I. Moderato - Allegretto, ma non troppo

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jóhann Valdimarsson, Sigrún Edvaldsdóttir

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    30. II. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arndís Halla

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    31. III. Lento - Maestoso - Molto appassionato

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Arndís Halla, Jóhann Valdimarsson, Sigrún Edvaldsdóttir, Richard Talkowsky

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    32. IV. Allegro agitato

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kristján Stephensen

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    33. Festival Overture, Op. 52

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    34. I. Lento - Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    35. II. Andante

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    36. III. Lento - Allegro - Presto molto agitato

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    37. IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    38. Uppenbarelsekantat (Revelation Cantata), Op. 31: Andante religioso

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    39. I. Söndagsmorgon i skogen (Sunday Morning in the Forest)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    40. II. Ung kärlek - Synnöve på sätern (Young Love - Synnove on the Mountain Pasture)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    41. III. Hjärtesorg - Pastoral (Poignant Grief - Pastorale)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    42. IV. Torbjörn och Synnöve (Torbjorn and Synnove)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    43. V. Längtan (Yearning)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    44. VI. I Solbakken (At Solbakken)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    45. I. Introduktion (Introduction)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    46. II. Drömmar (Dreams)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    47. III. Brottslig kärlek - Ångest (Guilty Love - Anguish)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    48. IV. Svartsjuka - Pastoral (Jealousy - Pastorale)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    49. V. Sorgetåget (Funeral March)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    50. VI. Vargaskall (Baying of Wolves)

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    51. Elégie: Vid Emil Sjögrens bår (At Emil Sjögrens's Funeral), Op. 38

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    52. Svenskt festspel (Swedish Festival Music)

      Composer: August Söderman

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    53. Sången (The Song), Op. 44: Interlude

      Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    54. I. Overture

      Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    55. II. Romance

      Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    56. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    57. En vintersaga (The Winter's Tale), Op. 18: IV. Epilogue

      Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    58. Frösöblomster (Frösö-Flowers), Book 3: No. 2. Intåg i Sommarhagen (Enter into Summer Pastures) (arr. for orchestra)

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    59. No. 2. Sommarsång (Summer Song)

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    60. No. 5. Gratulation (Congratulations)

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    61. No. 6. Vid Frösö kyrka (At Froso Church)

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    62. Den förlorade sonen (The Prodigal Son) Suite: VI. Polka

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    63. Serenade, Op. 11: IV. Marcia

      Composer: Dag Wiren

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    64. Gustav II Adolf, Op. 49: V. Elegy

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu

    65. Midsommarvaka (Midsummer Vigil), Op. 19, "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1"

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Okko Kamu


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 forlorade 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.

Past praise for previously released volumes included in this set:

Symphony No. 5; Andante Religioso / Willén, Norrköping Symphony

The Norrköping Symphony plays with confidence and fervor. Alfvén was nothing if not expansive, and if his formal touch was never all that deft, he did know how to fill up time with arresting ideas, glowingly scored. A serenely lovely Andante religioso makes a perfect encore, one that puts the finale of the symphony’s straining for heroic effect in its proper perspective in the gentlest and most affecting way. Naxos’ sonics for this production are also excellent. Very enjoyable indeed.

-- ClassicsToday.com (David Hurwitz)

The Prodigal Son, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11 / Willén, Ireland NSO

Listen as Niklas Willén teases the skittish polka from “The Prodigal Son” ballet suite, or steers his players through the vehement fugue that rounds out his Symphony No. 2, and you’ll appreciate why this release commands unreserved praise. These works come to life in Willén’s hands.

Willén’s reading of the Symphony's Andante conjures a huge range of textures and sonorities, with the dark-hued horns and sombre lower winds particularly impressive. The players give all they have in music that’s probably new to them, and that extra effort is just one of the factors that makes these performances so compelling.

-- ClassicsToday.com (10/10; David Hurwitz)

Symphony No. 3; Skerries; Dalecarlien Rhapsody / Willén, RNSO

If you haven’t heard these charming, folk-music-inspired gems of late Romantic music, then here’s an excellent place to start. The Symphony also sounds consistently fresh and lively, though it’s hard to shake the impression that the composer was happier writing programmatic works in free form than in indulging the more intellectual rigors of symphonic development. In Willén’s sympathetic hands, however, none of its four movements outstays its welcome. In any event, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra plays with confidence and evident enjoyment, and the recorded sound is very good.

-- ClassicsToday.com