ALFVEN: Symphony No. 5

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 27, 2007
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALFVEN, HUGO
    • PERFORMER
      Willén, Norrköping So
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 27, 2007
    • UPC
      747313261222
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557612
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Lento - Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    3. III. Lento - Allegro - Presto molto agitato

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén

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

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Niklas Willén


A gifted musician, writer and watercolourist, Hugo Alfven is regarded in his native Sweden as the most significant composer after Berwald. The Fifth Symphony occupied Alfven throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and draws on themes from his ambitious 1923 ballet.