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Atterberg: Sinfonia Per Archi / Wallin, Camerata Nordica
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Atterberg: Sinfonia Per Archi / Wallin, Camerata Nordica

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Details

Composer
KURT ATTERBERG
Artist
Ulf, Camerata Nordica, Wallin
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Feb 21, 2006
Catalog #
777156-2
UPC
761203715626

About

This is fantastically beautiful music: luscious, tuneful, evocative, but never decadent or devoid of energy and purpose. The Sinfonia for strings began life as a quintet, but it sounds splendid for large ensemble. Its four relatively compact movements last about half an hour and are suffused with that "Nordic melancholy" that makes so much of Atterberg's music appealing. There's plenty of vigor too, particularly in the second-movement scherzo and finale. Adagio amoroso was Atterberg's last orchestral work, completed when he was 80, and it also is primarily wistful in character. Both the Intermezzo and Prelude & Fugue are occasional pieces, the former big-boned and hymn-like, the latter slight and generically nice.


Most delightful of all is the Suite No. 7, a string arrangement of incidental music to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. This is marvelous stuff, worthy of Grieg at his best, with a third-movement waltz that easily could become a pops concert favorite. The performances are uniformly excellent: well-played, passionate, and intense, doing the music full justice. Sonically the microphones are just a bit too close to the strings; the result can be overwhelming in fortissimos, but given Atterberg's romantic style it's a slip in the right direction. This is a disc not to be missed, and a treat for all fans of good, warm, tuneful, big-hearted music.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Con moto 06:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Con moto
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  2. 2 II. Allegro molto 06:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  3. 3 III. Tranquillo 09:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Tranquillo
    Duration
    09:19
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  4. 4 IV. Allegro molto e ritmico 06:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto e ritmico
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  5. 5 Adagio amoroso 08:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Adagio amoroso
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  6. 6 I. Maestoso 02:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  7. 7 II. Adagio 03:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  8. 8 III. Maestoso 02:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Maestoso
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  9. 9 Prelude 01:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  10. 10 Fugue 02:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fugue
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  11. 11 I. Alla Marcia 00:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Alla Marcia
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  12. 12 II. Poetico 03:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Poetico
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  13. 13 III. Grazioso 01:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Grazioso
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  14. 14 IV. Doloroso 05:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Doloroso
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin
  15. 15 V. Festivo 01:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Festivo
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Kurt Atterberg
    Ensemble
    Camerata Nordica
    Conductor
    Ulf Wallin