Munktell: Violin Sonata, Dix Melodies, Piano Trio / Ringborg, Johansson, Asplund, Winiarski

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Release Date
January 8, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MUNKTELL, HELENA
    • PERFORMER
      Ringborg, Asplund, Winiarski, Johansson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 08, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599922041
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2204
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non tanto, vigoroso

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Peter Friis Johansson

    2. II. Scherzo brusco: Moderato energico

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Peter Friis Johansson

    3. III. Andante quasi adagio

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Peter Friis Johansson

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Peter Friis Johansson

    5. No. 1. Sérénade

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    6. No. 2. Dans le lointain des bois

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    7. No. 3. Ce qu'entendent les nuits

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    8. No. 4. D'un berceau

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    9. No. 5. Cantilène

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    10. No. 6. Fascination

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    11. No. 7. La dernière berceuse

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    12. No. 8. Exil d'amour

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    13. No. 9. Si tu le voulais

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    14. No. 10. Fidélité

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Sofie Asplund, Peter Friis Johansson

    15. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Kristina Winiarski, Peter Friis Johansson

    16. II. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Kristina Winiarski, Peter Friis Johansson

    17. III. Scherzo Finale

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Kristina Winiarski, Peter Friis Johansson

    18. Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 21: II. Scherzo brusco: Moderato energico (original version)

      Composer: Helena Munktell

      Performer: Tobias Ringborg, Peter Friis Johansson


This is the first ever album devoted to the chamber music of Helena Munktell, one of the earliest female composers in Sweden. The daughter of an industrialist, Munktell received private lessons in piano and song from an early age, but soon also training in music theory and composition. In 1877 she visited Paris, where two of her sisters lived, and during the next thirty-odd years the city would be a second home to her. Here she studied with composers such as Benjamin Godard and Vincent d’Indy, and became a member of Société Nationale de Musique (SNM), an organization promoting French music and providing opportunities for young composers to have their works performed. A selection of Munktell’s songs had been performed, in Swedish, at a Society concert in 1892 and in 1900 they were heard again, but now in the French versions released the same year by the reputed musical publisher Alphonse Leduc. The Dix Mélodies are finely crafted musical scenes displaying a wide expressive range and variety of moods. Five years later another SNM concert saw the first performance of Munktell’s Violin Sonata in E flat major, by none other than the renowned Romanian violinist George Enescu. Franck’s famous A major Sonata, which Munktell knew well, served as an important source of inspiration in regards to the cyclic form and harmonic writing. The sonata soon appeared in print, now from E. Demets, another French music publisher. The third work on this album is a small-scale piano trio, probably an early work and possibly composed for performance at one of the musical salons at the Munktell family home in Stockholm.