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Nystroem: Sinfonia Del Mare , Sinfonia Breve / Enman, Konig, Malmo Symphony

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Details

Composer
NYSTROEM, GOSTA
Artist
Christoph, Konig
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Jun 01, 2011
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1682
UPC
7318590016824

About

Four of the six symphonies by the Swedish composer Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) have already been released by BIS in performances by Malmö Symphony Orchestra. The two discs were variously described in American Record Guide as music 'of very high quality, beautifully judged, scored with an expert hand, with a spontaneous, yet controlled flow' and on the website MusicWeb International as 'important and highly individual works superbly performed and recorded'. The cycle is completed with the present CD, on which the German conductor Christoph König makes his first appearance on BIS. The opening work on the disc is Nystroem's first symphony, Sinfonia breve, which he composed just before his return to Sweden after having spent the 1920's in Paris. With a duration of close to 20 minutes, the work is in one movement with a symmetrical arc-shape, features which also characterize the third, and perhaps best-known of Nystroem's symphonies, Sinfonia del mare. Dedicated to 'all the sailors upon the seven seas' the latter work expresses Nystroem's lifelong fascination with the sea and the coast. This fascination he shared with the Swedish poet Ebba Lindqvist, whose poem Det Enda ('The One Thing') he incorporated in the central section of the symphony. The soloist on the present recording is the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman.

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 Sinfonia breve, "Symphony No. 1" 19:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sinfonia breve, "Symphony No. 1"
    Duration
    19:03
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König
  2. 2 I. Lento 07:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Lento
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Performer
    Malena Ernman
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König
  3. 3 II. Allegro 04:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Performer
    Malena Ernman
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König
  4. 4 III. Lento 09:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Lento
    Duration
    09:27
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Performer
    Malena Ernman
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König
  5. 5 IV. Allegro 09:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    09:17
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Performer
    Malena Ernman
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König
  6. 6 V. Tempo allegro 06:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Tempo allegro
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Gösta Nystroem
    Performer
    Malena Ernman
    Ensemble
    Malmö Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph König