Eklund: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 11 / Baumer, Norrkoping Symphony

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Label
CPO
Release Date
September 4, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      EKLUND, HANS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Baumer
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 04, 2020
    • UPC
      761203508723
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555087-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio impetuoso - Allegro molto - Adagio

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    3. III. Allegro e pesante

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    4. I. Adagio ma non troppo - Poco mosso

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    5. II. Intermezzo: Allegro commodo

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    6. III. Allegro e feroce - Andante sostenuto - Allegro e force - Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    7. I. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    8. II. Quasi una marcia: Allegro - Lento - Allegro - Poco meno - Allegro

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer

    9. III. Conclusione: Adagio

      Composer: Hans Eklund

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Conductor: Hermann Bäumer


Hans Eklund numbers among the Swedish composers who gained public notice in the 1950s following his studies at the Royal Music Academy from 1947 to 1952 with Lars-Erik Larsson, one of his country’s most popular composers. Although Eklund was one of the very first Swedish composers whose music was performed at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, his music never abandoned tonality. Eklund wrote a total of thirteen symphonies. With the exception of the fourth, all of these works have richly associative Italian titles. His third symphony was inspired by the landscape and folk music of the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, while in his fifth symphony he deals with the subversive powers of war. The music sounds grey, sharper, not so smooth rhythmically, and hotter. Although Eklund termed his eleventh symphony of 1995 the “Sinfonia piccola,” it is ironically one of his longest such works as well as a memorial tribute to his honored teacher Lars-Erik Larsson. The time to rediscover this important symphonist is now!