Sibelius: Songs

Artist:

Katarina Karneus, Julius Drake

Format:

Compact Disc (Audio)

No of Discs:

Availability:

Available

Release Date:

01-12-2013

Genres:

Classical, Vocal

Label:

Hyperion Records Ltd

Barcode:

034571154718

Packaging:

Jewel Case

Catalog Number:

CDH55471

Description

Robert Layton, who has provided the booklet notes for this album, describes the treasure-trove of Sibelius's songs as one of music's best-kept secrets. The composer wrote a surprisingly large number of songs throughout his life, and anybody who responds to the Nordic spirit and subject-matter of the symphonies and other orchestral music will find much to please them here. They are tuneful, passionate and evocative of the northern latitudes. Virtually all of them are in Swedish which, although he was Finnish, was Sibelius's first language, but the Opus 50 set is in German. There are no fewer than seven settings of the composer's favourite poet of the northern landscapes, Johan Runeberg, including two of Sibelius's best-known songs, 'The tryst' and 'The first kiss'. Our singer is the delightful Swedish soprano Katarina Karneus, sometime winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

Tracks

Name
Illalle Op 17 No 6 [1'28]
Den judiska flickans sang from Belsazars gastabud Op 51 [3'25]
Six Songs Op 36 | Svarta rosor [2'01]
Six Songs Op 36 | Men min fagel marks dock icke [2'37]
Six Songs Op 36 | Bollspelet vid Trianon [1'38]
Six Songs Op 36 | Sav, sav, susa [2'47]
Six Songs Op 36 | Marssnon [1'36]
Six Songs Op 36 | Demanten pa Marssnon [2'33]
Jag ar ett trad Op 57 No 5 [3'03]
Nacken Op 57 No 8 [2'37]
Five Songs Op 37 | Den forsta kyssen [2'09]
Five Songs Op 37 | Lasse liten [2'29]
Five Songs Op 37 | Soluppgang [2'33]
Five Songs Op 37 | Var det en drom? [2'14]
Five Songs Op 37 | Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote [3'26]
Vem styrde hit din vag? Op 90 No 6 [3'16]
Norden Op 90 No 1 [2'30]
Six Songs Op 50 | Lenzgesang [2'36]
Six Songs Op 50 | Sehnsucht [2'19]
Six Songs Op 50 | Im Feld ein Madchen singt [3'13]
Six Songs Op 50 | Aus banger Brust [2'33]
Six Songs Op 50 | Die stille Stadt [2'37]
Six Songs Op 50 | Rosenlied [1'55]
Varen flyktar hastigt Op 13 No 4 [1'43]
Under strandens granar Op 13 No 1 [5'31]

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