Nordgren: Concerto for Clarinet & Symphony No. 1

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Excellent performances. Both Concerto and Symphony show the deep, sometimes unsettling integration of folk elements into Nordgren's symphonic language. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Dec 2013
Catalogue No: ABCD359
Label: Alba
Length: 62 minutes

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Nordgren, P: Concerto for Clarinet, Folk Instruments and Small Orchestra, Op. 14

Work length28:58

$6.00

$7.80

Christoffer Sundqvist, Anna-Karin Korhonen, Ilkka Heinonen, Markku Lepistö
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Juha Kangas

I. Grave. Maanit

Track length9:13

$2.00

$2.60

II. Allegretto. Sermin maijan ralli

Track length5:09

$1.00

$1.30

III. Elegiaco

Track length5:20

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Intermezzo. Odotus

Track length3:04

$1.00

$1.30

V. Quodlibet. Piilotanssi

Track length6:12

$1.00

$1.30

Nordgren, P: Symphony No. 1 Op. 20

Work length33:13

$7.00

$9.05

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Juha Kangas

I. Marssi

Track length9:24

$2.00

$2.60

II. Concerto grosso. Caprice

Track length13:53

$3.00

$3.85

III. Epilogeja

Track length9:56

$2.00

$2.60

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Pehr Henrik Nordgren’s two works influenced by folk music, Concerto for Clarinet Op. 14 & Symphony No. 1, are released here as World Premiere Recordings. The works are performed to a very high standard by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Juha Kangas. Virtuoso clarinet soloist Christoffer Sundqvist has achieved a worldwide reputation. You can also hear folk instrumentalists in the concerto interpreting the composer’s creative “fusion imagination”. The symphony was a pioneering work, composed during the era when Finnish folk music themes were almost banned.

Both works are world premiere recordings.

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April 2014

Excellent performances. Both Concerto and Symphony show the deep, sometimes unsettling integration of folk elements into Nordgren's symphonic language.

March 2014

The performances are superbly prepared and Alba's sound is excellent, exposing every flick on the kantele string and nuance of attack on double-bass strings.

21th March 2014

The disc under review comprises two substantial pieces from the first half of the 1970s. In broad sketch each is in a comparable idiom and one that is modestly astringent admitting some dissonance. This is at the sort of extremes we might expect from Bartók and especially late Shostakovich.

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