Nordic Atmospheres

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Release Date: 24th Mar 2014
Catalogue No: CC72630
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 68 minutes

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Sibelius: Romance in C major for strings, Op. 42

Work length4:44

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga

Peter is Vaks: Musica Dolorosa per orchestra di strumenti ad arco: Dolcissimo

Work length14:49

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga

Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

Work length9:02

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga

I. Hjertesår

Track length3:10

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II. Våren

Track length5:52

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Nielsen: Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 1

Work length15:13

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga

I. Prelude: Andante con moto

Track length3:26

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II. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato

Track length5:14

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III. Finale: Andante con moto – Allegro con brio

Track length6:33

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Kalsons: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra

Work length19:46

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga, Egils Šefers

I. Allegro

Track length5:33

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II. Moderato

Track length8:52

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III. Vivace

Track length5:21

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Larsson, L-E: Romance from Pastoral Suite, Op. 19: Adagio

Work length4:39

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Claus Efland, Sinfonietta Riga

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‘Nordic Atmospheres’ is the second release on Challenge Classics from Sinfonietta Riga and its conductor Claus Efland, and presents a selection of evocative music for strings by composers from the Scandinavian and Baltic regions, among them Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen and Peteris Vasks.

Claus Efland records exclusively for Challenge Classics. As with his first CD on the label, ‘Concertante’ (CC72621), which was released in January 2014, ‘Nordic Atmospheres’ features him conducting the Latvian orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga. As well as offering the core repertoire of a conductor in the shape of symphonic works and operas, Efland regards himself as an ambassador for music from his native Denmark and the rest of the Scandinavian and Baltic regions.

‘Nordic Atmospheres’ includes popular pieces by Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen, and Lars-Erik Larsson alongside music by the contemporary Latvian composers Peteris Vasks and Romualds Kalsons, whose Clarinet Concerto - performed by Egils Šefers - is receiving its first recording.

Sinfonietta Riga is a professional chamber orchestra based in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It was established in 2006 as a state orchestra and is currently based at Spikeri Concert Hall. Although it is a relatively new orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga has already gained a reputation for its professionalism and sophisticated concert programmes, continuously expanding its creative horizons.

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