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Swedish composer (1905-1986)
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Alfven, Larsson & Wiren: Swedish Orchestral Works (Leo Berlin, Stig Westerberg, Sixten Ehrling et al)
Lars-Erik Larsson:01 - 03 Violin Concerto, op.42 * [26'11]04 - 07 Four Vignettes to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, op.18 [10'18]08 - 10 Violin Concertino, op.45 no.8 * [11'33]Leo Berlin- violin *, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig WesterbergSwedish Society SCD1004 [recorded September 1976, January and May 1977; CD issued 1986][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: The Concert Hall, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Olle Bolander; Producer: Håkan ElmquistLeo Berlin was the leader of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the time of these recordings. This recording of the Violin Concerto was made nearly 20 years before Arne Tellefsen's with Esa-Pakka Salonen (see here)..Dag Wirén:01 - 04 Serenade for Strings, op.11 * [14'11]05 - 07 Sinfonietta in C major, op.7a ^ [17'14]08 - 10 Symphony No. 4, op.27 # [16'24]11 - 14 Music for String Orchestra, op.40 ~ [12'38]Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig Westerberg *, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by […]
2021-04-18 11:01:39
Dag Wirén: String Quartet No.3 Context Swedish composer Dag Wirén’s musical oeuvre can be summed up by looking at just his five string quartets. Composed between 1935 and 1970, the span and development of Wirén’s style can be assessed throughout all quartets. The composer removed the first quartet that composed […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-01-05 00:00:00
Dag Wiren: Symphonies No.4 & No.5 - Thomas Dausgaard
Dag Wiren:01. - 03. Symphony No.4, op.27 [18'31]04. - 07. Symphony No.5, op.38 [22'37]08. - 12. Ballet-suite, op.24a 'Oscarsbalen' [15'33] Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard CPO 999 563-2 [recorded October 1997; CD issued 1998] [digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] Recording venue: Konzerthaus "Louis de Geer", NorrkopingRecording engineer: Arne Akselberg: Producer: Tim Handley If he is known at all by the general music listener, the Swedish composer Dag Wiren is probably only known by his Serenade for Strings. In Britain, particularly for the March movement which was used for many years as the signature tune for the popular TV arts program 'Monitor'. Wiren's music is often fairly light and sunny although that certainly doesn't apply to the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. He lived from 1905 to 1986 and is grouped with other Swedish composers, Lars-Erik Larsson, Erland von Koch and Gunnar de Frumerie, quite different […]
2018-06-25 10:55:52
Swedish composer Dag Wirén was the very model of what the Germans call a “Kleinmeister,” or “Little Master.” The term is often used pejoratively, but it need not be, and it isn’t here. Wirén was “Klein” in the sense that his works tend to be short–and thus difficult to program live. He also limited his […]
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