Piano music of Stenhammar
STENHAMMAR
Piano Music
Martin Sturfält (piano)
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Wilhelm Stenhammar was the most outstanding musical personality in Sweden
of his time. As a pianist, he brought high-quality music-making to audiences
throughout the country through several hundred solo recitals and chamber music
concerts. As music director of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, he created
Sweden’s fi rst truly professional ensemble. As a composer, he created some of the
most important and carefully crafted music ever to come out of Sweden, ranging
from symphonic works and operas to chamber music and lieder. T_h is collection,
featuring Martin Sturfält, explores the riches of Stenhammar’s music for piano.
Of special note here is Nights of Late Summer, which was one of Stenhammar’s
last works. The pastoral title and miniaturist structure belie the enormous
emotional range of the piece. It is a deeply romantic exploration of moods of
introspective gloom and wandering desolation. T_h is beautifully played disc is the
perfect introduction to Sweden’s ‘national composer’.
A Roslavets world premiere
ROSLAVETS
Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
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Ilan Volkov
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Roslavets’ fi rst violin concerto was thought to exist only in piano reduction
form until 1989 when the full score was unearthed in the archives of the
State Music Publishers in Moscow. It is an ambitious work, laid out on a large
scale. Roslavets’ mastery of a leaner symphonic idiom, virtuosic and elegant, is
immediately apparent. It ranks as one of the most important Russian works of
its era. His second violin concerto was completed in 1936 and until recently
it has remained in total obscurity. T_h ese notes were heard for the fi rst time in
2008
Glasgow’s City Hall in January 2008, performed by Ilan Volkov and the BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra and joined by the brilliant young violinist
Alina Ibragimova. T_h e performance on this disc is in fact the world premiere.
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