Composer: Selim Palmgren
Performer: Jouni Somero
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP952
Release: 2024
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Solsken genom tårar, SP 263
3 Pieces, Op. 71
02. No. 1, Festpreludium
03. No. 2, Dimgestalter
04. No. 3, Caprice barbaresque
05. June, SP 120
06. Helsingfors oldboys regementes honnörsmarsch, SP 80
07. Kaihomielinen harjoitelma, SP 125
08. Juoksutusharjoitelma, SP 123
09. Hilpeä harjoitelma, SP 84
10. Allegretto, SP 2
11. Con sordino, SP 30
12. Drömvisa, SP 45
13. Étude de concert, SP 59
14. Gnistor, SP 71
15. Concert-etüde, SP 31
16. Country Dance, SP 32
17. Country Minuet, SP 33
3 Pianostycken, Op. 45
18. No. 1, Preludium
19. No. 2, Intermezzo i folkton
20. No. 3, Menuett
10 Pieces, Op. 79
21. No. 1, Preludietto
22. No. 2, Finnish Ballade
23. No. 3, Study on A
24. No. 4, Roundelay
25. No. 5, Sunbeams
26. No. 6, Improvisation
27. No. 7, Basso ostinato
28. No. 8, Arietta
29. No. 9, March to the Gallows
30. No. 10, By the Lake
4 Pieces, Op. 88
31. No. 1, Crescendo-ostinato
32. No. 2, Danzando
33. No. 3, Armonioso
34. No. 4, Improvvisazione
3 Pieces, Op. 83
35. No. 1, Toccata
36. No. 2, Näsijärven rannalla
37. No. 3, Humoresque
Selim Palmgren along with his contemporaries Rachmaninov, Glazunov and Sibelius, was invited for a professorship at the Eastman School of Music and was considered the equal of these composers during his day. In Palmgren’s lifetime his music was published and performed widely gaining much popularity and acclaim. Today he is largely forgotten so it is with Jouni Somero’s project to record Palmgren’s complete piano works that we gain a fuller picture of this fascinating composer’s music. From virtuoso concert studies to the remarkable variety in the Ten Pieces, Op. 79, this eighth volume in the series consists almost entirely of world première recordings.