Composer: Erik Bergman
Performer: Petri Bäckström, Bergmania Ensemble, Olli-Pekka Martikainen, Pasi Suomalainen, Hanna Kinnunen, Eero Saunamäk, Iida Antola, Mikko Raasakka, Thomas Bugnot, Anni Jääskeläinen, Valtteri Malmivirta, Darren J. Acosta, Jussi Markkanen, Veli-Heikki Parviainen, Sampo Haapaniemi, Rabbe Österholm, Risto Lappalainen
Conductor: Matti Hyokki
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alba
Catalogue: ABCD392-3
Release: 2016
Size: 1.54 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Min ros och lilja, Op. 77a
01. No. 1, —
02. No. 2, —
03. No. 3, —
04. No. 4, —
5 Songs for Male Chorus, Op. 15
05. No. 2, Gammalt porslin
06. No. 3, Nocturne
Bauta, Op. 54
07. No. 1, —
08. No. 2, —
09. No. 3, —
4 Mindre allvarliga sånger I, Op. 22b
10. No. 1, Paradisdag
11. No. 2, Nej, inte du
12. No. 3, Blommorna
13. No. 4, Gårdfarihandlaren
Tipitaka Suite, Op. 93
14. No. 1, Recitation
15. No. 2, Uppvakande
16. No. 3, Noshörningen
17. No. 4, Pilen
Snö, Op. 59b
18. No. 1, Det ljuder
19. No. 2, Nysnö
20. No. 3, Rimfrosten
21. No. 4, Mild som en snöskugga
CD 02
Barnets dröm, Op. 56b
01. No. 1,
02. No. 2, Barnet i skogen
Kotikylä, Op. 17
03. No. 1, Työstä paluu
04. No. 2, Tanssit
05. No. 3, Polkka kansantyyliin
06. Nordisk vår, Op. 37a
07. Nu sjunger slätterna, Op. 47c
08. Ungdomsdröm, Op. 22a
Jesurun, Op. 61
09. No. 1, —
10. No. 2, —
11. No. 3, —
12. Arkaisk bild, Op. 35c
13. Adagio for Baritone, Flute, Male Choir and Vibraphone, Op. 47a
14. Metamorfos, Op. 35d
15. Voices in the Night, Op. 84
16. Junibastu, Op. 50b
17. Punschens visa
CD 03
Hä li bomp, Op. 57a
01. No. 1, Hä
02. No. 2, Li
03. No. 3, Bomp
Tule armaani, Op. 111
04. No. 1, Sinua minä rakastan
05. No. 2, Olit poissa
06. No. 3, Tuletko kanssani korkealle?
07. No. 4, Laulu ikävästä merellä
08. No. 5, Jos mun tuttuni tulisi
3 Songs for Male Chorus, Op. 30
09. No. 1, Aikainen aamu
10. No. 3, Pyörivä pannukakku
11. Tuonelas hjordar, Op. 57b
3 Mindre allvarliga sånger II, Op. 35b
12. No. 1, Hymens Band
13. No. 2, Vaggvisa
14. No. 3, Jakt på fågel
15. Fåglarna, Op. 56a
3 Mindre allvarliga sånger III, Op. 39
16. No. 1, Fågelkvitter
17. No. 2, Snigelns visa
18. No. 3, Oho!
19. På berget ligger en gammal stad, Op. 44a
Careliana, Op. 112
20. No. 1, Lullaby
21. No. 2, Pastoral
22. No. 3, Magic
23. No. 4, Lament
24. No. 5, My Sweetheart
As a whole, the music of Bergman could perhaps be epitomised as the coexistence of two opposing strivings: “human” music with a purpose often founded on melodic material, and music of a ritual, mythical and seemingly timeless nature. This opposition offers one angle on the meaning of modernism in relation to Bergman: rather than being an objective observer of his material in the manner of the 1950s modernists, Bergman was more of a symbolist-expressionist modernist (in the sense and the tone of, say, the poetess Edith Södergran, a Swedish-speaking Finn and a contemporary of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound) whose works always reflect on the empirical world of the individual in a reality that will fundamentally always remain a mystery.