Composer: Gunnar Idenstam, Ale Möller
Performer: Erik Rydvall, Gunnar Idenstam
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCN0004
Release: 2019
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Idenstam: Northern Dances
02. trad.: Springar (after Sølve-Knut)
03. Moden: Church March
anon.: Estonian Chorale (I Praise One Man)
04. Ma kiitlen ykspäinis
Idenstam: Maria’s Wedding Waltz
05. Estonian Chorale (I Praise One Man)
06. Oh Kristus valgus oled saa
trad.: Polska (after Sven Donat)
07. Polska in D Major (After Sven Donat)
08. Idenstam: Northern Stories
trad.: Gästrikland: Ockelbogubbarnas favorit Polska
09. Ockelbogubbarnas favorit Polska
trad.: Sexdrega Collection
10. Polska in A Minor
11. trad.: Polska in A Minor (after Karl Lindblad)
12. trad.: Storhurven
13. trad.: Polska from Östra Ryd (after Anders Larsson)
Möller: Svanen (The Swan)
14. Svanen
trad.: Polska after Lapp-Nils (Polska efter Lapp-Nils)
15. Polska from Åre (After Lapp-Nils)
trad.: Storebråten: Polska (after Olav Vestenfor)
16. Storebråten (After Olav Vestenfor)
trad.: Andreas Höök Collection
17. Polones in G Major
18. trad.: March (after Hans Brimi)
19. Idenstam: Northern Bells
This sparkling collection of folk dances from Norway and Sweden, offset by two Estonian chorales and three improvisations, comes from two of the finest practitioners of this kind of material: Gunnar Idenstam, playing on the new Klais organ of Kristiansand Cathedral in southern Norway, and Erik Rydvall, on the nyckelharpa, the keyed folk fiddle of Sweden. The combination of rhythmic vigor, the harmonic ambiguity of Scandinavian folk music and the huge range of instrumental color gives these tunes – all in spontaneous, semi-improvised performances – an irresistible and immediate appeal. Gunnar Idenstam, concert organist, composer and folk musician, is known throughout the world for his virtuouso playing, stunning improvisations and untraditional and original take on organ music. Gunnar Idenstam aims to expand his audience’s appreciation of the organ and to transcend the limitations of genre. Born in 1983, Erik Rydvall began playing violin at the age of five, before at last discovering the nyckelharpa at 18. Between 2003 and 2008 Erik studied nyckelharpa at the Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Meeting the legendary nyckelharpa pioneers, Johan Hedin and Olov Johansson as well as other musicians such as Magnus Zetterlund and Anders Löfberg persuaded Erik to begin the development of his own approach.