Composer: Kristian Blak, Niels Wilhelm Gade, Kjell Mork Karlsen, Lars Karlsson, Jón Leifs, Jesper Madsen, Knut Nystedt, Christian Praestholm, Fredrik Sixten, Emil Sjögren, Arthur Wills
Performer: James D. Hicks
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pro Organo
Catalogue: PO7287
Release: 2019
Size: 633 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Rúnarsdóttir: Fantasia um Ísland, farsealda Frón
Wills: The Fenlands
02. I. The Vikings
Leifs: Icelandic Danses, Op. 11 (Arr. B. S. Sólbergsson for Organ)
03. No. 1, Allegretto
04. No. 2, Allegro
05. No. 3, Allegro moderato ed energio
06. No. 4, Allegro vivace
07. Sandager∂i: A Sound of The Faroe Islands
Karlsen: Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 116 “Sinfonia Antiqua”
08. I. Fantasia
09. II. Cantilena
10. III. Toccata antiqua
11. Saevarsson: Himna smi∂ur (Heaven’s Maker)
12. Pedersen: Preludium Og Fuge Med Koralen “Kirken Den Er Et Gammelt Hus” Op. 2
13. Sjögren: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, Op. 49
Gade: Three Pieces for organ, Op. 22
14. No. 1, Moderato
Lein: 3 Folketoner Fra Åseral
15. Det hendte sig Jeptha
16. Sixten: Nordic Variations
CD 02
01. Nystedt: Introduzione e Passacaglia
02. Sixten: Hymn
03. Karlsson: Who Can Sail Without A Wind
Lindbrg: Dalecarlian Reflections (Reflexer í dalaton)
04. No. 1, Hymn från norra Dalarna
05. No. 2, Danslek
06. No. 3, Rddarvisa
07. No. 4, Låt från Leksand
08. Praestholm: Det dufter lysegrønt af grae
09. Praestholm: I østen stiger solen op
10. Holmgren: Variationer för A
Blak: Three Settings of Folk Themes from Greenland
11. No. 1, Umiaq
12. No. 2, Qajaq
13. No. 3, Ajukutook
Börgesson: Tre stycken
14. III. Toccata
15. Madsen: Praetorius-Variationer
Subject matter ranges from symphonies and a passacaglia to evocations of Nordic landscapes, variations on folk songs and national hymns, folk dances and (written down) improvisations, with idioms ranging from modal to pan-tonal. Hicks relishes the full range of colours and contrasts on this exploratory CD-set. Most impressive.