Composer: Selim Palmgren
Performer: Jouni Somero
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP908
Release: 2022
Size: 1.31 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Exotisk marsch, Op. 46 (Version for Piano)
02. Postludium for Piano
Light & Shade, Op. 51
03. No. 1, Fosterlandshymn
04. No. 2, Finsk ballad
05. No. 3, Skymning
06. No. 4, Serenata
07. No. 5, Elegi
08. No. 6, Valse caprice
3 Piano Pieces, Op. 57
09. No. 1, Prélude mélancolique
10. No. 2, Snöflingor
11. No. 3, Menuet mignon
Impromptu & Scherzo, Op. 10
12. No. 1, Impromptu
13. No. 2, Scherzo
6 Pieces, Op. 67a
14. No. 1, Prélude
15. No. 2, Ricordanza
16. No. 3, En sjömansvals
17. No. 4, Humoristisk studie
18. No. 5, Improvisation
19. No. 6, På lagunen
Piano Sonatine No. 1 in F Major, Op. 93a
20. I. Allegro vivace
21. II. Andantino
22. III. Allegro vivace
Vår, Op. 47
23. No. 1, Aftonröster
24. No. 2, Hittebarnets vaggsång
25. No. 3, I valsens virvel
26. No. 4, Intermezzo marziale
27. No. 5, Rococo
28. No. 6, Capriccietto i finsk stil
For many years the Busoni student Selim Palmgren was the most frequently performed Finnish composer after Sibelius. With a portfolio of nearly 400 piano works, his contribution to the prestige of the Nordic repertoire was significant both in scope and creative artistry. This fifth volume of Palmgren’s complete solo piano music explores oriental moods in Exotic March, Op. 46, and includes two of his best-known and most beautiful pieces, Aftonröster, Op. 47 No. 1 (“Evening Whispers”) and the winter magic of Snöflingor, Op. 57 No. 2 (“Snowflakes”). The Sonatine in F major, Op. 93 marked Palmgren’s return to composition after the death of his wife five years earlier and enshrines nostalgia whilst hinting at neo-Classicism.