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Licensed from BIS, these performances on balance remain the finest versions of this music available, though some of the Naxos recordings are equally fine. Alfven
Naxos’ recordings with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra have been among the most successful in their catalogue, and it’s great to see the label turning
What a strange mixture of the old and new Hugo Alfvén’s music represents! His Fifth Symphony, which he worked on for some 20 years in
There’s only one small disappointment on this otherwise very entertaining disc–Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, which is insufficiently contrasted between fast sections and slow, lacking
Listen as Niklas Willén teases the skittish polka (No. 6) from Alfvén’s “The Prodigal Son” ballet suite, or steers his players through the vehement fugue
This enjoyable concert gets off to a bracing start with the August Söderman piece, its raucous fanfares and rhythms reminiscent of those in Rossini’s William
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) is known outside of Sweden primarily for his symphonies. Yet, on evidence of this engaging release from Sterling, he was a fine
This second installment in Naxos’ ongoing series of Alfvén symphonies is more successful than Volume One. It’s true that conductor Niklas Willén adds a couple
