Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Bäumer - Hans Eklund: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 11 (2020)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Rustica" (Hans Eklund): I. Adagio impetuoso
02. Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Rustica" (Hans Eklund): II. Andante
03. Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Rustica" (Hans Eklund): III. Allegro e pesante
04. Symphony No. 5 "Quadri" (Hans Eklund): I. Adagio ma non troppo. Poco mosso
05. Symphony No. 5 "Quadri" (Hans Eklund): II. Intermezzo. Allegro commodo
06. Symphony No. 5 "Quadri" (Hans Eklund): III. Allegro e feroce - Andante sostenuto
07. Symphony No. 11 "Sinfonia Piccola" (Hans Eklund): I. Andante espressivo
08. Symphony No. 11 "Sinfonia Piccola" (Hans Eklund): II. Quasi una marcia. Allegro
09. Symphony No. 11 "Sinfonia Piccola" (Hans Eklund): III. Conclusione. Adagio


Hans Eklund numbers among the Swedish composers who gained public notice in the 1950s following his studies at the Royal Music Academy from 1947 to 1952 with Lars-Erik Larsson, one of his countrys most popular composers. Although Eklund was one of the very first Swedish composers whose music was performed at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, his music never abandoned tonality. Eklund wrote a total of thirteen symphonies. With the exception of the fourth, all of these works have richly associative Italian titles. His third symphony was inspired by the landscape and folk music of the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, while in his fifth symphony he deals with the subversive powers of war. The music sounds grey, sharper, not so smooth rhythmically, and hotter. Although Eklund termed his eleventh symphony of 1995 the »Sinfonia piccola,« it is ironically one of his longest such works as well as a memorial tribute to his honored teacher Lars-Erik Larsson. The time to rediscover this important symphonist is now!

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