Franz Berwald - The Four Syymphonies; Konzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra

Franz BERWALD (1796-1868)

Symphony No. 1 in g minor (Sinfonie sérieuse) (1842)

Konzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra (1827) 

Symphony No. 2 in D (Sinfonie capricieuse) (1842) 

Symphony No. 3 in C (Sinfonie singulière) (1845) 

Symphony No. 4 in E flat (1845)

Christian Davidsson (bassoon)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Sixten Ehrling

Recorded June 1996 at The Malmo Concert Hall, Sweden

Franz Schmidt - Symphony No.2; Fuga Solemnis

Franz SCHMIDT (1874-1939)

Symphony No.2 in E flat major (1911-13)

Fuga Solemnis for organ, sixteen wind instruments and percussion (1937)8

 

Anders Johnsson (organ)*

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Vassily Sinaisky

rec. May-June 2007 (Symphony), Malmö Concert Hall; August 2007 (Fuga Solemnis) St. Petri Church, Malmö

John Fernstrom - Symphony No.12; Songs of the Sea

John FERNSTRÖM (1897-1961)

Songs of the Sea, Op.62 (1942)

Symphony No. 12, Op.92 (1951)

Rao-Nai-Nai's Songs - Chinese Rhapsody, Op.43 (1939)

Miah Persson (soprano)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Lan Shui

rec Malmö October 1998

Gosta Nystroem - Ishavet; Concerto for Viola and orchestra; Sinfonia Concertante

Gosta NYSTROEM (1890-1966)

Ishavet (La mer arctique), Poème symphonique (1924-25); 

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Hommage à la France (1941); 

Sinfonia concertante for Cello and Orchestra (1944, rev. 1951-52)

Nobuko Imai (viola), Niels Ullner (cello)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Järvi

Recorded 05-14-1993 (Viola Concerto), 08-09-1994 (Ishavet) and 08-16/18-1994 Sinfonia Concertante at the Malmo Concert Hall, Sweden

Release Date

April 16, 1995

Lepo Sumera - Symphony No.5; In memoriam; Music for Chamber Orchestra

Lepo SUMERA (1950–2000)

Symphony No. 5

In memoriam

Music for Chamber Orchestra

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Järvi

Symphony No.5 comissioned by and dedicated to the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.

Recording data: 1995-11-01/03 at the Malmö Concert Hall.

Lepo Sumera - Symphony No.4; Piano Concerto; Musica tenera

Lepo SUMERA (1950-2000)

Musica tenera

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Symphony No. 4, "Serena Borealis"*

Kalle Randalu (Piano)

Jan-Olof Jonsson (Electric Guitar)*

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Järvi

Lepo Sumera - Symphonies Nos.1, 2 and 3

Lepo SUMERA (1950-2000)

Symphony No.1 (1981)

Symphony No.2 (1984)

Symphony No.3 (1988)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Jarvi

Recording: October 1993 (No. 3), January 1994 (No. 2) and May 1994 (No. 1) 

at the Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Lost Landscapes - Works for Violin and Orchestra

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (1928-2016)

Lost Landscapes

Fantasia for violin and orchestra (2015)

In the Beginning for orchestra (2015)

Deux Sérénades for violin and orchestra, completed by Kalevi Aho (2016/2018)

Lost Landscapes, version for violin and orchestra (2005/15)

Simone Lamsma (violin), 

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Robert Trevino

rec. 2021, Malmö Live Konserthus, Malmö, Sweden

Flaminis Aurea - Works by Tommie Haglund

Tommie HAGLUND (b.1959)

Flaminis Aura for cello and orchestra with tape (2001 rev. 2004) 

Il Regno degli Spiriti for string quartet (2001) 

Sollievo (dopo la tempesta) for string trio (2013)

Serenata per Diotima for strings (2014/15) 

Ernst Simon Glaser (cello)

Julia Kretz–Larsson (violin, quartet)

ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen (quartet, trio)

Gothenburg Symphony

David Afkham (Flaminis Aura)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Joachim Gustafsson (Serenata)

rec. Gothenburg Concert Hall, September 2012 (Flaminis), Malmö Concert Hall, April 2015 (serenata), Petruskyrkan, Stocksund, September 2015 (quartet & trio)

Vincent d'Indy - Médée; Karadec Suite; Saugefleurie

Vincent d'INDY (1851–1931)

Médée, Op. 47

Karadec Suite, Op. 34

Saugefleurie, Op. 21

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Darrell Ang

Release Date: 10th May 2019

Grieg - Music for Strings; Lyric Suite

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)

Music for String Orchestra

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34 

Two Melodies for String Orchestra, Op 53 

From Holberg’s Time: Suite in Olden Style, Op 40 

Two Lyric Pieces, Op 68 

Two Nordic Melodies, Op 63 

Lyric Suite, Op 54 

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Bjarte Engeset

rec. 24-25 August, 2006 (Lyric Suite), 25-29 May, 2009 (string music), Malmö Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Malmö, Sweden

Gösta Nystroem - Sinfonia Breve; Sinfonia del Mare

 

Gösta NYSTROEM (1890-1966) 

Sinfonia Breve (1929-31) 

Sinfonia del Mare (1946-48)*  

Malena Ernman (Mezzo)*  

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Christoph König 

rec. Breve: Mar 2006; Mare: Jan 2007, Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden.

Released: July 2011

Japanese Orchestral Music

Japanese Orchestral Music 

Works by Akira Ifkube; Karen Tanaka; Yuzo Toyama; Atsuda Otaka; Kaoru Wada

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Jun'ichi Hirokami 

Schnittke - In Memoriam, Viola Concerto

Alfred Schnittke: 

In Memoriam; Viola Concerto

Nobuko Imai 

Lev Markiz 

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

In Memoriam, for orchestra (orchestral version of the Piano Quintet)

Viola Concerto

Allan Pettersson - Symphony No.5; Viola Concerto

Allan PETTERSSON

Symphony No. 5 / Viola Concerto 

Nobuko Imai, 

Malmo Symphony Orchestra

Moshe Atzmon, Lev  Markiz

Shostakovich - Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Cello Concerto No. 1; Cello Concerto No. 2

Torleif Thedeen (cello)

Malmo SO/James DePreist

Gösta Nystroem - Sinfonia espressiva; Sinfonia seria

Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) 

Sinfonia Espressiva

Sinfonia Seria

Malmö Symphony Orchestra 

Paavo Järvi

Donald Tovey - Symphony in D; The Bride of Dionysius: Prelude

Donald Tovey: 

The Bride of Dionysus: Prelude

Symphony in D, Op. 32

Malmö Opera Orchestra, Sweden, orchestra

George Vass, conductor

Alfred Schnittke - Faust Cantata, Ritual, Passacaglia

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Ritual for large symphony orchestra (1984/85)

(K)ein Sommernachtstraum for large orchestra (1985)

Passacaglia for large orchestra (1980)

Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata) for contralto,

counter-tenor, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra

(1982/83)

Bass Cold, Ulrik

Tenor Devos, Louis

Counter-tenor Bellini, Mikael

Mezzosoprano Blom, Inger

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Malmö Symfonikör

James de Preist

Leif Segerstam

Gösta Nystroem - Sinfonias Shakespeariana & Tramontana

Gosta NYSTROEM (1890-1966)

Sinfonia Shakespeariana

Sinfonia Tramontana

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Tommy Andersson