Northern Dances: Folk Music from Scandinavia and Estonia
This sparkling collection of folk dances from Norway and Sweden, offset by two Estonian chorales and three improvisations, comes from two of the finest practitioners of this kind of material: Gunnar Idenstam, playing on the new Klais organ of Kristiansand Cathedral in southern Norway, and Erik Rydvall, on the nyckelharpa, the keyed folk fiddle of Sweden. The combination of rhythmic vigour, the harmonic ambiguity of Scandinavian folk music and the huge range of instrumental colour gives these tunes – all in spontaneous, semi-improvised performances – an irresistible and immediate appeal.
Gunnar Idenstam, organ of Kristiansand Cathedral
Erik Rydvall, nyckelharpa
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GUNNAR IDENSTAM/ERIK RYDVALL
- Northern Dances
- Springar after Sölve Knut
- Church March
- Ma kiitlen ykspäinis (I praise one man)
- Marias Wedding Waltz
- Oh Kristus valgus oled saa (You can receive the light of Christ)
- Polska in D after Sven Donat
- Northern Stories
- Ockelbogubbarnas favorit Polska from Gästrikland
- Polska in A minor from the Sexdrega Collection
- Polska in A minor after Karl Lindblad
- Storhurven
- Polska from Östra Ryd after Anders Larsson
- Svanen (The Swan)
- Polska from Åre after Lapp-Nils
- Storebråten: Polska after Olav Vestenfor
- Polones in G major from Andreas Höök´s collection
- March after Hans Brimi
- Northern Bells
TRADITIONAL
ARNE MODÉN
ESTONIAN CHORALE
GUNNAR IDENSTAM
ESTONIAN CHORALE
TRADITIONAL
GUNNAR IDENSTAM/ERIK RYDVALL
TRADITIONAL
ALE MÖLLER
TRADITIONAL
GUNNAR IDENSTAM/ERIK RYDVALL
FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘Performances have an improvisatory quality, yet never fail in musicality. Notes are very informative, and all concerned are to be congratulated for this lovely box of delights.’
—Michael Wilkinson, MusicWeb International