Niklas Sivelov - Peterson-Berger: Flowers From Froso Island (1999)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 211 MB | 01:04:11
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 211 MB | 01:04:11
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is relatively unknown outside Sweden, but his three books of "romanser" (Lieder) for piano, "Frösöblomster", sit at the center of the Swedish lyric piano tradition. Published in three separate books between 1896 and 1914, the melodies are inspired by the wild landscape of Jämtland, that mountainous part of central Sweden near the Norwegian border west of Östersund, and the pine-clad island of Frösö in the middle of Lake Storsjön. Although Peterson-Berger spent much of his life in Stockholm, where he was a conductor, theatre director, and music critic for the influential daily, "Dagens Nyheter", he visited Jämtland at the age of 22 and kept coming back for the rest of his life, finding endless inspiration in the pristine Swedish countryside.