The Swedish Violin

Ida Haendel, Arve Tellefsen, Jaap Schröder, Karl-Ove Mannberg, Leon Spierer, Nilla Pierrou, Josef Grünfarb, Leo Berlin, Endre Wolf, Gunnar Barter, Bernt Lysell

”The Swedish Violin” is the second installment in Caprice Records’ new bid to release compilations for digital sale only. This album presents Swedish music with the violin in focus, written by some of the greatest composers in the country’s history.

As opposed to how modest the production of cello music was in Sweden before the 20th century, Swedish composers seem to have been smitten by the violin’s brilliant sound and endless technical possibilities quite early on. As early as during the baroque era, many violin concertos and solo pieces were written, especially by Sweden’s “classical music sire” Johan Helmich Roman, but also several other composers.

Perhaps this can partly be explained by the fiddle’s continuously strong position within Swedish folk music, where it has been an inherent and popular feature ever since the instrument’s rise during the late renaissance and early baroque periods, until today.

However, just as it was for the cello, the 20th century was when the real explosion of Swedish art music for violin happened, and there are hardly any of the established Swedish composers of the era that didn’t write violin concertos, sonatas, tone poems, and diverse chamber music for violin. A helpful factor in this was of course that Sweden both fostered, and attracted from abroad, a great number of eminent violinists over the years.

On these recordings you’ll hear, among others, violinists Karl-Ove Mannberg, Ida Haendel, and Bernt Lysell, conductors Herbert Blomstedt, Stig Westerberg, and Jorma Panula, as well as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Stockholm Sinfonietta.

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    • 1.
      Two Sentimental Romances for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28: No. 1 in A Major Music: Wilhelm Stenhammar

    • 2.
      Assaggio in A Major for Solo Violin, BeRl 301: I. Andante Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 3.
      Assaggio in A Major for Solo Violin, BeRl 301: II. Allegro Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 4.
      Assaggio in A Major for Solo Violin, BeRl 301: III. Moderato Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 5.
      Assaggio in A Major for Solo Violin, BeRl 301: IV. Allegro assai Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 6.
      Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro moderato Music: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    • 7.
      Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major for Violin and Piano: II. Lento Music: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    • 8.
      Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major for Violin and Piano: III. Allegro con fuoco Music: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    • 9.
      Violin Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro moderato Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 10.
      Violin Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 11.
      Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 12.
      Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, Op. 12: I. Largo ed appasionato - Allegro Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 13.
      Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, Op. 12: II. Andante con variazioni Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 14.
      Duo in D Major for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro Music: Franz Berwald

    • 15.
      Duo in D Major for Violin and Piano: II. Romance: Andante Music: Franz Berwald

    • 16.
      Duo in D Major for Violin and Piano: III. Allegro giocoso Music: Franz Berwald

    • 17.
      Sonata No. 1 for Two Violins Music: Allan Pettersson

    • 18.
      Violin Sonata No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 47: I. Andante espressivo Music: Emil Sjögren

    • 19.
      Violin Sonata No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 47: II. Scherzo vivacissimo Music: Emil Sjögren

    • 20.
      Violin Sonata No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 47: III. Andante con moto Music: Emil Sjögren

    • 21.
      Violin Sonata No. 4 in B Minor, Op. 47: IV. Allegro vivace Music: Emil Sjögren

    • 22.
      Violin Concerto: I Music: Gunnar Bucht

    • 23.
      Violin Concerto: II Music: Gunnar Bucht

    • 24.
      Violin Concerto: III Music: Gunnar Bucht

    • 25.
      Assaggio in C Minor for Solo Violin, BeRl 310: I. Grave Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 26.
      Assaggio in C Minor for Solo Violin, BeRl 310: II. Allegro Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 27.
      Assaggio in C Minor for Solo Violin, BeRl 310: III. Lento Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 28.
      Assaggio in C Minor for Solo Violin, BeRl 310: IV. Allegro non troppo Music: Johann Helmich Roman

    • 29.
      Sonata No. 2 for Two Violins: Allegro con allegrezza - Moderato - Allegro veloce Music: Allan Pettersson

    • 30.
      Suite No. 1 in modo antico: I. Intonation: Andante moderato Music: Ture Rangström

    • 31.
      Suite No. 1 in modo antico: II. Menuett: Allegretto poco vivo Music: Ture Rangström

    • 32.
      Suite No. 1 in modo antico: III. Sarabande: Largamente Music: Ture Rangström

    • 33.
      Suite No. 1 in modo antico: IV. Tambourin: Allegretto poco rubato Music: Ture Rangström

    • 34.
      Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin: I. Moderato energico Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 35.
      Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin: II. Allegro moderato Music: Hilding Rosenberg

    • 36.
      Concerto for Violin, Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra Music: Daniel Börtz

    • 37.
      Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro moderato Music: Harald Fryklöf

    • 38.
      Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: II. Andante Music: Harald Fryklöf

    • 39.
      Sonata alla leggenda for Violin and Piano: III. Scherzo: Vivace ma discrezione Music: Harald Fryklöf

    • 40.
      Sonata No. 4 for Two Violins Music: Allan Pettersson

    • 41.
      Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 15: I. Allegro Music: Dag Wirén

    • 42.
      Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 15: II. Andantino Music: Dag Wirén

    • 43.
      Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 15: III. Vivace Music: Dag Wirén

    • 44.
      Two Sentimental Romances for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28: No. 2 in F Minor Music: Wilhelm Stenhammar

    • 45.
      Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1: I. Allegro moderato ed energico Music: Bror Beckman

    • 46.
      Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante cantabile Music: Bror Beckman

    • 47.
      Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1: III. Allegro ma non troppo Music: Bror Beckman

    • 48.
      Sonata No. 5 for Two Violins Music: Allan Pettersson

    • 49.
      Violin Concerto No. 2 Music: Allan Pettersson
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