Flyg / Agren - Swedish Contemporary - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album is a collection of recently recorded Chamber music by the Swedish composer Maria Lithell Flyg. There's a saxophone quartet, a duo with piano and cello, an oboe quartet, a duo with soprano saxophone and percussion, a duo for two violins and finally a piece for barython, piano, violin and a vocal ensemble. Maria Lithell Flyg has always been driven by curiosity, a hunger for learning, and a desire to express herself. The path to becoming a composer had it's twists and turns, even though she began crafting lyrics and tunes at a very tender age. Though Maria had her formal training relatively late in life, she has already composed a significant number of pieces for some of Sweden's finest musicians, such as the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Cecilia Zillacus, Olle Persson, Musica Vitae, and others.

Steve Ramone - Chasing Daylight [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/26/2023

As my career has progressed, I have had the chance to make numerous recordings featuring a variety of repertoires, and I have always felt the desire to record the songs of Sibelius. A wonderful opportunity presented itself when the Norwegian Radio Orchestra with Chief Conductor Petr Popelka expressed it's willingness to be part of such a recording. Virtually all Sibelius songs are written for voice and piano, but many of them seem as though made for orchestral sounds and instrumental subtlety. Therefore a number of his finest songs have fortunately been orchestrated, and it is these editions we have used for this recording. A few of the orchestrations were done by Sibelius himself, one by his contemporary, Simon Parmet (né Pergament), while several were orchestrated by his own son-in-law, conductor Jussi Jalas. This album presents orchestrated songs of Sibelius from four opus numbers 17, 36, 37 and 38. (Marianne Beate Kielland)