"This disc is filled with both new discovery and, for me, the familiarity of a musical language which may or may not be alive and kicking today, but which at its best is as easy on the eye as friendly faces on the streets of one's home town. Every one of the pieces on this CD has its own atmosphere, substance and emotional weight... The recording is excellent, and set in an appropriately resonant acoustic. The playing of the Northern Chamber Orchestra is also exemplary. Fans of good music everywhere should snap this up before stocks run out." (Dominey Clements, MusicWeb International)
"As a young man, the composer Hans Gal witnessed an artistic turning point, for it was during the First World War that late Romanticism met the modern musical era. Everything was in motion. He himself was however critical of many musical initiatives and admitted: "I had too little in common with my contemporaries". Indeed, the orchestral surges of the Wagnerites were just as alien to him as the atonality of the Second Viennese School championed by Alban Berg and Anton Webern. The pared-down sounds of Neoclassicism and the "new objectivity" of the likes of Paul Hindemith were likewise of little use to Gal. Therefore, in his adherence to tonality and use of sophisticated formal progressions, he created a distinctive style of his own that he steadfastly embraced throughout his life." (prestomusic.com)
Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson (Åkarp, 15 mei 1908 – Helsingborg, 27 december 1986) was een Zweeds componist, muziekpedagoog, dirigent, muziekproducent, organist en muziekcriticus. Van 1947 tot 1959 werkte hij eveneens als docent aan de Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm alsook van 1961 tot 1965 als directeur van de muziekafdeling van de Universiteit van Uppsala. (...) Larsson was van 1939 tot 1963 bestuurslid van de Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (Zweedse componistenvereniging); van 1942 tot 1947 was hij tweede voorzitter. (...) De meest uitgevoerde werken zijn misschien Förklädd gud, voor gemengd koor en orkest, op. 24 op een tekst van Hjalmar Gullberg en zijn Pastoral Suite, voor orkest, op. 19. (...)|
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