This is the life: coffee with great music from the North.

Finnish and Scandinavian composers. I have selected a few of my favorites. Please do not hesitate to recommend yours.

 

A great favorite of mine, the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, a romantic composer who wrote these magnificent and haunting pieces:

-The Swan of Tuonela :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfBTiv3WGU0&list=RD5Ls8-pk4IS...

-Valse Triste (orch.Herbert von Karajan) :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ls8-pk4IS4

-Violin Concerto, played by Hilary Hahn:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-240cNDIk

-Finlandia

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg_af9b8c

 

The wonderful music of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, who composed the following well-known masterpieces:

-Peer Gynt Suites - 1 and 2 :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2gDFJWhXp8

-Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16, played by Marian Lapsansky:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfGDqXEFkE&list=RDfKfGDqXEFk...

 

The Swedish composer,Hugo Alfvén, who composed the often performed Swedish Rhapsody No. 1: "Midsommarvaka"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN-n-UzG_dg&list=RDFN-n-UzG_d...

and the delightful Vallflickans Dans / Shepherd-girl's Dance / Danse de la bergère :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZl471prDj0

 

The Danish composers, Carl Nielsen

-Symfoni 4 (Det Uudslukkelige) - Det kongelige kapel - Simon Rattle :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYrCiE7U0_0

-Symfoni nr 3 Op 27 (Espansiva) (1911) DRSO Michael Schönwandt:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKQ-ylQLQ5M

 

and Louis Glass (A contemporary of Carl Nielsen). He composed the beautiful

Symphony No.3 in D-major, Op.30 "Forest symphony" (1901)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibqFg3tEU_4

 

A CD of “Romantic piano works by Danish women composers” has recently come out.

 

Done