Ilmo Ranta, Jan Söderblom & Hedvig Paulig - Erkki: Songs to Swedish Texts (2018)

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01. Mellan friska blomster, Op. 172 No. 2
02. 5 Songs, Op. 14: No. 1, Flickans klagan
03. Törnet, Op. 170 No. 3
04. 6 Songs, Op. 116: No. 5, Stum kärlek
05. 6 Songs, Op. 116: No. 6, Mitt hjärta behöver
06. 3 Songs, Op. 86: No. 3, Under häggarna
07. 8 Songs, Op. 122: No. 6, Bön om ro
08. 3 Songs, Op. 96: No. 1, Elegie
09. 3 Songs, Op. 96: No. 2, Akvarell
10. 4 Tagore Songs, Op. 105: No. 1, Skyar
11. 4 Tagore Songs, Op. 105: No. 2, Sagan om vårt hjärta
12. 4 Tagore Songs, Op. 105: No. 3, Smärtan
13. 4 Tagore Songs, Op. 105: No. 4, Allvarsdagen
14. 4 Songs, Op. 117: No. 2, Skåda, skåda hur det våras
15. New Songs, Op. 21: No. 2, I skäraste morgongryning
16. 2 Songs, Op. 3: No. 1, Marias vaggsång
17. 4 Songs, Op. 151: No. 2, Maria, Guds moder
18. 4 Songs, Op. 151: No. 3, Stjärnor
19. Mot alla stjärnor, Op. 73 No. 3
20. 3 Songs, Op. 77: No. 2, Det är juni
21. Vallarelåt, Op. 42 No. 1
22. Från lägerbålet i öknen, Op. 78 No. 1
The Finnish composer Erkki Melartin (1875-1937) wrote around 250 art-songs, often grouping settings of different languages and different dates into unrelated and sometimes untitled opus numbers. But what might be a nightmare for the musicologist is a treasure trove for the enthusiast for Nordic song, as this recital of some of the best of Melartin's Swedish settings will prove, with music that often sounds rather like Sibelius tinged with French Impressionism.