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Svendsen: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2 / 2 Swedish Folk Tunes

1/31/1988, 10 Tracks, 1:11:20

Featuring

  • Neeme Järvi
  • Göteborgs Symfoniker
  • Johan Svendsen

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Composition History

Svendsen's First Symphony was a surprise to his composition teacher, Reinecke, as Svendsen produced it suddenly during his final year of study in Leipzig.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Edvard Grieg, a famous Norwegian composer, praised Svendsen's First Symphony for its 'perfect balance between ideas and technique' and its 'harmonic mastery'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johan Svendsen, the composer, was the son of a military musician and started composing marches at the age of 11.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

The incident of Svendsen's wife burning his symphony manuscript is believed to have inspired a famous scene in Henrik Ibsen's play 'Hedda Gabler'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Neeme Järvi, the conductor on this album, won first prize at an international conducting competition in Rome in 1971, leading to invitations to conduct major orchestras worldwide.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Svendsen's musical 'salvation' came at age 17 with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which made him realize what music truly was.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Svendsen's second wife, Juliette Vilhelmine Haase, a ballet dancer, is said to have thrown the manuscript of his third symphony into a fire during a quarrel.

Source: Booklet

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©℗ 1987 BIS