Fairytales: A Swedish Children's Book Set to Art Songs / Nordic Light Duo

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Ars Produktion
Release Date
September 16, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hugo Alfven, Edvard Grieg, Erasmus Langenmuller, Fanny Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wilhelm
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Nordic Light Duo
    • PERFORMER
      Josefine Andersson, Daniel Beskow
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 16, 2022
    • UPC
      4260052383544
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARS38354
    • LABEL
      Ars Produktion
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ur Lyckans visor (From Songs of Happiness), Op. 9: Två fjärilar

      Composer: Hugo Alfvén

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    2. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1. Schmetterling (Butterfly)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Daniel Beskow

    3. No. 1. Blåsippan (The Blue Anemone)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    4. No. 2. De bägge rosorna (The Two Roses)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    5. No. 3. Vitsippan (The Wood Anemone)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    6. No. 4. Sippan (The Primrose)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    7. No. 5. Törnet (The Thorn)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    8. No. 6. Blommans öde (The Flower's Destiny)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    9. Heidenröslein, Op. 3, No. 3, D. 257

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    10. Das Veilchen, K. 476

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    11. 3 Songs, Op. 4: No. 2. Akande (Water-Lily)

      Composer: Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    12. Fischerweise, D. 881

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    13. Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550d

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    14. 5 Pieces, Op. 75, "The Trees": No. 5. Granen (The Spruce)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Daniel Beskow

    15. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 4. Vilse (Astray)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    16. Skogen sover, ängen drömmer, Op. 67

      Composer: Emil Sjögren

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    17. Visor och stamningar, Op. 26: No. 5. Det far ett skepp (A Ship Sails)

      Composer: Wilhelm Stenhammar

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    18. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King) (version for piano)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Daniel Beskow

    19. Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid), Op. 67: No. 6. Killingdans (Kidlings' Dance)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    20. Lieder-Album fur die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 22. Des Sennen Abschied

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    21. 5 Poems from Fridolins visor: No. 5. Intet är som väntans tider

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    22. Fridolins lustgård: No. 4. Böljeby-vals

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    23. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 6. Demanten pa marssnon (The Diamond on the March Snow)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    24. Frosoblomster (Froso-Flowers), Book 1, Op. 16: No. 2. Sommarsang (Summer Song)

      Composer: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      Performer: Daniel Beskow

    25. Mignon (Kennst du das Land?), D. 321

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo

    26. 12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 3. Italien

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Ensemble: Nordic Light Duo


Märchenhaft (Swedish "sagolikt") is a concert program by Nordic Light Duo inspired by the wonderful fairy tale world of the popular children's book author Elsa Beskow. Devotedly and lovingly designed, Beskow's fairy tales and illustrations run like a thread through the musical delightful experiences in it. The program is divided into five sections, each representing a fairy tale: Flower Festival in Täppan, The Story of the Curious Perch, Putte's Adventure in the Blueberry Forest, The Journey to the Land of Long ago, and The Sun Egg. Each section immerses you in an exciting story, enhanced by Elsa's original illustrations. These texts and pictures are then accompanied by songs and piano pieces chosen to match the stories.

Two illustrations are even firsts and can only be seen in this publication, thanks to Daniel Beskow's family ties to Elsa Beskow, his paternal great-grandmother. Because of this connection, the idea for the Märchenhaft project was born in 2018. With it, the two musicians wanted to contribute to the rebirth of Elsa's fantasy world and bring a new musical fairy tale series to life. They firmly believe that this fairy tale treasure belongs to the European cultural heritage and with its re-release in a musical guise, they found an opportunity to pay tribute to Elsa's work in an original way and bring it to a new, larger audience. Fairy Tale has become a huge success in Sweden and the duo has given over a hundred concerts under this name in recent years. The intimate setting, the imaginative mood and the interplay between literature, music and visual arts remain the main features of this exciting project, which we can now also experience on this sound recording.