For many years the Busoni student Selim Palmgren was the most frequently performed Finnish composer after Sibelius. With a portfolio of nearly 400 piano works, his contribution to the prestige of the Nordic repertoire was significant both in scope and creative artistry. This fifth volume of Palmgren’s complete solo piano music explores oriental moods in Exotic March, Op. 46, and includes two of his best-known and most beautiful pieces, Aftonröster, Op. 47, No. 1 (‘Evening Whispers’) and the winter magic of Snöflingor, Op. 57, No. 2 (‘Snowflakes’). The Sonatine in F major, Op. 93 marked Palmgren’s return to composition after the death of his wife five years earlier and enshrines nostalgia whilst hinting at neo-Classicism.
Palmgren, Selim
Exotisk Marsch (Exotic March), Op. 46
1 Exotisk Marsch (Exotic March), Op. 46 07:08
Postludium
2 Postludium 03:28
Ljus och skugga (Light and Shade), Op. 51
3 No. 1. Fosterlandshymn (Patriotic Hymn) 01:35
4 No. 2. Finsk ballade (Finnish Ballad) 03:37
5 No. 3. Skymning (Twilight) 02:29
6 No. 4. Serenata 02:33
7 No. 5. Elegi (Elegy) 02:49
8 No. 6. Valse caprice 03:08
3 Morceaux, Op. 57
9 No. 1. Prélude mélancolique 02:45
10 No. 2. Snöflingor (Snowflakes) 03:03
11 No. 3. Menuet mignon 03:45
Impromptu and Scherzo, Op. 10
12 No. 1. Impromptu 02:30
13 No. 2. Scherzo 03:22
6 Morceaux, Op. 67a
14 No. 1. Prélude 02:51
15 No. 2. Ricordanza 02:39
16 No. 3. En sjömansvals (Sailor's Waltz) 01:05
17 No. 4. Humoristisk studie (Humoristic Study) 01:29
18 No. 5. Improvisation 01:42
19 No. 6. På lagunen (On the Lagoon) 02:07
Piano Sonatine in F Major, Op. 93
20 I. Allegro vivace 02:20
21 II. Andantino 02:04
22 III. Allegro vivace 02:44
Vår (Spring), Op. 47
23 No. 1. Aftonröster (Evening Whispers) 04:27
24 No. 2. Hittebarnets vaggsång (Foundling's Lullaby) 03:21
25 No. 3. I valsens virvel (In the Whirl of Waltz) 02:58
26 No. 4. Intermezzo marziale 02:48
27 No. 5. Rococo 01:28
28 No. 6. Capriccietto i finsk stil (Capriccietto in Finnish Style) 01:55
