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Northern Dances Folk Music CD Toccata N
Northern Dances Folk Music CD Toccata N
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This sparkling collection of folk dances from Norway and Sweden, offset by two Estonian chorales and three improvisations, comes from two of the finest practitioners of this kind of material: Gunnar Idenstam, playing on the new Klais organ of Kristiansand Cathedral in southern Norway, and Erik Rydvall, on the nyckelharpa, the keyed folk fiddle of Sweden. The combination of rhythmic vigour, the harmonic ambiguity of Scandinavian folk music and the huge range of instrumental colour gives these tunes – all in spontaneous, semi-improvised performances – an irresistible and immediate appeal.
Tracklist
1. Northern Dances (2:50)
2. Springar After Sølve-Knut (4:29)
3. Church March (3:02)
4. Ma kiitlen ykspäinis = I Praise One Man (4:27)
5. Maria's Wedding Waltz (4:12)
6. Oh Kristus Valgus Oled Saa = O Christ, Thou Art The Light (6:33)
7. Polska In D After Sven Donat (3:46)
8. Northern Stories (3:29)
9. Ockelbogubbarnas Favorit Polska From Gästrikland (3:03)
10. Polska In A Minor From The Sexdrega Collection (2:58)
11. Polska in A Minor After Karl Lindblad (3:03)
12. Storhurven (3:59)
13. Polska From Östra Ryd After Anders Larsson (2:48)
14. Svanen = The Swan (3:33)
15. Polska From Åre After Lapp-Nils (4:02)
16. Storebråten: Polska After Olav Vestenfor (3:44)
17. Polones In G Major From Andreas Höök's Collection (2:14)
18. March After Hans Brimi (4:47)
19. Northern Bells (3:34)
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