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Track(s) taken from CDA67591/2

Drømmen on Glade Jul 'A Dream about Silent Night', FS34

composer
completed on 3 December 1905; Poco adagio; also translated as The Dream of Merry Christmas

Martin Roscoe (piano)
Recording details: February 2007
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Produced by Michael George
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: June 2008
Total duration: 1 minutes 58 seconds

Cover artwork: Scutolo, 'The Marvel of Marvels' (1912). Henry Brokman-Knudsen (1868-1933)
Musée de la Ville de Paris, Musée du Petit-Palais, France / Lauros / Bridgeman Images
 

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Mina Miller (piano)

Reviews

‘These new recordings are sonically the best yet. Roscoe is famed for his touch and his playing's delicacy and finesse is evident throughout’ (Gramophone)

‘Apart from Grieg, no Scandinavian composer has written for the piano with more individuality and insight than Nielsen … Martin Roscoe is right inside this music and guides us through its marvels with great subtlety and authority. His is the most eloquent account since the pioneering set by Arne Skjøld Rasmussen. Hyperion gives him vivid and natural recorded sound and there are outstanding notes by Daniel Grimley’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The piano music of Carl Nielsen is notable not only for its striking emotional power and radicalism but also for its transparency—for the writing is always unmistakably Nielsen … the album as a whole is a treasure-chest; it presents an entirely new slant for those not acquainted with Nielsen's music and broadens the field of vision significantly for those who are … this deserves to become a most conspicuous recording, and Hyperion's usual excellence in achieving a full-bodied, crystal-clear sound continues boldly forward’ (International Record Review)

‘The Symphonic Suite, the Chaconne, the magnificent Theme and Variations … are powerful, poetic, original in both idea and structure, widely varied in mood, impressively organic and as important in their way as any of Nielsens' remarkable symphonies. Martin Roscoe's technique withstands everything that the composer throws at it. He obviously belives in every note, as well he might’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Martin Roscoe demonstrates throughout this revealing double CD set [that Nielsen's piano music] is a canon of work that desperately needs attention … fantastic playing of compelling authority by one of Britain's finest pianists. A wonderful discovery’ (The Herald)
A Dream about ‘Silent Night’ (Drømmen om ‘Glade Jul’) is an improvisatory paraphrase based on the famous Christmas carol, which swiftly departs from the original melody and explores new, more unusual musical territory. Nielsen’s title, ‘Dream’, is significant, suggesting parallels with his orchestral tone poem Saga-drøm, which likewise contains passages of a strangely fantastical and arabesque-like nature. The work was composed in 1905, and, appropriately given the subject matter, the score is dated 3 December.

from notes by Daniel Grimley © 2008

Drømmen om «Glade Jul» est une paraphrase à l’improvisade sur le chant de Noël «Douce nuit», qui se départ vite de la mélodie originale pour explorer un territoire musical nouveau, moins convenu. Le titre «Drømmen» («Rêve») a son importance: il suggère des parallèles avec le poème symphonique orchestral Saga-drøm de Nielsen, où se trouvent aussi des passages curieusement fantastiques, de type arabesque. L’œuvre fut composée en 1905 et la partition est datée du 3 décembre, ce qui n’a rien d’étonnant vu le sujet.

extrait des notes rédigées par Daniel Grimley © 2008
Français: Hypérion

Drømmen om „Glade Jul“ („Der Traum über ,Stille Nacht‘“) ist eine auf dem Weihnachtslied „Stille Nacht“ beruhende improvisatorische Paraphrase, die sich bald von der Ausgangsmelodie entfernt und neues, ungewöhnlicheres musikalisches Terrain erkundet. Der vom Komponisten gewählte Titel „Traum“ verweist auf Wichtiges, werden damit doch Parallelen zu Nielsens Tondichtung für Orchester Saga-drøm gezogen, die ebenfalls Passagen von merkwürdig zauberhafter und arabesk anmutender Natur enthält. Drømmen om „Glade Jul“ entstand 1905, und die Partitur ist, dem Thema angemessen, mit 3. Dezember datiert.

aus dem Begleittext von Daniel Grimley © 2008
Deutsch: Elke Hockings

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