Soundbite 60
Here we write a short précis of a CD or DVD giving you a concise summary in a sixty-word soundbite
Grieg
Elegiac Melodies, Op.34 – The Wounded Heart; The Last Spring
Nielsen
Little Suite, Op.1
Sibelius
Rakastava, Op.14
Kuolema, Op.44 – Valse triste
Wirén
Serenade, Op.11
Reviewed by: Colin Anderson
Reviewed: February 2007
CD No: DECCA ELOQUENCE 442 8196
Duration: 73 minutes
The bustling, eloquent Holberg Suite and heartfelt ‘The Last Spring’ – a ‘100 best tunes’ that has passed into popular consciousness (tenderly espoused here) – lead off, Valse triste adding a macabre edge before Little Suite blossoms and charms and the open-air Serenade displays skilful variety (you will recognise the closing as-used-on-TV ‘Marcia’!) and Rakastava rounds-off this enjoyable release with rapt intensity.