At Home with Hugo Alfvén: Songs & Piano Pieces Elin Rombo & Peter Friis Johansson

• Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960): Aftonen (Arr. for Solo Voice & Piano):
• 1 Alfvén: Aftonen (Arr. for Solo Voice & Piano) 03:26
• 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28:
• 2 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 1, Djupt hos friborna människor bor 01:41
• 3 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 2, En enda vardt mitt hjärta givet 02:16
• 4 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 3, Jag kysser din hvita hand 04:59
• 5 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 4, Du är stilla ro 02:46
• 6 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 5, Jag längtar dig 01:05
• 7 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 6, Skogen sover 02:52
• 8 Alfvén: 7 Dikter av Ernest Thiel, Op. 28: No. 7, Se, du kom med jubel och sång i hågen 01:35
• 4 Låtar från Leksand (After L. Mats):
• 9 Alfvén: 4 Låtar från Leksand (After L. Mats): No. 1, Gånglåt 02:50
• 10 Alfvén: 4 Låtar från Leksand (After L. Mats): No. 2, Dans 02:42
• 11 Alfvén: 4 Låtar från Leksand (After L. Mats): No. 3, Skänklåt 01:35
• 12 Alfvén: 4 Låtar från Leksand (After L. Mats): No. 4, Danslek 03:38
• 3 Österlingsånger, Op. 22 (Version for Voice & Piano):
• 13 Alfvén: 3 Österlingsånger, Op. 22 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Bön 02:58
• 14 Alfvén: 3 Österlingsånger, Op. 22 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 2, Pioner 03:10
• 15 Alfvén: 3 Österlingsånger, Op. 22 (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 3, Minnesskrift 03:57
• Skärgårdsbilder, Op. 17:
• 16 Alfvén: Skärgårdsbilder, Op. 17: No. 1, Solglitter 03:17
• 17 Alfvén: Skärgårdsbilder, Op. 17: No. 2, Natt 05:24
• 18 Alfvén: Skärgårdsbilder, Op. 17: No. 3, Böljesång 03:58
• 2 Lyriska stämningar, Op. 8:
• 19 Alfvén: 2 Lyriska stämningar, Op. 8: No. 1, Svarta rosor 04:09
• 20 Alfvén: 2 Lyriska stämningar, Op. 8: No. 2, Sommardofter 02:36
• Så tag mit hjerte:
• 21 Alfvén: Så tag mit hjerte 03:16
• Total Runtime 01:04:10

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During his lifetime, Hugo Alfvén became known as one of Sweden’s principal composers of his time, with works that struck a chord with a wide audience. As a result of his popularity, a nationwide collection was held in celebration of his 70th birthday in 1942, with the proceeds used to build Alfvéngården, the composer’s home during his final years. Now, 80 years later, Elin Rombo and Peter Friis Johansson are releasing their tribute to Alfvén’s 150th anniversary, recorded at Alfvéngården using the composer’s own piano.

Alfvén is primarily known for his orchestral music – including the ubiquitous Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 – and as a composer of choral music. As befits the setting, the focus of the present disc is on more intimate works, however – namely songs and piano pieces. Some of the pieces are closely related to the venue – Fyra låtar från Leksand (Four Tunes from Leksand) is a piano version of folk tunes collected from a local fiddler and Så tag mit hjerte (‘So take my heart’), Alfvén’s most frequently performed song, was composed there in 1946 as a present to his wife.

Elin Rombo, soprano
Peter Friis Johansson, piano

Elin Rombo
The Swedish soprano Elin Rombo will this season be a guest at the Malmö Opera where she sings the title role of Suor Angelica and the role of Iris in Catharina Backman’s brand new opera On the Other Side of the Sea, an evening with the two one-act operas united under the name The Sisters.

Elin Rombo has the previous season appeared in the role of Régine Saint Laurent in Rufus Wainwright’s opera Prima Donna at the Royal Swedish Opera. Elin has also performed the role of Young Robert Lax in the world premiere at Malmö Opera of Philip Glass’ opera Circus Days and Nights, a co-production between Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera. The season before included Cunégonde in Bernstein’s Candide at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Elin Rombo has in the season of 2018-2019 sung role of Roxana in King Roger both at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw and at the Royal Swedish Opera. She also appeared as Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Elin Rombo has previously been a guest at the Opéra National de Paris where she has sung Anicia Eritea in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo. She has appeared as The Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte at Staatsoper Berlin and as Agnès in Written on Skin at the Netherlands Opera and at the Royal Swedish Opera. Elin has sung Cunégonde in Candide, as well as in AscheMOND oder The Fairy Queen at Staatsoper Berlin and Adina in L’elisir d’amore at the Göteborg Opera.

Elin Rombo's appearances at the Royal Swedish Opera have included Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Donna Elvira, Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, Musetta in La Bohème, Fiordiligi in Così fan Tutte, Mimì in La Bohème, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro and the young Batsheba in the world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s Batsheba.

Elin Rombo made her Salzburg Festival debut in the summer of 2009, singing 1st soprano in Luigi Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore under the baton of Ingo Metzmacher and later appeared in the Deutsche Staatsoper revival at Kraftwerk Berlin. She has sung Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Folkoperan, Stockholm, Timante in Floridante at the Handel Festival in Halle, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with the Mattei Festival in Sweden, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding and she appeared in the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysus in Salzburg and Staatsoper Berlin. Her roles at the Frankfurt Opera have included Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims.

On the concert platform Elin Rombo has appeared under the baton of Riccardo Muti in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) and Schubert’s Mass No 2 in G major (Saint Denis Festival/Orchestre de Paris). In the spring of 2012 she returned to Saint Denis to sing Mozart's Requiem with Orchestre de Paris and Sir Colin Davis. She has sang Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher in Salzburg, Mozart's C Minor Mass with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and toured with renowned Swedish choir Orphei Drängar in China, Japan and Singapore.

Elin Rombo studied at the Brandon University Queen Elisabeth II in Canada and the University College of Opera in Stockholm, where she graduated in 2003. Already during her studies she made her debut as Christa in The Makropoulos Case at the Royal Swedish Opera. In 2009 Elin Rombo received the prestigious Birgit Nilsson Scholarship. In November 2013 she was named Court Singer and in 2016 she was awarded the medal Litteris et Artibus by the Swedish King.

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