挪威音樂史上最偉大的女作曲家: Signe Lund / 鋼琴獨奏曲集 第一輯

這是LAWO唱片公司的特別企劃系列,邀請旗下最負盛名的鋼琴家Rune Alver,錄製了挪威著名女作曲家Signe Lund的鋼琴獨奏作品集.這些作品非常柔美浪漫.樂迷會輕易地愛上這些挪威鋼琴小品.
這個企劃目前發行了兩輯,分別是LWC-1196(第一輯)與LWC-1227(第二輯).
本發行為第一輯
 
On his new CD, Études Poétiques, pianist Rune Alver presents the listener with piano pieces of Signe Lund (1868 – 1950). Lund is one of the most distinguished female composers in Norwegian musical history, but the release is controversial nonetheless.

In the early 1930s, Lund began to take an interest in National Socialism, and in 1935 she became a member of the Norwegian National Socialist party, Nasjonal Samling. Convicted of treason after the Second World War, she remained sympathetic to the Nazi ideology until her death.
However, all the pieces on the album were composed between 1896 and 1928, when Signe Lund was a committed socialist and dedicated feminist. During this time she was involved in a number of causes, including an effort to strengthen the rights of Norwegian composers, and she was one of the initiators of the movement that led to the founding of the Norwegian Society of Composers in 1917.

This CD features a selection of Lund’s most familiar pieces, among them, the languorous and melancholy “Legende”, and “Fredsklokker” (“Peace Chimes”), which she composed upon hearing that World War One had ended. Her distinct tonal language is characterized by a combination of clarity and melancholy darkness.

Despite the controversies, Alver’s album helps us gain important knowledge of the role of women in the history of Norwegian music. Études Poétiques is the first of two releases of Signe Lund’s complete piano works on the LAWO Classics label.
 
曲目:
Signe Lund:
Album Leaf, Op. 19
Ballade in C Minor, Op. 37
Concert Étude, Op. 38
Festive Prelude, Op. 21
Impressions of Nature, Op. 61
Peace Chimes, Op. 52
Piano Pieces, Op. 16
Piano Pieces, Op. 17
Piano Pieces, Op. 24
Trois études poétiques, Op. 32
 
Rune Alver / piano