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Contents Olsen, Carl Gustav Sparre (1903-84) Little Butterfly Suite on Norwegian Folk Songs No. 1, Op. 31 No. 1 “Frå Telemark” Air Suite on Norwegian Folk Songs No. 2, Op. 31 No. 2 “Frå Telemark” 3 Small Piano Pieces No. 1, Menuett No. 2, Evening Song No. 3, Gavotte Leitom Suite, Op. 33 I. By the Old Church II. When Christmas Comes III. Glacier Crowfoot IV. The Sorpero Dance V. Snow-Clad Forest VI. The Leitom 6 Old Village Songs from Lom, Op. 2 (Version for Piano) Andante funebre (Version for Piano) Norwegian Folksongs from Gudbrandsdalen (Version for Piano) No. 1, Big Baby Larry No. 2, The Prize Pig No. 3, Kari’s Ugly Cap No. 4, Pussy and the Tom-Tit No. 5, The Two Sisters No. 6, The Fairy and the Mother No. 7, My Sweetheart Was That Kind No. 8, Pussy and I No. 9, O, It’s Alright No. 10, Mary Lazy-Bones No. 11, When Baby Grows Up No. 12, Sparrow to Its Wee One No. 13, Up the Slope No. 14, Going North or Going South No. 15, Polly, Molly, Get Up Now No. 16, Between the Oven and the Table No. 17, Pretty Polly, Sweet and Jolly No. 18, Young Ola Finndale No. 19, The Dance Round the Anvil Variations on a Norwegian Folktune, Op. 5 Hymn “Honour Eternal Spring” Norwegian folksong and -dance constitute the very DNA of the music of Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903–84), on both a large and a small scale – from Draumkvedet, the 1936 oratorio that was his first major success, to the tiny miniatures that form most of his piano music, recorded here in its entirety for the first time. The apparent simplicity of much of this material belies the unassuming sophistication of its construction: many of these pieces, some barely a minute long, seem – to adapt William Blake – to contain the world in a grain of sand. |
