The Andrée expedition / Dominick Argento (41:38) -- Tidsbilder : From the 1890's. Isjungfrun / Helena Munktell (5:54) ; Upp genom luften : marsch för piano / Herman Ahlberg (2:59) ; Luftsegling / Carl Axel Strindberg (5:17) ; Vid Nordpolen : polka för violin och piano / Adolf Nordholm (4:08).
Note
The 1st work is a song cycle, based on the 1897 attempt by Salomon August Andrée to reach the North Pole by balloon.
Event (note)
Recorded 1997, in Studio 2, Sveriges radio, Stockholm.
Language (note)
Sung in English (1st work) and Swedish (2nd work).
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Argento, Dominick.
Title
The Andrée expedition [electronic resource] / Dominick Argento.
Imprint
[Sweden] : Nosag Records, p1997.
Playing time
004138 000554 000259 000517 000408
Performer
Bengt Nordfors, tenor (1st-2nd works), piano (4th work) ; Nils Erik Sparf, violin (5th work) ; Bengt Forsberg, piano.
Event
Recorded 1997, in Studio 2, Sveriges radio, Stockholm.
Language
Sung in English (1st work) and Swedish (2nd work).