Paulig/Ranta/Soderblom - Erkki Melartin: Songs to Swedish Texts

The Finnish composer Erkki Melartin (1875�1937) wrote around 250 art-songs, often grouping settings of different languages and different dates into unrelated and sometimes untitled opus numbers. But what might be a nightmare for the musicologist is a treasure trove for the enthusiast for Nordic song, as this recital of some of the best of Melartin�s Swedish settings will prove, with music that often sounds rather like Sibelius tinged with French Impressionism.