PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 1 (Jouni Somero) (2021) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren, a native of Finland and a student of Busoni, was one of the most prominent and prolific Nordic composer-pianists since Edvard Grieg, with works that were widely performed by some of the most notable concert pianists of his day. From early pieces influenced by Chopin via the tour de force of his only surviving Piano Sonata, to the darker Autumn Prologue – this is the first volume of a complete edition that includes première recordings of unpublished works, showcasing every side of Palmgren’s varied character.
This recording was made on a modern instrument: Steinway, Model D. grandpianorecords
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero 

 

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 2 (Jouni Somero) (2021) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), losslessess

Selim Palmgren, a student of Busoni, was one of the most prominent Finnish composer-pianists of his time, and his pieces for pedagogical use such as Kevätauerta (‘Spring Haze’) are still popular today. This programme reveals Palmgren’s versatility to the full, with the Deux contrastes describing opposite poles of melancholy and joyous playfulness, and the dreamy Prelude-Nocturne a jazz-tinted reminiscence of 1920s America. Displaying a wide variety of technical and stylistic challenges, Palmgren’s 24 Preludes also features one of the first examples of Impressionism in Nordic piano literature.
This recording was made on a modern instrument: Steinway, Model D. grandpianorecords
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero  

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 3 (Jouni Somero) (2021) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren, a student of Busoni, was one of the leading Nordic composers during the first decades of the 20th century. His wide-ranging music for piano was performed and recorded by some of the greatest artists of the day. This third volume in the first complete cycle of Palmgren’s piano music on disc includes a varied cross-section of works written over a 50-year period. It includes the youthful Lyriskt intermezzo, Op. 8, romantic miniatures of great charm—as well as one of his greatest achievements, the atmospheric suite Kevät (‘Spring’), in which impressionist elements fuse with rich Finnish folk melody.This recording was made on a modern instrument: Steinway, Model D. grandpianorecords
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero

 

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 4 (Jouni Somero) (2022) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren studied with Busoni and developed a formidable technique, later becoming one of the leading Nordic composer-pianists of his generation. This fourth volume of Palmgren’s complete piano works reveals yet more remarkable contributions to 20th-century piano literature including one of his masterpieces, the Nocturne in Three Scenes, a compound of Impressionist and Romantic elements. His fruitful years in America are reflected by the jazz-influenced Three Fantasies and throughout one can hear examples of the beautiful folk-baed music that is so much a feature of his composition. grandpianorecords

SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero

 

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 5 (Jouni Somero) (2023) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

For many years the Busoni student Selim Palmgren was the most frequently performed Finnish composer after Sibelius. With a portfolio of nearly 400 piano works, his contribution to the prestige of the Nordic repertoire was significant both in scope and creative artistry. This fifth volume of Palmgren’s complete solo piano music explores oriental moods in Exotic March, Op. 46, and includes two of his best-known and most beautiful pieces, Aftonröster, Op. 47, No. 1 (‘Evening Whispers’) and the winter magic of Snöflingor, Op. 57, No. 2 (‘Snowflakes’). The Sonatine in F major, Op. 93 marked Palmgren’s return to composition after the death of his wife five years earlier and enshrines nostalgia whilst hinting at neo-Classicism. grandpianorecords
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero. 

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 6 (Jouni Somero) (2023) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren’s piano miniatures were extremely popular during his lifetime and were played by the great virtuosos of the day. The sixth volume in this acclaimed series presents a panorama of Palmgren’s works and includes two of his greatest and most important solo pieces – the suite Ungdom, Op. 28 laced with Impressionist and Finnish folk elements, and the Three Piano Pieces, Op. 54 which includes Raindrops and Moonlight, two of his best-known and most atmospheric works. Also included are Lisztian virtuoso studies, Hungarian evocations, and a beautiful, moving Prélude funèbre that was played at Palmgren’s own funeral. Jouni Somero, Palmgren’s greatest modern exponent, continues his historic survey of piano music by one of Finland’s most respected and admired composers. grandpianorecords
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somer 

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 7 (Jouni Somero) (2023) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren was one of the most prominent composer-pianists of his era, and is also noted as one of the earliest composers of Impressionist piano miniatures, beautifully represented in the nostalgic atmosphere of his Impromptu dans la solitude, Op. 63, No. 2. The autobiographical Päiväkirjan lehtisiä, Op. 109 (‘Diary Sheets’) belongs amongst Palmgren’s final works for the piano. This seventh volume in Jouni Somero’s acclaimed edition of Palmgren’s complete piano works includes many rarities and premiere recordings. grandpianorecords

SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero

PALMGREN : Complete Piano Works • 8 (Jouni Somero) (2024) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Selim Palmgren, along with his contemporaries Rachmaninov, Glazunov and Sibelius, was invited for a professorship at the Eastman School of Music and was considered the equal of these composers during his day. In Palmgren’s lifetime his music was published and performed widely gaining much popularity and acclaim. Today he is largely forgotten so it is with Jouni Somero’s project to record Palmgren’s complete piano works that we gain a fuller picture of this fascinating composer’s music. From virtuoso concert studies to the remarkable variety in the Ten Pieces, Op. 79, this eighth volume in the series consists almost entirely of world première recordings. grandpianorecords.com
SELIM PALMGREN (1878-1951)
Tracklist :
Piano - Jouni Somero