artist : Georg Riedel och VΣnner
title : Hemligheter Pσ VΣgen
label : Footprint Records
cat# : FRCD039
genre : Jazz
street date : 2008-09-00
tracks : 10
bitrate : 153 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 59.40 mb
source : CD
type : Retail
url : http://www.footprintrecords.com
________________________________________________________________________________
The fact that Georg Riedel (b 1934) detested children's songs when he was
young would probably be a surprise to the great majority of us who mainly
see him as the person who wrote the songs for the film versions of Astrid
Lindgren's children's books as well as other writers' texts for children.
Astrid's playful texts certainly were a perfect foil for the talents of
one of Sweden's most versatile musicians. Riedel's work covers a wide
range of styles. He was one of the musicians who created a veritable
golden age for Swedish jazz back in the 1950s and 60s, and jazz has
continued to be an important ingredient in his creative process, both as
an instrumentalist (with a distinctly spacious tonal quality in his
double-bass!) and as a composer and arranger. But his long list of credits
includes opera and ballet music, pieces for orchestra and choir, and an
impressive number of songs. This unique creative range has made Riedel
popular and respected on all different levelsùhe was the recipient of two
prestigious prizes by the Lars Gullin and Hugo AlfvΘn foundations in the
course of the same year. You could say that he navigates nimbly and
skilfully between the areas known as ôgenresö. But he prefers to regard
the process as a kind of cross-pollination between various musical idioms.
As a young student at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, he took a
few composition classes led by Karl-Birger Blomdahl, but then went on to
develop his talent as a composer on his ownùand when you consider his
impressive body of work, it's obvious that he made the right decision by
going his own way.
A broad spectrum means incorporating various exciting influences, but
Riedel places a premium on one aspect in particular. He has said: ôWords
and lyrics are my most important source of inspiration. To me, the lyrics
are just as important as the music, and when it comes to performance, I
prefer my songs to have an almost theatrical expression.ö His daughter,
Sarah Riedel, certainly embodies this ideal, with her many-facetted
experience of singing and stage work. Georg Riedel's sensitively rendered
musical interpretations of poetry from various eras are something of a
life project. This CD contains a selection that can be described as a
brief anthology of poems by six different authors that range from the
early 20th century to the beginning of this century, poems that all
possess different characteristics of style. Do they have anything in
common? Well, possibly that they express a desire for love, companionship,
and a safe haven in life. The ôRiedelianö tone language emphasizes the
traits they share, while also doing justice to their distinctly individual
differences.
________________________________________________________________________________
01 Det Vi Saknar 4:50
02 Hemligheter Pσ VΣgen 2:37
03 Etude F÷r Sommarvind 8:14
04 I Grannkommunens KΣllarvσning 4:23
05 Ta Mig, Hσll Mig 7:41
06 Han Som Vaknade Av Sσng ╓ver Taken 3:07
07 Tidens Framfart 6:17
08 Telegram F÷r Fullmσnen 5:37
09 Det ─r Vackrast NΣr Det Skymmer 5:12
10 Dit Jag LΣngtar 5:16
-----
53:14