This is the first ever album devoted to the chamber music of Helena Munktell , one of the earliest female composers in Sweden. The daughter of an industrialist, Munktell received private lessons in piano and song from an early age, but soon also training in music theory and composition. In Paris she studied with composers such as Benjamin Godard and Vincent d’Indy. The Dix Mélodies are finely crafted musical scenes displaying a wide expressive range and variety of moods. The first performance of Munktell’s
Tobias Ringborg, violin Peter Friis Johansson, piano Sofie Asplund, soprano Kristina Winiarski, cello
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