Friday, July 11, 2008

Kristina Fran Duvemala


Kristina Fran Duvemala is an ambitious musical/opera by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus. The story is based on the The Emigrants Novels by Vilhelm Moberg, a epic four-book saga about the joys and tragedies of daily life for 19th century Swedish pioneers in America.

The music is beautiful, poetic, with classical and folk themes in it. I don't speak Swedish, I don't understand Swedish, but I love the music. Hope you'll enjoy it too.

Disc 1

1. Prolog
2. Duvemala hage
3. Min lust till dje
4. Ut mott ett hav
5. Missvaxt
6. Nej
7. Lilla skara
8. Aldrig
9. Kom till mig alla
10. Vi opnar alla grindar

Disc 2

1. Bonder pa havet
2. Loss
3. Stanna
4. Begravning till sjoss
5. A Sunday in Battery Park
6. Hemma
7. Fran New York till Stillwater
8. Tank att man som han kan finnas
9. Kamfer och lavendel
10. Drommen om guld
11. Min astrakan

Disc 3

1. Overheten
2. Ljusa kvallar om varen
3. Prariens Drottning
4. Vildgras
5. Jag har forlikat mej till slut
6. Guldet blev till sand
7. Wild cat money
8. Ut mot ett have
9. Vill du inte gifta dej med mej
10. Ett hrra underverk
11. Down to the sacred wave
12. Missfall
13. Du maste finnas
14. Skordefest
15. Har har duumee igen
16. Red iron / Hjalp mej trosta
17. Var hhr vi hemma
18. I gott bevar

1 comment:

leadie53 said...

with Chess being the only work apart from ABBA I knew these two were associated with, it is great that you have introduced us of this rarely heard masterpiece.
Thanks...