Jonathan Östlund: Rêveries

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Rêveries is the highly anticipated new album from acclaimed composer Jonathan Östlund. Renowned for his evocative and cinematic compositions, Östlund weaves together classical elegance with contemporary innovation.

Reveries showcases Östlund’s ability to craft immersive soundscapes and ignite the imagination. Each track on the album is a masterful blend of intricate orchestration and emotive melodies, reflecting Östlund’s deep understanding of both the power and subtlety of music. From the sweeping, majestic passages to the intimate, delicate moments, the album captures a spectrum of emotions.

Collaborating with world-class musicians, Östlund has created an album that is not just heard, but felt. 

“It was a moving moment for me to record Jonathan Östlund’s poetic, highly musical, and flutistic work” – Myriam Hidber-Dickinson, flute

”Jonathan Östlund’s music has this rare emotional freshness, which I really appreciate in music. His style gives us, performers, a lot of ways for searching colors, timbres, images, all that we call ‘interpretation’.” – Evgheny Brakhman, piano

Jonathan Östlund, a Swedish composer with a BA and MA in Composition from LTU, has completed nearly 200 works, including orchestral pieces and violin concertos. His music, performed by renowned musicians like Einar Steen-Nokleberg and Yuri Revich, is released under Divine Art Records, with acclaimed albums such as “Lunaris,” “Voyages,” “Mistral,” “Imago,” and 2023’s “Elysian”. Östlund’s achievements include premieres and CD releases with the London Schubert Players, awards like the Public Choice Award for his Cello Sonata and the Leicester Symphony Orchestra’s 1st Prize for “Celebration Fanfare.” His works have been performed across Europe, the UK, and the USA.

Track Listing

Disc 1

  1. Rêveríes - The Wandering Wind 3:57
  2. Empyrean Fantasia 2:16
  3. Fantaisie sur un Cantique Français 3:43
  4. Nocturne 3:16
  5. I. Winds Sigh in the Woods 2:02
  6. II. I Know a Beauteous Rose 2:40
  7. III. Valley of Thorn 2:00
  8. IV. Clang, My Beauteous Bell 2:14
  9. La Lune d’Automne 4:20
  10. Invocation of Dreams 2:56
  11. Fantaisie Chatoyant sur deux ‘Clair de Lune’ 3:37
  12. Zaubernacht 3:15
  13. I. Spellbound 3:11
  14. II. Folklore 6:56
  15. III. Twilight 5:41
  16. Total Playing Time 52:55

Disc 2

  1. Waiting for Pierrot 5:56
  2. Winds of Spring 4:25
  3. Mondspiegel - Fantasia on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata 3:27
  4. Pierrot, Too Tired to Sleep 4:30
  5. Le Berceau Lunaire 4:01
  6. Sonata for Cello & Piano ‘Night Struck’ 8:54
  7. Astray 10:13
  8. Hommage an Bellman’s ‘Fredmans Gesang No. 21, ‘Tafelmusik’ 1:12
  9. Inland Eve 4:00
  10. I. To Bethlehem, My Heart 3:23
  11. II. There’s a Way to Paradise 2:43
  12. III. In Our Meadow 2:47
  13. IV. Flowers of Joy 1:43
  14. Gethsemane 9:36
  15. Total Playing Time 67:46

Reviews

…a two-disc set of music that rarely fails to enchant…the set as a whole comes with a firm recommendation.

Textura

Anyone already familiar with Östlund’s earlier Divine Art releases will know what to expect from this sixth chapter and be wholly satisfied. The listener coming to the composer’s material for the first time, on the other hand, will be well-pleased by its wealth of compositional material and variety of performances, not to mention enticed by the mystical worlds the music conjures.

” —Ron Schepper

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