This all Swedish recording by the Omnibus Wind Ensemble includes premiere performances of two specially written compositions, one by jazz musician Eje Thelin and the other by Karl-Erik Welin. Also included are works by Tor Aulin, Joseph Martin Kraus, Johan Joachim Agrell, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and Hugo Alfén. A veritable Odyssey of Swedish Music!

"The listener is treated to a succesion and variety of musical jewels, all of inestimable brilliance and freshness. The twelve players, oustandingly close-knit and virtuosos of their instruments, perform and delight with an infectious delight and with splendid precision. In short: an outstandingly interesting, variable and technically perfect CD for which there is a place in every serious listener's record library!"
(Sala Allehanda)

EJE THELIN (1938-1390)   1. Circo della vita       8'24       Commissioned 1986 TOR AULIN (1866-1914) From Four Water-Colours   2. Idyll       3'50   3. Lullaby       3'44   4. Polska       4'12       (arr. Nils Holmstedt) KARL-ERIK WELIN (1934-1992)   5. Viriditas per Omnibus       17'53       Commissioned 1988 JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS (1756-1792)       Incidental music to "Amphitryon" by Moliére   6. No 1 Largo, Andante       4'53   7. No 4 Larghetto       1'40   8. No 6 Aria       4'01   9. No 5 Andante       2'45 10. No 14 Tambourin       2'06       (arr. Johan Fredrlk Grenser) JOHAN JOACHIM AGRELL (1701-1765) Duet in A major for two flutes 11. Andante       1'00 12. Allegro       1'18 13.Larghetto       1'47 14. Menuet       1'47 15. Presto       0'50 WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER (1897-1942) 16. By Frösö Church       3'31 17. Summer Song       2'33       (arr. Nils Holmstedt) HUGO ALFVÉN (1872-1960) 18. Bourrée from the Suite "Gustav II Adolf"       1'49 19. Dance of the Herding-Girl       4'02       (arr. Nils Holmstedt) TRADITIONAL 20. Herding call after Anna Ersson, Dalbyn, Ore       1'35       taken down by Karl Sporr in 1917