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Album Summary
Performer
Anders Larsson (Baritone)
Notes & Reviews:
A singular voice in 20th century music, Allan Pettersson ignored all the prophecies so common during his lifetime, concerning the death of the symphony. Instead, and in spite of great personal hardships, he kept on composing in the genre for almost 30 years, from the First Symphony in 1951 to the Seventeenth, left unfinished at his death in 1980. For a long time, the results of his struggle went without recognition, and it wasn't until Antal Dorati championed Symphony No. 7 in 1968 that Pettersson's name became known to a wider audience. Christian Lindberg - himself a great individualist in Swedish music - here conducts three of Pettersson's earliest works.
"...24 Barefoot Songs composed to his own texts in 1943-45 offer ample proof of his natural songwriting genius. Anders Larsson's sympathetic renditions underline the lyrical qualities, beautifully accompanied by the Nordic Chamber Orchestra under Christian Lindberg. Lindberg evidently has a real feel for Pettersson's music, heard in the first two of the three concertos for string orchestra. No 2... is the real find, though, a vital and dramatic piece...Lindberg proves a most persuasive advocate." - Gramophone
The 24 Barefoot Songs for voice and piano are Pettersson's settings of his own poems, and as such form a singularly profound portrait of the composer. Their importance can be measured by the fact that Pettersson throughout his life returned to themes from the collection, reusing them in his large-scale works. It was Doráti who suggested the orchestration of eight of the songs, a task with which he was entrusted by the composer. The two concertos for strings were composed in 1950 and 1956 respectively and signify the very individual road that Pettersson would take as a composer of orchestral works.
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Works Details
Pettersson, Allan : Barefoot Songs (24) :: Suite - Performer: Anders Larsson (Baritone)
- Conductor: Christian Lindberg
- Ensemble: Nordic Chamber Orchestra
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1943-1945
Pettersson, Allan : Concerto for Strings no 1 - Conductor: Christian Lindberg
- Ensemble: Nordic Chamber Orchestra
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1949-1950
Pettersson, Allan : Concerto for Strings no 2 - Conductor: Christian Lindberg
- Ensemble: Nordic Chamber Orchestra
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1956
