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Pettersson: Complete Symphonies / Albrecht, Arnell, et al

12 CD / CPO / 2007-01-30

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 2; Symphonic Movement; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 16, for alto saxophone and orchestra; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 8; Sympho...
Performers: Kelly, John Edward
Conductors: Francis, Alun; Trojahn, Manfred; Albrecht, Gerd; Sanderling, Thomas; Honeck, Manfred; Arnell, Johan M.; Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio S...

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Pettersson: Violin Concerto no 2 / Swedish Radio SO, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2007-01-30

Works: Allan Pettersson: Concerto for Violin (no 2)
Performers: van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Pettersson: Symphony no 12 / Honeck, Swedish Radio SO, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2006-05-16

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 12 "The dead in the square"
Conductors: Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

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Pettersson: Complete Songs / Monica Groop, Cord Garben

1 CD / CPO / 1998-05-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Eight Barefoot Songs; Songs (6) for medium voice & piano
Performers: Garben, Cord; Groop, Monica

Pettersson: Symphonies no 10 & 11 / Alun Francis, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1997-05-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 10; Symphony no 11
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra

"We finally have the first CD of Allan Pettersson's Tenth Symphony. Pettersson wrote most of this symphony when he was in the Karolinska hospital in...continue...

Pettersson: Symphonies no 5 & 16 / Francis, Kelly

1 CD / CPO / 1996-07-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 5; Symphony no 16, for alto saxophone and orchestra
Performers: Kelly, John Edward
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Saar Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone
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Pettersson: Violin Concerto, etc / Hoelscher, Banfield, etc

1 CD / CPO / 1995-10-17

Works: Allan Pettersson: Concerto for Violin (no 1), for violin & string quartet; Improvisations (4) for violin, viola & cello; Fugue for oboe, clarinet & bassoon in E major; Fantasy for viola; Lamento, fo...
Performers: Banfield, Volker; Dimigan, Christiane; Hoelscher, Ulf; Hubner, Eckart; Peitz, Johannes; Scheitzbach, Michael; Schmidt, Bernhard

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Pettersson: Symphony No 2, Symphonic Movement / Francis, BBC

1 CD / CPO / 1995-08-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 2; Symphonic Movement
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Fanfare
One of the most dazzling orchestral recordings of recent memory
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Pettersson: Symphony no 15; Ruzicka: Das Gesegnete / Ruzicka

1 CD / CPO / 1995-01-24

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 15; Peter Ruzicka: Das Gesegnete, das Verfluchte, sketches (4) for orchestra
Conductors: Ruzicka, Peter

Pettersson: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 / Alun Francis, Saarbrücken

1 CD / CPO / 1995-01-24

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Saar Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pettersson: Concertos for String Orchestra 1-3 / Goritzki

2 CD / CPO / 1994-10-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Concerto for String Orchestra no 1; Concerto for String Orchestra no 2; Concerto for String Orchestra no 3
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: German Chamber Academy Neuss

Pettersson: Symphony no 9 / Alun Francis, RSO Berlin

1 CD / CPO / 1994-08-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 9
Conductors: Francis, Alun

Pettersson: Symphony no 6 / Manfred Trojahn

1 CD / CPO / 1994-03-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 6
Conductors: Trojahn, Manfred

Pettersson: Symphony no 13 / Alun Francis, BBC Scottish

1 CD / CPO / 1993-11-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 13
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Pettersson: Symphony no 8 / Thomas Sanderling

1 CD / CPO / 1993-03-11

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 8
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
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