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2023-12-08 05:00:00
A Mixed Bag of Orchestral Works (Andsnes, Handley, Janssons, Loughran, Panula, Westerberg, Wordsworth et al)
[…] ending) [32'02]Leif Ove Andsnes- piano, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian RuudSimax PSC 1060 [recorded June 1989 and January 1990; CD issued 1990][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, lo-res booklet sourced from internet] Recording venue: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.Recording engineer: Arne Akselberg; Producer: James BurnettAllan Pettersson:01 - 02 Concerto No.1 for Strings (1949-50) * [21'06]03 - 11 Symphony No.12 'The Dead in the Square' (1974) ^ [54'09]Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stig Westerberg *; Uppsala University Chamber Choir, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Carl Rune Larsson ^Caprice CAP21369 [Recorded September - November 1975* and October 1977^; CD issued 1988][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from internet]Recording venue: Concert Hall, Royal Academy of Music* & Stockholm Concert Hall^, SwedenRecording engineers: Helmut A Mühle* and Olle Bolander^; Producer: Håkan ElmquistAnton Bruckner:01 - 04 Symphony No.7 In E major [67'25]Aarhus Symphony Orchestra conducted by James LoughranDanacord […]
2023-09-29 04:00:00
Alfven, Larsson & Wiren: Swedish Orchestral Works (Leo Berlin, Stig Westerberg, Sixten Ehrling et al)
Lars-Erik Larsson:01 - 03 Violin Concerto, op.42 * [26'11]04 - 07 Four Vignettes to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, op.18 [10'18]08 - 10 Violin Concertino, op.45 no.8 * [11'33]Leo Berlin- violin *, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig WesterbergSwedish Society SCD1004 [recorded September 1976, January and May 1977; CD issued 1986][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: The Concert Hall, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Olle Bolander; Producer: Håkan ElmquistLeo Berlin was the leader of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the time of these recordings. This recording of the Violin Concerto was made nearly 20 years before Arne Tellefsen's with Esa-Pakka Salonen (see here)..Dag Wirén:01 - 04 Serenade for Strings, op.11 * [14'11]05 - 07 Sinfonietta in C major, op.7a ^ [17'14]08 - 10 Symphony No. 4, op.27 # [16'24]11 - 14 Music for String Orchestra, op.40 ~ [12'38]Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stig Westerberg *, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by […]
2023-09-15 00:00:00
Larsson, Nystroem, Sibelius & other Nordic composers: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Arve Tellefsen, Stig Westerberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen et al)
[…] flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Berwald Hall, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Rune Sundvall^* and Hans-Erik Jawenhag; Producer: Jan B LarssonJean Sibelius:01 - 11 The Tempest, op.109. Suite [22'10]12 - 16 King Christian II. Suite, op.27 [25'00]17 - 19 Rakastava, op.14 * [12'00]20 Rondino for violin and piano, op.81 no.2 ^ [1'47]Leo Berlin- violin and Greta Erikson- piano ^; Stockholm Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble conducted by Leo Berlin *; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stig WesterbergSwedish Society SCD1047 [recorded May 1955 & January 1956, June 1969* and June 1970; CD issued 1989][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Swedish Radio Studios^* and Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Olle Bolander; Producer: Frank HedmanNordic Spring:01 - 05 Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, op.40 [18'27]06 - 08 Kurt Atterberg: Suite for Violin, Viola and Strings, op.19 no.3 ^ [11'04]09 Johan Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra, op.26 [8'28]10 - 12 […]
2018-12-30 00:18:00
Two new recordings of Wilhelm Stenhammer Symphony no 2in G minor op 34 (1911-15),m one with Herbert Blomstedt and the Gothenberg Symphony, the other with Christian Lindberg and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Why two recordings from the same label, BIS, specialists in Scandinavian repertoire ? Even the booklet notes are identical. BIS know their market, and know that two very different approches will appeal to a more sophisticated audience than to those who still think Stenhammer is "unknown", Neeme Järvi's recordings, from the1980's established the composer on an international level, followed by many others. So it's not at all a question of Blomstedt or Lindberg, but why. For many, Stig Westerberg's recording with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, from the late 1970's is the benchmark against which all other performances of Stenhammer's Symphony no 2 needs to be heard.Like Järvi, Blomstedt has been conducting Stenhammer most of his career, so […]
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