Composer: Allan Pettersson
- Eight Barefoot Songs (orch. Antal Doráti)
- Concerto for String Orchestra No. 1
- Concerto for String Orchestra No. 2
Anders Larsson, baritone
Nordic Chamber Orchestra
Christian Lindberg, conductor
Date: 2009
Label: BIS
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It may surprise those familiar only with Pettersson’s large, obsessive symphonic edifices how natural a lyrical miniaturist he was but the 24 Barefoot Songs composed to his own texts in 1943‑45 offer ample proof of his natural songwriting genius. Had prospective publishers been more enlightened his song output might well have been considerably greater; instead it is restricted to just 30 songs and various arrangements (by other hands) of selected Barefoot Songs. It is no surprise that such selections, like the Doráti octet recorded here, feature “Blomma, säj” (literally “Flower, say” but usually translated as “Tell me, flower”); it is a simple, beautiful song with a lovely refrain, but there are pearls and gems among the others, such as “Klokar och knythänder” (“Wise Men and Clenched Hands”) or the final “En spelekarls himlafärd” (“Death of a fiddler”); some approach Sibelian power (if not subtlety or range). 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. His account of No 1 (1949‑50) is even swifter than Westerberg’s pioneering account though at times sounds more relaxed; there is more light and shade, facets brought out by BIS’s superlative recording. No 2 (1956) is the real find, though, a vital and dramatic piece which the composer unaccountably did not favour as much as its brothers. It is a work all string orchestras should know and Lindberg proves a most persuasive advocate.
— Guy Rickards
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Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers. He studied at the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, and later in Paris with René Leibowitz, Arthur Honegger, Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud. Pettersson was best known as the creator of Barfotasånger, a collection of 24 songs for voice and piano set to his own lyrics. He also wrote 16 symphonies, choral and chamber music, and a number of orchestral pieces. His symphonies are often compared to Mahler's symphonic output.
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Christian Lindberg (born 15 February 1958) is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer. In the course of an exceptional career, Lindberg has single-handedly established the trombone as a solo instrument and was the first Swedish instrumentalist to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Today he devotes most of his time to composing, with commissions from ensembles such as the CSO and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Lindberg also has a flourishing conducting career. His acclaimed and wide-ranging discography on BIS includes more than 50 CDs.
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