Mot-clef : Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Christian Lindberg in Allan Pettersson’s Symphonies No. 5 and 7
Like other releases in this series, Lindberg exposes every detail and every colour in Pettersson’s Symphony No. 7 while maintaining total control over the work’s overall structure. Christian Lindberg and the Norrköping Symphony ...
Ulf Wallin tackles Pettersson’s massive Violin Concerto No. 2
Christian Lindberg made a thoroughly convincing argument of the inherent drama of Pettersson's music while emphasizing the fact that there is ultimately a song informing the music. Even in his native ...
Everything in clear focus: Christian Lindberg in Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 14
This new release in the series of Allan Pettersson's symphonies by Christian Lindberg impresses once again by fanatical fidelity to the score and obsessive attention to detail. Slowly but surely, Christian Lindberg ...
Details and the big picture: Christian Lindberg in Pettersson’s Symphony No. 5
In Petterson’s Symphony No. 5, Lindberg shaped and controlled the latent tension so effectively that the music felt deeply oppressive, almost suffocating in its intensity. Patience is definitely a virtue with ...
Commitment and confidence: Lindberg and Pettersson’s Symphony No. 7
Under Lindberg's direction, Pettersson's massive Symphony No. 7 seemed like a single, unbroken arch. This perfomance also featured the world premiere of the unfinished Symphony n°17, 36 years after its composition. In recent ...
Lindberg sets a new reference for Pettersson’s Symphonies No. 4 and 16
Every release of Pettersson music under Christian Lindberg's guidance has set the new reference for each work in question. The Swedish composer Allan Pettersson wrote possibly the most physically, emotionally, and ...
Allan Pettersson’s 9th by Lindberg : enlightening
When accused of composing out of self-pity, the Swedish composer Allan Pettersson (1911-80) angrily responded by saying that his music conveyed not self-pity but “pure information.” The circumstances of Pettersson’s life ...
Allan Pettersson by Lindberg, a historic milestone like Mahler by Bernstein ?
In his famous television series Young People's concert, Leonard Bernstein devoted one show in 1960 to the Austrian composer with this revealing title "Who is Gustav Mahler?". Speaking to his ...
Christian Lindberg performs Pettersson Symphonies 4 & 16 in Norrköping
The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has a long history of performing and recording the still relatively unknown Swedish composer, Allan Pettersson (1911-80). This began in the late 1970s with Okko Kamu’s ...
Christian Lindberg : Pettersson is gigantic !
On November 25, on a famous social network, Christian Lindberg wrote: «Having lived now for 6 months with Pettersson´s 9th symphony I am SO MUCH looking forwards to start the ...
