Increasingly, the work of the Swedish symphonist Allan Pettersson, who died in 1980, is being recognized as one of the most original and intriguing bodies of music of the 20th century, certainly among ...

But played it now has been, in a fascinating ‘performing edition’ prepared by Christian Lindberg, whose affinity with Pettersson’s idiom is manifest with each succeeding recording, aided by Truls ...

Lindberg’s empathy for Pettersson’s music is once again shown in the Sixth, where he catches its dark atmosphere to perfection, pacing its progress through the succession of climaxes superbly well. In ...

Symphony No. 4 (Gustaf) Allan Pettersson, Composer Christian Lindberg, Conductor Norrköping Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 16 Norrköping Symphony Orchestra Christian Lindberg, Conductor (Gustaf) ...

Pettersson’s need to communicate had a ferocity unmatched by any composer since Beethoven, often expressed not just in the sustained intensity of his music but also in its use of large, unbroken spans ...

Symphony No. 14 (Gustaf) Allan Pettersson, Composer Christian Lindberg, Conductor Norrköping Symphony Orchestra Many commentators have noted that the Fourteenth, like No 15, is lighter and more varied ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 (Gustaf) Allan Pettersson, Composer Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor Isabelle van Keulen, Violin Symphony No. 2 Alun Francis, ...

That this hefty anthology (17 CDs and 4 DVDs) has been with me for several months shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s encountered the work of Swedish composer Allan Pettersson (1911-1980); this is music ...

Fine as that is, this newcomer is manifestly superior. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra articulate the music’s ‘soaring melodies and grippingly searing polyphony’ more convincingly still (not that ...