Pettersson - Sym No. 9 - Alun Francis, Berlin RSO (1993) [Philidor; FLAC]seeders: 5
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Pettersson - Sym No. 9 - Alun Francis, Berlin RSO (1993) [Philidor; FLAC] (Size: 340.02 MB)
Description Allan Pettersson is now considered one of the most important Swedish composers of the 20th century. In his lifetime, he had several champions but stood outside the musical mainstream, with his large-scaled, expressively grim scores. A Honegger pupil, his life wasn't easy: a violent, alcoholic father, and a mid-life diagnosis of crippling arthritis. Still, he continued composing to the end. His entire symphonic legacy--effectively 15, since the first and seventeenth were unfinished--have now been recorded complete, though a few have multiple recordings to their credit. Pettersson's Ninth Symphony was the last of a group, started with the Fifth, that shared a trajectory of increasing public success and decreasing health. The Ninth itself would be the last symphony he composed until the Twelfth that would not be written in a hospital. His polio and arthritis worsened greatly, though he was buoyed by the new audiences his music had acquired. There's a growing lack of compromise in textures and tonality that shows up in Pettersson's work at this time, and certainly here. Transfers are made at 768 kBits/s, directly from the disc. Bio enclosed. You can find all my classical uploads by searching on Philidor, or just looking in this regularly updated thread: http://kickasstorrents.ee/community.../philidor-s-classical-stuff/ Sharing Widget |