Swedish Grammis Award-Winning orchestra Västerås Sinfonietta is back with another highly interesting composer portrait. This time it's one of Sweden's highest ranked composers, Anders Nilsson...

Swedish Grammis Award-Winning orchestra Västerås Sinfonietta is back with another highly interesting composer portrait. This time it's one of Sweden's highest ranked composers, Anders Nilsson (born 1954) who is in focus. The more than 76 minutes of world premiere recordings include Nilsson's Piano Concerto with distinguished pianist Martin Sturfält as soloist, the orchestral suite "Zarah", and, not least, the very lyrical Symphony No. 4. As a bonus, the album ends with a return of Sturfält in Anders Nilsson's piano solo piece "Chaconne", a tribute to Franz Liszt. "Zarah" and Symphony No. 4 are conducted by Finnish rising-star Eva Ollikainen, and the Piano Concerto by renowned Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. Swedish pianist Martin Sturfält enjoys an international career as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist. His performs a large repertoire ranging from the baroque through to the present day, but increasingly it is his passion for the music of his native country that is earning him recognition internationally as well as in Sweden. His CD of the Adolf Wiklund Piano Concertos on the Hyperion label was named the second best release of the year in Sweden and also won an Outstanding Award in International Record Review, and he has previously recorded a critically acclaimed disc of Stenhammar's solo music for the same label.