Rosenberg: Piano Works / Christensson

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
October 30, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSENBERG, HILDING
    • PERFORMER
      Anna Christensson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 30, 2012
    • UPC
      845221051161
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5116
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Praludium: Pomposo

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    2. II. Arabesk: Allegero non tanto con tenerezza

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    3. III. Impromptu: Molto Adagio

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    4. IV. Pastoral: Poco Allegretto, piacevole

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    5. V. Burlesk: a la marcia

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    6. No. 1. Largamente

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    7. No. 2. Tempo giusto

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    8. No. 3. Moderato

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    9. No. 4. Lento

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    10. No. 5. Quasi recit.

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    11. No. 6. Allegretto

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    12. No. 7. Presto

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    13. No. 8. Andantino

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    14. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    15. II. Lento molto tranquillo

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    16. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    17. I. Maestoso energico

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    18. II. Andante

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    19. III. Allegro

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    20. IV. Lento

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    21. V. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    22. VI. Moderato

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    23. VII. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    24. VII. Maestoso energico

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    25. Tema

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    26. Variation 1

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    27. Variation 2

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    28. Variation 3

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    29. Variation 4

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    30. Variation 5

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    31. Variation 6

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    32. Variation 7

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    33. Variation 8

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    34. Variation 9

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    35. Variation 10

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    36. Variation 11

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    37. Variation 12

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    38. Variation 13

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    39. Variation 14

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    40. Variation 15

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    41. Variation 16

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson

    42. Variation 17

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Performer: Anna Christensson


Hilding Rosenberg became one of the most important Swedish music personalities of the 20th century. In addition to composing his own music, he made contemporary music and old masters available to the public as a conductor – he studied with Hermann Scherchen among others. From 1932 until 1934 he managed the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Among the dramatists working with him were Bertold Brecht and the elderly Thomas Mann. Numerous awards and distinctions mark the meritorious career of a man, who on paper is considered the “father of Swedish modernity”, but whose fame as a composer is still considerably mysterious.

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REVIEW:

One of the most gratifying aspects of this music is its compactness and lack of pretentiousness. Rosenberg says exactly what he has on his mind, clearly and expressively, then moves on to something else. Christensson’s musicianship is much the same: her fortissimos are big but never bangy, her runs clear but not showy, and she is willing to let the music wistfully die away, as the composer requests at the end of the variations set. Listen espescially to the limpid simplicity of the theme and first variation in this work. I’ve never heard her work before, but she sounds like a first-class artist, and she is well served by the warm recording.

– American Record Guide