Composer: Niklas Sivelöv
Orchestra: Malmö Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Joachim Gustafsson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0571
Release: 2020
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 3 ‘Primavera’
01. I. Allegro molto e giocoso
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro molto
Pieces for String Orchestra
04. No. 1, Vivace
05. No. 2, Valse triste
06. No. 3, Allegro molto
07. No. 4, Lamento
08. No. 5, Finale. Allegro
Symphony No. 4 ‘Sinfonietta per archi’
09. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Allegro con brio
Niklas Sivelöv (born in northern Sweden in 1968) is one of the leading representatives of the once-familiar tradition of pianist-composer that first achieved prominence with Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin and continued through Rachmaninov and Bartók. But Sivelöv also has a sizable, and growing, body of orchestral music to his name. These three recent works reveal a style that balances delicacy of feeling and freewheeling energy, with something of Stravinsky’s sense of rhythmic fun, the vernal vigour of Tippett, just occasionally the harmonic density of Ligeti, and the unusual awareness of light and dark that characterises the music of Sibelius and other Nordic composers.