Unsung Composers

The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Sunday 25 November 2012, 22:12

Title: Oskar Lindberg Symphony in F
Post by: Alan Howe on Sunday 25 November 2012, 22:12
No doubt fellow-members will already have discovered this, but I'll flag it up anyway....

The Symphony in F (1913-16) by Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955) is an absolutely gorgeous three-movement work of some 37 minutes' duration written in a colourful late-romantic idiom (think Atterberg, etc.). It's available on the Sterling label.
Title: Re: Oskar Lindberg Symphony in F
Post by: Mykulh on Monday 26 November 2012, 03:53
I'll enthusiastically second that. Lindberg, an almost exact contemporary of fellow Swede,  Kurt Atterberg, composed a number of lyrical and colorful orchestral works that should please anyone who loves the sound of nationalistic Scandinavian music. I've enjoyed his work since the days of LPs when his "Leksand's  Suite" appeared on  an imported RCA record accompanying Atterberg's rhapsody-ballet "The Wise and Foolish Virgins."
Title: Re: Oskar Lindberg Symphony in F
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 26 November 2012, 07:51
Quote from: Mykulh on Monday 26 November 2012, 03:53
I'll enthusiastically second that.

Oh good. I thought I might be on my own here...