Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra & Christian Lindberg - Pettersson: Symphony No. 12 "The Dead in the Square" (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 273 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:55:40
Classical, Choral | Label: BIS
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 273 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:55:40
Classical, Choral | Label: BIS
The Twelfth Symphony forms an exception in Allan Pettersson’s output. When he agreed to compose a work for the 500th anniversary of Uppsala University, it was one of the few commissions that he ever accepted. Having written purely orchestral scores for the past 30 years, he decided to incorporate a choir and a text. Pablo Neruda had received the Nobel Prize in 1971, and acknowledging the poet’s ‘deeply felt compassion for the outcasts of society’, Pettersson selected nine poems from the huge collection Canto general for his new work.