Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra & Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist - Lundquist: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 (2020)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 8, "Kroumata Symphony"
02. Symphony No. 5, "Die Wienerische": I. Poco allegro
03. Symphony No. 5, "Die Wienerische": II. Poco lento
04. Symphony No. 5, "Die Wienerische": III. Allegro spirituoso



In 1976, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist composed a piece, Sisu, for the six musicians in the Stockholm percussion ensemble. A few years later, the ensemble was transformed and took the name Kroumata. Sisu became one of the regular works in the ensemble’s repertoire. They also recorded it. Lundquist then got the idea to compose a larger work for orchestra where he would include the Kroumata ensemble. The result was the eighth symphony, which he began in 1989 and completed in 1992. He called the new symphony, Kroumata Symphony. Lundquist, however, keenly stressed that the eighth symphony, although Kroumata has an important part, is not a percussion concerto but a true symphony. The symphony was premiered in Malmö, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Kroumata in 2002. It became a posthumous performance. Two years earlier, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist had passed away. The first performance was led by B. Tommy Andersson and is the one on this CD.

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