Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet

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Dissonant and febrile, Pettersson’s Concerto for Violin and String Quartet is not easy to love – but gripping on its own terms, and played here with great commitment. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 1st Sep 2023
Catalogue No: BIS2580
Label: BIS
Length: 59 minutes

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Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet

Work length36:11

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Ulf Wallin (soloist), Sueye Park, Daniel Vlashi Lukaçi, German Tcakulov, Alexander Wollheim

I. Allegro moderato — Allegro — Moderato — Più allegro — Tempo I

Track length6:43

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II. Lento — Molto largo — Molto agitato — Presto — Lento — Andante

Track length10:40

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III. Allegro moderato — Meno mosso — Largo poco a poco — Tempo I — Cadenza — Allegretto — Andamento — Allegro furioso — Andante

Track length18:48

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Pettersson: Two Elegies for violin and piano

Work length2:56

$2.00

$2.60

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Thomas Hoppe (piano), Ulf Wallin (violin)

I. Andantino

Track length1:28

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II. Crotchet = 48

Track length1:28

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Pettersson: Andante espressivo for violin and piano

Work length3:27

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Thomas Hoppe (piano), Ulf Wallin (violin)

Pettersson: Romanza for violin and piano

Work length3:12

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Thomas Hoppe (piano), Ulf Wallin (violin)

Pettersson: Lamento for piano

Work length2:31

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Thomas Hoppe

Pettersson: Improvisations (4) for violin, viola & cello

Work length10:47

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German Tcakulov, Alexander Wollheim, Ulf Wallin (violin)

I. Largo — Allegro

Track length2:40

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II. Crotchet = 92

Track length3:30

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III. Crotchet = 88

Track length2:26

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VI. Crotchet = 100

Track length2:11

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Between 1934 and 1949, Allan Pettersson, one of Sweden’s foremost composers of symphonies, wrote chamber works that differ greatly from his later production. With his Two Elegies, composed at the tender age of 17, Pettersson drew the enthusiasm of his teacher, who saw in him the makings of a composer. The Four Improvisations for string trio recall Bartók’s music with their rhythmic vitality. The Andante espressivo is more personal with its experimental melodic and harmonic leanings. After his forced return from Paris in 1939, where he had gone to study, Pettersson composed a tender and lyrical Romanza and, three years later, his only piece for solo piano, the elegiac and meditative Lamento. The most important work on this recording is the Concerto for Violin and String Quartet, a harsh, dense work that places great demands on the musicians. Initially rejected by the critics, the work now appears almost unique in terms of its radical tonal language and experimental use of extended techniques. For this recording, Ulf Wallin has brought together colleagues and friends to perform these lesser-known works, which nevertheless constitute an essential milestone in the career of the great Swedish composer.

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November 2023

Dissonant and febrile, Pettersson’s Concerto for Violin and String Quartet is not easy to love – but gripping on its own terms, and played here with great commitment.

Pettersson: Concerto for Violin and String Quartet

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