Allan Pettersson: Symphony No 12, The Dead in the Square

Allan Pettersson: Symphony No 12, The Dead in the Square

BIS-2450 (BIS Records, SACD)

DSD
Multi-channel/Stereo
NEW RELEASE (29 January 2021)

Playing time: 55'10"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 36
℗ 2020 BIS Records AB
© 2020 BIS Records AB
Main country of recording: Sweden
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Allan Pettersson: Symphony No 12, The Dead in the Square published on 27 February 2021

Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Hans Vainikainen, chorus master
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Jannika Gustafsson, leader
Christian Lindberg, conductor

Allan Pettersson (1911-80):

Symphony No 12, 'De döda på torget' (1973-74) for mixed choir and orchestra - text by Pablo Neruda (Los muertos de la plaza)

1 Beginning - De döda på torget (The Dead in the Square)
2 Bar 323 - Massakern (The Massacres)
3 Bar 646 - Nitratets män (The Men of the Nitrate)
4 Bar 840 - Döden (Death)
5 Bar 984 - Hur fanorna föddes (How the Flags were Born)
6 Bar 1023 - Jag kallar på dem (I Call on Them)
7 Bar 1204 - Fienderna (The Enemies)
8 Bar 1414 - Här är de (Here They Are)
9 Bar 1520 - Alltid (Always)

Recorded March 2019 and January 2020 at the Louis de Geer Concert Hall, Norrköping, Sweden

Reviewed from a digital copy of the CD