Marko Ylönen, the cellist, plays one of only six known cellos made by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the pianoforte, dating from the 1720s.
Composer Biography
Nordgren lived in Japan, where he assimilated a different culture with melodic shaping principles influenced by calligraphy, and composed his Agnus Dei incorporating themes of environmental pollution.
Recording & Production
The Double Concerto for Viola, Double Bass, Strings, Piano and Percussion by Nordgren is recorded for the first time on this album, 24 years after its premiere.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Nordgren, music was considered 'a non-representational, quasi abstract narrative,' reflecting his approach to musical form.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nordgren's objective in his early 'Euphonies' was to write 'melodic music in a cluster-like manner close to Ligeti's,' resulting in expressively melodious music built on clusters.
Compositional Technique
Nordgren's music often features a differentiation of individual parts in the string orchestra or division of large groups into smaller units, especially in later works.
Composer Biography
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, the composer, began composing large-scale tone poems for solo violin at a young age, imagining a mighty unison orchestra.
