Torsten Sorenson, a Swedish organist and composer, studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and with Hilding Rosenberg and Carl Orff.
Composer Biography
Pavol Simai, a Swedish composer of Slovak origin, studied music in Budapest and Bratislava, where he was also chief of the music department at Radio Bratislava.
Composer Biography
Erland von Koch, a Swedish composer and conductor, studied composition with Paul Hoffer, conducting with Clemens Krauss, and piano with Claudio Arrau.
Composition History
Pavol Simai's Impressions were written for Josef Holeček, the performer on this album, mostly on a train between Gothenburg and Stockholm in January 1976.
Composition History
Torsten Sorenson's Sonatina was his first work for solo guitar, and he was anxious about it being idiomatic enough for the instrument.
Performer Biography
Josef Holeček, the guitarist on this album, was a finalist in the international guitar competition in Paris in 1966 and received a diploma from the Vienna Music Academy in 1967.
Compositional Technique
The last movement of Pavol Simai's Impressions is based on an ancient Jewish song.
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