Mats Widlund, the pianist on this recording, is one of Sweden's leading soloists and has performed internationally across Europe, the USA, Canada, and Japan.
Composer Biography
Hilding Rosenberg, a Swedish composer, was considered innovative for his piano compositions, which ranged from four extensive sonatas to short teaching studies.
Performer Biography
Mats Widlund has premiered several works, including Hilding Rosenberg's Piano Concerto No. 1, and has recorded much Swedish piano music.
Composition History
Most of Hilding Rosenberg's piano compositions featured on this album, including the Four Sonatas, were written in the 1920s when he was a relatively young composer.
Composer Biography
Hilding Rosenberg, the composer, never performed as a piano soloist except in his early youth, though he was highly acclaimed as a chamber musician.
Critical Reception
Many of Hilding Rosenberg's piano compositions remained largely unknown for a long time, despite being published early, partly because Swedish pianists were quite conservative.
Compositional Technique
Hilding Rosenberg's Four Sonatas for piano show an evolution from expressive, sonorous music with harmonic complexity approaching expressionism to a neo-Baroque invention style influenced by Bach.
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Forsman: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-5 / 5 Improvisations
Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonatas
Rheinberger: Piano Works
Tippett: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Clementi: Piano Sonatas
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Hemisferios: Blanco-Negro
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–1860’; Three-page Sonata
Piano Sonatas: Discoveries Vol. 8
20th Century Piano
Khachaturian, A.I.: Piano Sonata / Bartok, B.: Piano Sonata / Piazzolla, A.: 3 Preludes
