This album features a posthumous premiere of Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's Symphony No. 8, 'Kroumata Symphony', recorded in 2002, two years after his death.
Composer Biography
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's first contact with music was at age three, when his father played Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on a gramophone.
Compositional Technique
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist developed an "association principle" in his symphonic works, where musical ideas emerge from or are associated with previous ones on melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic levels.
Composer Biography
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist's mother gave him a Bechstein grand piano as a 25-year gift, which he used for his entire compositional output.
Instruments
The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, featured on Symphony No. 8, was a Swedish ensemble founded in 1978 and acclaimed as one of the world's leading percussion ensembles.
Recording & Production
The recording of Symphony No. 5, 'Die Wienerische', on this album was originally documented by Swedish Radio for broadcast and is now released on CD due to its unique value.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist believed symphonies were his essential form of expression, stating, "It's the symphonies, which constantly attract me. All the time I feel this compulsion to express myself this way."
