Pettersson, Allan - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 16 (SACD) - Pettersson, Jörgen

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The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has a long history of performing and recording the still relatively unknown Swedish composer, Allan Pettersson (1911-80). This began in the late 1970s with Okko Kamu's blistering rendition of the Symphony No. 6, followed by a series of BIS recordings with Leif Segerstam in the 1990s, and continuing now with the ever-energetic Christian Lindberg. In this concert Lindberg conducted both the Symphony No. 16 and 4, as part of the orchestra's goal to record the complete symphonies of Pettersson for BIS. It is likely that no one in the past has attempted two Pettersson symphonies in one program, and it is unlikely that this will ever happen again.