Composer Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is one of the leading names in today’s contemporary music. This album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with its chief conductor Hannu Lintu includes three works by the composer, including Aura, one of the most prominent monumental orchestral works of our era, together with two other works completed in the 1990s, including Marea and the first recording of Related Rocks. Aura – in memoriam Witold Lutoslawski represents a grand synthesis of Magnus Lindberg’s output in the 1990s. The work was written in 1993–1994 to a commission from Suntory Limited in Japan and was premiered by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under Kazufumi Yamashita at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in June 1994. Clocking in at 40 minutes, Aura is Lindberg’s most extensive orchestral work. Although not a symphony, this 4-movement work is closely linked to the symphonic concept represented by Lutoslawski. The composer heard of Lutoslawski’s death while writing the work and decided to dedicate it to his memory.
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Nominee in the Contemporary category
Pwyll ap Siôn
Gramophone Award Nominee 2022
Contemporary Music category – Nominee
International Classical Music Awards 2022
Choc de Classica
Jeremie Bigorie - Classica magazine (France) - October 2021
“…The program is dizzying and exhausting and is likely to try the patience of many listeners. Nevertheless, it is impressive. These are concert recordings, but you could never tell. These are great musician and thoroughly up to the task.”
Gimbel – American Record Guide – September/October 2021
Recommended
“Impressive and exciting works from the Finnish master.”
Stephen Barber – MusicWeb-International.com – 10 August 2021
“… all the performances on this Ondine CD are magnificent with state-of-the-art sound to match. Thus, if you are in the market for a fine programme of Magnus Lindberg, do not hesitate to add this to your collection.”
Leslie Wright – MusicWeb-International.com – 9 July 2021
Performance **** Recording ****
"... a varied look at one of the most interesting composers around."
Martin Cotton – BBC Music magazine – August 2021
*****
Uwe Krusch – Pizzicato.com.lu – 13 May 2021
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