Hillborg: Lost Landscapes album review – sonic imagination and luminous colours
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Kuusisto/Lubman/Falk Winland(Alpha)Unconventional instrumentation adds to the filmic feeling of these three works by the Swedish composer, played on this recording by a powerhouse orchestra on top formAnders Hillborg’s stylistically eclectic work resists easy categorisation as these three rewarding works, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, demonstrate. Lost Landscapes opens with signature glissandi, features a filmic, jazz-inflected chase and ends in an orchestral death spiral. Pekka Kuusisto draws out its luminous colours and richly clustered harmonies.The Strand Settings, a…
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