Lost Landscapes Ida Falk Winland, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto & Brad Lubman

• Anders Hillborg (b. 1954): Through Lost Landscapes, for Orchestra:
• 1 Hillborg: Through Lost Landscapes, for Orchestra: I. Beginning 02:17
• 2 Hillborg: Through Lost Landscapes, for Orchestra: II. Ecstatic 01:41
• 3 Hillborg: Through Lost Landscapes, for Orchestra: III. Gleam 02:02
• 4 Hillborg: Through Lost Landscapes, for Orchestra: IV. The Falling 07:35
• The Strand Settings, for Soprano and Large Orchestra:
• 5 Hillborg: The Strand Settings, for Soprano and Large Orchestra: I. Black Sea 04:22
• 6 Hillborg: The Strand Settings, for Soprano and Large Orchestra: II. Dark Harbor XX 05:39
• 7 Hillborg: The Strand Settings, for Soprano and Large Orchestra: III. Dark Harbor XXXV 05:57
• 8 Hillborg: The Strand Settings, for Soprano and Large Orchestra: IV. Dark Harbor XI 05:45
• Sound Atlas, for Orchestra:
• 9 Hillborg: Sound Atlas, for Orchestra: I. Crystalline 06:14
• 10 Hillborg: Sound Atlas, for Orchestra: II. River of Glass 03:28
• 11 Hillborg: Sound Atlas, for Orchestra: III. Vaporised Toy Pianos 03:00
• 12 Hillborg: Sound Atlas, for Orchestra: IV. Vortex 04:19
• 13 Hillborg: Sound Atlas, for Orchestra: V. Hymn 04:50
• Total Runtime 57:09

Info for Lost Landscapes

Anders Hillborg is Sweden’s leading composer: born in 1954, he has devoted himself entirely to composition since 1982, and his music is performed by the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. This release on Alpha Classics is part of the partnership between the label and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. It features three works by the composer. Through Lost Landscapes (premiered in 2020) illustrates the richness of his musical world: spectacular sound textures, moments of extreme tension, and the interplay of light and shadow. “When I compose, especially for orchestra, says Hillborg, I like very much to create sounds that you can’t really identify.’ The use of rare instruments and the influence of electronic music punctuate Sound Atlas, premiered in 2019, which is also reminiscent of the world of Sibelius. These two works, conducted by Pekka Kuusisto for the first and by Brad Lubman for the second, are recorded here for the first time. In 2013, at the request of Renée Fleming, he wrote The Strand Settings, based on texts by the Canadian poet Mark Strand… Swedish soprano Ida Falk Winland delivers an inspired performance of it, again under the direction of Pekka Kuusisto.

Ida Falk Winland, soprano (tracks 5-8)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto, conductor (tracks 1-8)
Brad Lubman, conductor (tracks 9-13)