Rolf Martinsson

Garden of Devotion

Lisa Larsson / Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Gordan Nikolić

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: SACD
Barcode: 0608917275421

Catalog number: CC 72754
Releasedate: 15-02-19

- Here is a nice and intriguing portrait of a leading Swedish composer, Rolf Martinsson
- Martinsson’s favorite soprano, Lisa Larsson, is the main character in two of the five pieces
- The beautiful and warm sound of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and of his leader, violinist Gordan Nikolic, is the other asset for this invitation to discover the approachable music of an important personality in today classical world

Rolf Martinsson is one of Sweden's internationally leading composers. In this CD five works are gathered.
One work is for soprano and string orchestra: Garden of Devotion is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore set to music by Martinsson in 2013.

In To the Shadow of Reality, the soprano is istead accompanied by string quartet in these five songs with lyrics by Swedish poetess Karin Boye.

A.S. in memoriam is a piece for string orchestra. Composed in 1999; it is a homage to Arnold Schoenberg.
A piece called Landscape for solo violin is dated 2010 and takes its inspiration from The Strand, a painting by Edvard Munch.
The disc closes with a work for chamber orchestra, Kalliope, composed in 2004.