Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze - Martinsson: Presentiment (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

One of Sweden’s leading composers, Rolf Martinsson had an international breakthrough with the trumpet concerto Bridge, composed for Håkan Hardenberger who has also recorded it. Martinsson has since gone on to compose soloistic works for performers including Martin Fröst, Anne Sofie von Otter and Christian Lindberg, and enjoys a particularly close collaboration with the soprano Lisa Larsson. The two started working together in 2011, devising a soprano version of Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, and Lisa Larsson has since performed Martinsson’s music at more than a hundred concerts to date.

A number of leading orchestras have commissioned works from Rolf Martinsson, including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for which he composed his Concerto for Orchestra. In descriptions of Martinsson’s music, words such as ‘lush’, ‘colourful’ and ‘cinematic’ are often used – qualities that have proved attractive to a large audience, as well as to a number of eminent conductors. Sakari Oramo and Andrew Manze are among those who have championed works by Rolf Martinsson, in Sweden as well as internationally.

Tracklist:
01. Open Mind, Op. 71
02. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 1, We Met as Sparks
03. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 2, What I See Not
04. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 3, If You Were Coming in the Fall
05. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 4, Nature
06. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 5, As Imperceptibly as Grief
07. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 6, A Soft Sea
08. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 7, If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
09. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 8, Presentiment
10. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 9, Split the Lark
11. Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Op. 82a: No. 10, Fame Is a Bee
12. A.S. in Memoriam, Op. 50b
13. Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 81: I. Con forza
14. Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 81: II. Molto espressivo
15. Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 81: III. Amabile e dolcissimo-Tumultuoso

Personnel:
Lisa Larsson, soprano
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor
Sakari Oramo, conductor