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Hillborg: Lost Landscapes album review
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 form
TL;DR
- Anders Hillborg's work is stylistically eclectic and resists easy categorization.
- Lost Landscapes features glissandi, a filmic, jazz-inflected chase, and an orchestral death spiral.
- The Strand Settings is a four-movement song cycle to texts by Mark Strand, characterized by tonal and dynamic restraint.
- Sound Atlas showcases Hillborg's sonic imagination and affection for unusual instruments, including the verrophone.
- The verrophone creates spectral qualities through microtonal clashes.
- The album concludes with a noble finale in the manner of Sibelius.