Lindblad

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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad was one of nineteenth-century Sweden’s most prominent composers. However, over the years his music for piano has been overshadowed by his many songs and choral compositions. Lindblad wrote some sixty pieces for piano, but the majority still only exist in manuscript.

A couple of years ago, Oscar Ekberg decided to study Lindblad’s entire piano oeuvre, and this is the result: the very first recorded compilation of Lindblad’s piano music.

The recording consists of a selection of character pieces and ‘Songs without words’. The short character piece was Lindblad’s preferred form, and he was clearly a master of this brief evocation of mood.

Tracklist:

1 Selected Piano Works: Allegro G Major

2 Selected Piano Works: Chimes, Largo, A Minor

3 Selected Piano Works: Song without words, Più allegro, G Minor

4 Selected Piano Works: Andante F Major

5 Selected Piano Works: Allegro vivace A Major

6 Selected Piano Works: Formerly, A Major

7 Selected Piano Works: Now, A Minor

8 Selected Piano Works: Allegro, G Major

9 Selected Piano Works: Song without words, Andante con moto, E Minor

10 Selected Piano Works: Allegretto, G Major

11 Selected Piano Works: Moderato quasi allegretto, A Minor

12 Selected Piano Works: Andante, C Minor

13 Selected Piano Works: Allegro molto, E Minor

14 Selected Piano Works: For Malla's calm hand and mild touch, not fast, F Major

15 Selected Piano Works: Andante con moto, A Minor

16 Selected Piano Works: Allegro B Major

17 Selected Piano Works: Andante G Minor

18 Selected Piano Works: Allegro D Minor

19 Selected Piano Works: Toothache Fantasy, Allegro, B Minor

20 Selected Piano Works: Dedication, Intimate and Warm, E flat Major

21 Selected Piano Works: Andante con più moto, F  Minor

22 Selected Piano Works: Farewell, Adagio, A flat Major

Reviews:

Fluency of invention … mildly melancholy, chimingly nonchalant, murmurously plangent, thoughtfully musing, ripplingly idyllic. MusicWeb

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