Norrkoping So:Lindberg - Pettersson: Symphony No. 6

Christian Lindberg and the Norrk�ping Symphony Orchestra here present Symphony No. 6 by Allan Pettersson. This symphony has come to be overshadowed by the success of the Seventh which was premiered a year later. It is nevertheless an imposing work: an almost hour-long single-movement symphony in which the composer established a specific, self-contained musical style which would serve as a basis for the three symphonies that followed. Christian Lindberg - whose affinity with Pettersson's idiom is manifest (Gramophone) - has previously conducted the three Concertos for String Orchestra (BIS-CD-1590), as well as the first ever performance and recording of the First Symphony (BIS-CD-1860).