Norrbotten NEO, Christian Karlsen – Klas Torstensson: Lantern Lectures, Vols. 1-4 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:06 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Although born in Sweden, Klas Torstensson has spent most of his working life in the Netherlands following his studies in Utrecht in the early 1970s. Stylistically, he may call to mind Varèse, Xenakis and – perhaps more distantly – Stravinsky. First and foremost, however, Torstensson’s music is personal and distinctive. It is often nourished by his experiences of nature: rough granite, the sea, ice in the frozen Baltic inlets, the polar ice cap.
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Norrbotten NEO & Fredrik Burstedt – Djuro Živković: Citadel of Love (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:19 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Classical
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Serbian-Swedish Djuro Živković has quickly established himself as one of Europe’s leading young composers. His musical style is strongly marked by Byzantine Orthodox music – spiritual, mystical and characterized by fantastic narration, virtuosic instrumentation and a stylistic, highly profiled sound. Živković’s music presents a profound and abstract space to reflect on the subject matter of mystery, ecstasy and transcendence.
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