New Review in Svenska Dagbladet!
Great review in Svenska Dagbladet by Erik Wallrup of Beethoven vol. 2
“Sometimes perfection is an obstacle. Not in the case of Sivelöv. It is true that his extreme sense of touch and inventive mobility can be given more room without an orchestra, but he definitely also has the power and direction of the soloist. Attack is found in his entrance to the C minor concerto on the new record, poetic power in the slow movement and rhythmic life in the finale. A second concerto is on the disc, number 2 in B flat major, and there both soloist and orchestra show how musicianship can have freedom even in a work that has ended up in the shadows of the three grander ones, numbers 3–5.
Just in the second concert, it is clear how everything is falling into place between the conductor and the orchestra. If any element is peculiar to the Bogotá Philharmonic, it is the rhythmic vigor. Sure, sonorously it’s just as it should be, and there’s a clear sense of the big form, but the vitality of the rhythm is so palpable. (The fact that the inserted Egmont overture becomes more melancholic than tragic must be placed in parentheses.)
