News and Upcoming Events
May 7 Fredrik Ullén was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
New reviews of The Complete Piano Music of György Ligeti (BIS-CD 1683/1684)
♪ 10/10 Classics Today (www.classicstoday.com)
"Ullén's effortless, multi-leveled virtuosity deserve nothing less than our highest recommendation."
"It almost goes without saying that Fredrik Ullén is superbly in control of
every aspect of these pieces, from the sublimely simple to the ridiculously
complex.
...at every point up to BIS’s extremely high standard...So, what if anything
is likely to prevent you from dashing out and buying this set immediately?
Nothing: unless you have a prejudice against ‘modern’ music...played by
Frederik Ullén it comes across unique and unembroidered – like the bittersweet
centre of the best chocolate you ever tasted."
Dominy Clements, Music Web International, 2006
"äußerst bewegliche,
leichte Fingerarbeit und... einen überlegenen Klangsinn."
Hartmut Lück, Klassik Heute, 2006
Sorabji News:
♪ Volume 1 of the Studies awared Selection, International Piano
"a kaleidoscope of manic wit, bluesy charm, giddying
cascades of sound, polyrhythmic jeux d'esprit, flirtatious arabesques,
busy nocturnes...
...the music has found an interpreter equal to its outrageous pianistic
demands... Fredrik Ullén's real achievement here is simply (simply?)
to play the music as music, as effortlessly as he would play a Mozart
sonata, to take away the performing-bear elements conferred by
its improbable difficulties. The surprising result is that many of these
Studies bubble with fun... The recorded sound is top-drawer quality."
Martin Anderson, International Piano, September/October 2006
We have finished the recording of volumes 2 and 3 of Sorabji's "100 Transcendental Studies" today (Aug 8). Volume 2 will include studies 26-43 and volume 3 will include studies 44-62. Keep watching this place for news about release dates!