Hillborg: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Liquid Marble

At the occasion of the 70th birthday of Swedish contemporary composer Anders Hillborg, the award-winning conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra release an album with some of his most recognizable works. Together with violinist Eldbjorg Hemsing and soprano Hannah Holgersson they have recorded Hillborg's compositions: 'Liquid Marble', 'Kvall' and 'Violin Concerto No. 2'. Anders Hillborg has become one of the leading contemporary classical composers of our time with works commissioned and performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall or Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Notable musicians he's worked with include clarinetist Martin Frost, soprano Renee Fleming, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, violist Lawrence Power or such renown conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel and David Zinman.