Bergman Suites

Erik Nordgren, whose compositions include major concertos and chamber music, wrote seventeen film scores for Ingmar Bergman and the closeness of the collaboration between composer and director can be compared with that of Prokofiev and Eisenstein and Herrmann and Hitchcock. The finest examples of their work can be heard in this disc, and include the symphonic dimensions of Womens Waiting, the suggestive and mysterious score for Wild Strawberries and the exceptional economy of The Face. Conductor Adriano has prepared the scores directly from manuscripts and copies of the films, where available.