{"product_id":"staffan-bisrklund-jullander-improvisations-concert-etudes","title":"Staffan Biörklund-Jullander: Improvisations, Concert Etudes","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposer Staffan Biorklund-Jullander writes of his new album: “All music (except Bellman) on this [album] is either improvised or composed by me. Part in a freer form, others with a more solid structure. As a bonus, there is an arrangement of the first movement from Mozart’s Symphony no. 40, which I did for choir and piano. My relationship to the art of improvisation has, over the years as a musician, followed me like a shadow. It has always been there, I used to say: I play from scores just for a living, but as an improviser I work as an artist. I also have divided my musical life in two parts: as a soloist, (where I improvise a lot) and as an accompanist, when it is very practical to use scores, of course. But as mentioned, my real “I” does not belong to the world of written music, unless I compose music myself. Then this will have another importance for me. My entire musical history is about the polarization of improvisation versus scored music. I cannot live without the notes, but yet feel that improvisations are suppressed by scored music…”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sterling Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49705569091864,"sku":"7393338182429","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3782886.jpg?v=1777654878","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/staffan-bisrklund-jullander-improvisations-concert-etudes","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}