Divine Art Announces Third Album for Swedish Composer Jonathan Östlund: Mistral

Swedish composer Jonathan Östlund has been compared to a modern-day Debussy for his finely crafted impressionistic music, inspired strongly by the natural world – places, flora and fauna.  Following the two double albums ‘Lunaris’ and ‘Voyages’, Östlund has again assembled a fine set of musicians to appear on his new album ‘Mistral’ which is scheduled to be released in late autumn this year. 

The new release again contains a mix of orchestral and chamber works – most has been recorded but two tracks are due to be recorded in Moscow in the next few weeks.

The first album ‘Lunaris’ (DDA 21226) gained some fine reviews: 

“Östlund’s signature, like Debussy and Schumann in the great tradition, merges atmosphere, mystery, fantasy, and fairy tale. Markedly original. [I] feel enriched by stepping into his world of fancy free.”

—Huntley Dent (Fanfare)

“Östlund seems to have no end to his reservoir of inspiration.”

—Remy Franck (Pizzicato)

‘Voyages’ (ZDA 50602) was released in March this year as a digital-only double album. A CD version, omitting two tracks for reasons of duration, is also due to appear later this year.

Album Details

Divine Art DDA 25199 ‘Mistral’

Full price CD / frontline digital album

Works and artists

• Concerto for Violin & Symphony Orchestra – The Bow Tie Orchestra, Vladimir Podgoretsky (Conductor), Natalia Kovalevskaya (Solo Violin)
• Aquarelle – ensemble from the Bergslagen Chamber Philharmonic
• Morpheus Metamorphoses – The Bow Tie Orchestra, Vladimir Podgoretsky (Conductor)
• Paganini Fantasia – Andreas Laake (Solo Violin)
• The Forgotten Garden – Verisimo Ensemble
• Légendes de la Mer – Nataly Brakhman (Piano) & Evgeny Brakhman (Piano)
• Saga – Myriam Hidber-Dickinson (Solo Flute)
• Nocturnia – Ethereal Night’s Ascendance – The Bow Tie Orchestra & Chorus, Vladimir Podgoretsky (Conductor)

The Bow Tie Orchestra is formed from members of the Russian National Orchestra and set up predominantly as a recording orchestra.  Each member is a top professional – indeed 21 of its members have won international competitions.

The founder, artistic director and conductor is Vladimor Podgoretsky. After earning his B.A. in Conducting from the Moscow State Conservatory and graduating from UCLA film scoring program, Vladimir has been working for more than 7 years on diverse Hollywood films and animation.  His orchestrator and conductor credits include such films as Season of the Witch, Single Shot, Scavengers, the acclaimed video game World of Warcraft, the ABC TV series Revenge and others.   Vladimir composed music for the feature film The Game of Truth from acclaimed producer Timur Bekmambetov and worked as an additional music arranger with film composer Harry Gregson Williams on his film Equalizer.