Symphonic Touch of Benny Andersson : Christian Svarfvar(Vn)Anders Berglund / London Philharmonic

Christian Svarfvar - London Philharmonoc Orchestra - Anders Berglund

For the vast majority, he is well known from the Swedish supergroup ABBA. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Swedish violin soloist Christian Svarfvar, will release their own selection of Benny Andersson's most beloved compositions this spring.

The symphony orchestra's selection from ABBA, BAO, the musical Chess and Kristina from Duvemala is a pioneering international initiative by the Swedish arranger and conductor Anders Berglund.
- This unique album with Benny Andersson's masterpieces can lead to a future worldwide breakthrough for the Swedish violin virtuoso Christian Svarfvar, he says.

The album is recorded with a full orchestral setting in London. The upcoming album "The Symphonic Touch of Benny Andersson" contains twelve instrumental recordings and will be released on April 14, worldwide.

Already on March 10, the first single will be revealed, which will be Christian’s and The London Philharmonic Orchestra's version of ABBA's "Money Money Money" from 1976. Anders Berglund is the conductor and the executive producer of the album.
- I am very proud of this unique project and collaboration, he says.

Facts:
After international album successes in 2022 with Wagner, Bach and Brahms, the London Philharmonic Orchestra is proud to interpret a contemporary composer in 2023.
Benny Andersson started as a keyboard player and composer in a Swedish rock band in the sixties.

After meeting Bjorn Ulvaeus in 1966, his writing developed through their creative enterprise and a couple of years later ABBA was born.
With Benny's music, Bjorn's lyrics and the girls' voices, the success was unparalleled. Benny has since explored and developed his composing skills through musicals, music for film and theatre, folk music etc.

Bjorn Ulvaeus has been a very important and invaluable partner over the years, but this album is focused on the actual music composed by Benny. Despite a lack of musical training and not reading sheet music, he writes like a classical composer. This has been Anders Berglund's inspiration for these new arrangements and with the beautiful playing of the virtuoso Christian Svarfvar and the great London Philharmonic Orchestra, this album wants to shed new light on Benny Andersson's music.