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The Grand Old Man of Swedish composers was without doubt Ingvar Lidholm, who has played a pivotal rôle in Swedish music, very recently deceased. I have personally taken part of several first performances of his choir music (available elsewhere). Such a friendly man! Here is Vol 1 of his Complete Orchestral Music, with his break-through work, Toccata e Canto from 1944, going right up to the Ritornell from 1954. The Norrköpoing SO under the Chinese conductor Lü Jia, in the presence of the composer, validify this recording's status as the reference recording of these works. RvB