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 Clas Pehrsson (1942-)

rppehrsson.jpgThis photo of a ravenous Clas Pehrsson, blessed with so much success that he is reduced to eating his own recorders (and they say that we English are mad!) is inexpertly scanned from BIS LP-48 mentioned below, the accredited photographer being Bo Johansson.
I especially admire for his versions of Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock, The Leaves Be Green by William Byrd and Concerto D-Moll Nr. 6 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. For me they were the definitive renderings when taking these works into the Schwanewede Recorder Consort and Blue Monday repertoires.
The following is quoted from the sleeve of BIS-LP 8 Stereo "Clas Pehrsson" printed in 1975
CLAS PEHRSSON, born in Stockholm in 1942, devoted himself to University studies in educational theory and music and was active both as a violinist and violist before turning in the mid 1960's, primarily to the recorder. On this, his principal instrument, he is self-taught, but has studied the performance of early music with Ferdinand Conrad, Hans-Martin Linde and Nicolaus Harnoncourt.
He pursues an extremely wide range of musical activities both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, this latter primarily with the trio MUSICA INTIMA and the recorder quintet MUSICA DOLCE which he founded in 1969 and which has led ever since.
He has been principal teacher of the recorder at the state college of Music in Stockholm since 1965 and his educational activities include school concerts and other courses, e.g. a very successful course in playing an instrument for both radio and TV with the guitarist Ulf G. Ahslund.

I have four recordings by Clas Pehrsson in my possession and they include:


Recordings:
CD tracks/info Artistry of Clas Pehrsson   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Artistry of Clas Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach, Telemann, Babell: Flute & Recorder Concertos   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Vivaldi: Multiple Recorder Concertos Boismortier   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Clas Pehrsson - recorder music by Fontana, Barsanti, et al   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Clas Pehrsson performs modern recorder music   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Clas Pehrsson plays Modern Recorder   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info English Consort Music   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info English Consort Music / Clas Pehrsson, Musica Dolce   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info From Byrd to Birds / Musica Dolce   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Handel: Complete Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo   amazon.com amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Handel:The Complete Recorder Sonatas   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Hindemith: Chamber Music   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Hvoslef: Sextet; Double Concerto for flute & guitar   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Italian and English Music for Recorder and Lute   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Musica Dolce   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Original Instruments - Telemann, Quantz, et al / Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Concerti   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Concerti by Vivaldi, Sammartini & Telemann   B0000016Q4
CD tracks/info Recorder Concertos   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info A Recorder Recital   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Renaissance Recorder Music / Clas Pehrsson, Jakob Lindberg   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann, Sammartini, Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos/Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann-Recorder Concertos   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann: Complete Double Concertos with Recorder   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Laurin Telemann: Complete Recorder Duos Vol 1 / Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Laurin Telemann: Complete Recorder Duos Vol 2 / Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann: Complete Recorder Music   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann: Complete Recorder Music 1   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann: Complete Recorder Music Vol 3 / Clas Pehrsson   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Telemann: Complete Recorder Music Vol.3   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Vivaldi, Telemann: Diverse Concerti / Drottningholm   amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Werke von Telemann, Quantz, Vivaldi und C.P.E. Bach   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Works for Baroque Flute and Recorders   amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca