Steve Schwartz opines:

>>>that Atterberg wrote only one interesting piece...
>
>Obviously, it's the Suite No. 3.

Members who aren't that familiar with Atterberg will consider the source
of this evaluation while, of course, pitting it against those expressed by
Thanh-Tam Le and other worthy members of our List -- even those of us who,
on very slender evidence, are inclined to agree.  But let's pass on that.

Instead, I want to add fuel to this next brief remark, added by another of
those worthies, Richard Pennycuick:

>Naxos 8.553715, Swedish Orchestral Favourites Vol 2, [contains the Atterberg
>and] ...is one of the best recordings I've heard from Naxos.

Hear, hear!  The contents of Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol 2 are:
Lars-Erik Larsson:  Lyric Fantasy, Op.  54 / Gunnar de Frumerie:  Pastoral
Suite for flute, string orchestra and harp, Op.  13B / Karl-Birger
Blomdahl:  Adagio from "The Wakeful Night" / L-E Larsson:  Little Serenade
for string orchestra, Op.  12 / Kurt Atterberg:  Suite No.  3 for violin,
viola & string orchestra, Op.  19, No.  1 / L-E Larsson:  Adagio for string
orchestra, Op.  48 / and T Rangstrom's Divertimento elegiaco for string
orchestra.  Sarah Lindloff, Flute / Johanna Persson, Violin / Sara Troback,
Viola / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist.  (timing 71:42)

This anthology CD has been in my player repeatedly over the past few weeks.
It's repertoire is not at all quirky or unusual:  in fact, at least two
movements are/were Canadian CM radio show themes (trs.  8/11 and 14).  So
it's all tuneful, even pretty easy to digest music -- not my usual cuppa --
and pieces from it probably already figure in the collections of most List
members.

All the same, my advice is:  double up on those pieces.  AFAIC, as this is
no ordinary anthology.

As suggested by the heading, my guess is that its brilliance has to do with
its conductor, Petter Sundkvist.  I'm not otherwise familiar with him.  Any
other recommendations?

Three more comments:

1.  I notice that its only No.  1 of Atterberg's Suite that's in this
    collection ...just over 12 minutes' worth.  Are we missing much?

My big musical discovery from this disk was Ture Rangstrom's Divertimento
elegiaco for string orchestra ...leading to a brief thread whereby I got
some sound advice from several MCMLers about his symphonies, which has now
arrived at my CD shop.

2.  Note that there's a misprint in the names of the movements, Richard
and others who have this Naxos disk.  See how those for the Rangstrom
Divertimento are identical to those for Larsson's Little Serenade? After
hearing the music, it's clear that those tempi belong to the Larsson, not
the Rangstrom.  (E.g., that exquisite 3rd movement ain't no Allegro
vivace!!) Most unlike Naxos, in my experience.

Can anyone please relay the correct names of the Divertimento's tempi?

3.  AFAIC, don't bother with its predecessor:  Swedish Orchestral
Favourites.  It hasn't got Petter Sundkvist, nor, AFAIC, any of the
special shine of Volume 2.

In a nutshell:  this is the kind of CD which really ought to be a big
seller, IMO.  It's got lots of smooth, winning tunes to win your aunt Etta
over to CM, and it's not so challenging as to alienate anyone who seldom
listens.  At the same time, it's got the intensity and masterful touch to
grip the attention of the likes of you and me, who prefer to spend all day
drenched in good CM.

Bert Bailey, in Ottawa