And I Gave My Heart – Works for bass-singer & organ by Pelle

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Label
OUR Recordings
Release Date
April 17, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Bent Lorentzen, Nicolai Worsaae
    • PERFORMER
      Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 17, 2026
    • UPC
      0636943693520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8226935
    • LABEL
      OUR Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Contemporary Era
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Bah! Vanity …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    2. No. 2. And I gave my heart …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    3. No. 3. It is a grievous evil …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    4. No. 4. And I gave my heart …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    5. No. 5. Madness and folly!

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    6. No. 6. Great were my deeds …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    7. No. 7. Then I looked upon all I had done …

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    8. No. 1. To meet you, my sweet treasure

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    9. No. 2. You abyss of terror, which threatens us

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    10. No. 3. And when your strong voice one day

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    11. No. 4. My fine treasure

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    12. No. 5. Jesus, sweet rose-cheeks

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    13. No. 6. My breath, so close

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    14. No. 7. How shall I meet you

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    15. No. 8. So, so, my dear

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    16. No. 9. I lie at Jesus' breast so close

      Composer: Bent Lorentzen

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    17. No. 1. Faith

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    18. No. 2. Passacaglia

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    19. No. 3. The Lightning

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    20. No. 4. Recitativo

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    21. No. 5. The Night's Funeral Procession

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    22. No. 6. Revelation

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso

    23. No. 7. The Waves

      Composer: Nicolai Worsaae

      Performer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso


When one first imagines the sound of a magisterial bass voice and a pipe organ, one cannot help but imagine some sort of glorious Vox Dei pronouncing eternal truths from the numinous beyond, but in this extraordinary recital from Danish-Spanish organist and composer and acclaimed Danish bass-baritone Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Eros and Agape are twined and intertwined. Three incredibly different song cycles from three outstanding Danish composers explore this unique sound world; the late Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen is represented in what may well be his musical Last Will and Testament, a set of transcriptions from his opera Sun Rises, Sun Sets, based on the Biblical Song of Solomon. Bent Lorentzen, one of the key figures and pioneers of early Danish electronic music, explores the themes of love, sensual, and divine in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a Nordic Messiaen in his song cycle Erotic Hymns. Our recital concludes with Nicolai Worsaae's emotionally (and sonically) devastating theatre piece for bass voice and organ, A Shipwreck, which explores the themes of life, death, and resurrection, pushing the magnificent organ at Our Saviour's Church (Vor Frelsers Kirke), Copenhagen, to it's expressive limits, all captured vividly by one of Denmark's most celebrated recording engineers, Preben Iwan. A MUST HEAR for vocal and organ aficionados!