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Borup-Jorgensen: Organ Music / Christensen
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Borup-Jorgensen: Organ Music / Christensen

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Details

Composer
BORUP-JORGENSEN, AXEL
Artist
Christensen, Reumert, Esfahani, Somod, Hansen, Jespersen
Format
SACD
Label
OUR Recordings
Released
Jan 13, 2017
Catalog #
6220617
UPC
747313161768

About

The smallest fluctuations and nuances in Axel Borup-Jørgensen’s music can have the impact of an earthquake. It is a music born out of stillness. It is a quiet modernism, where the silences speak just as insistently as the few, but decisive, outbursts.The present recording provides an overview of Borup-Jørgensen’s small but highly distinctive oeuvre for organ. Borup- Jørgensen’s unique – and surprisingly numerous works for the “King of Instruments” set him apart from many of his contemporaries. In addition to writing highly individual solo works, six of the pieces recorded here call for additional musicians from Strophen (1962), an expressionistic setting of a text by Rainer Maria Rilke for voice and organ, to Portal for percussion and organ Opus 181 (2009), a work composed for concert in honor of his 85th birthday. Joining organist Jens E. Christensen on this sonic journey is percussionist Mathias Reumert, mezzo-soprano Pia Rose Hansen, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, bass-baritone Jakob Bloch Jespersen, and Lars Sømod, second organist on organo per due Opus 133.1 (1989). Christensen plays the historic organ at Vor Frelsers Church, Copenhagen, a glorious Baroque instrument built by the Botzen Brothers 1698-1700. Even silent, the instrument is an imposing structure, with over 4000 pipes, housed in an ornately decorated case sculpted by Christian Nerger, featuring a bust of King Christian V at the center.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Pergolato, Op. 182 01:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pergolato, Op. 182
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen, Mathias Reumert
  2. 2 For Org IV, Op. 106 09:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    For Org IV, Op. 106
    Duration
    09:17
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  3. 3 Strophen, Op. 39 07:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    Strophen, Op. 39
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Pia Hansen, Jens E. Christensen
  4. 4 Calligraphies, Op. 116 05:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Calligraphies, Op. 116
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  5. 5 Für Cembalo und Orgel, Op. 133:2 11:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    Für Cembalo und Orgel, Op. 133:2
    Duration
    11:11
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen, Mahan Esfahani
  6. 6 Organo per due, Op. 133:1 06:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    Organo per due, Op. 133:1
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Lars Sømod, Jens E. Christensen
  7. 7 Trilogi, Op. 154:4 12:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    Trilogi, Op. 154:4
    Duration
    12:45
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jens E. Christensen
  8. 8 For Org XI, Op. 141 05:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    For Org XI, Op. 141
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen
  9. 9 Winter Music, Op. 113:2 15:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    Winter Music, Op. 113:2
    Duration
    15:22
    Composer
    Axel Borup-Jørgensen
    Performer
    Jens E. Christensen, Mathias Reumert