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The Forgotten Danish Pianist Arne Skjold Rasmussen
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The Forgotten Danish Pianist Arne Skjold Rasmussen

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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Nielse
Artist
Arne Skjold Rasmussen, Inger Skjold Rasmussen
Format
CD
Label
Danacord
Released
Jan 19, 2024
Catalog #
DACOCD966-967
UPC
5709499966679

About

An unfairly forgotten Danish master pianist!

Arne Skjold Rasmussen was one of the finest Danish musicians and a truly virtuoso pianist. Nerves and the lack of interest in the concert halls kept him away from the audience. As a professor in piano at the Royal Danish Music Academy he was much sought after. The whole idea of making recordings he detested and his discography is small. Here are all the solo recordings he did for the Danish TONO label. There are no concerto recordings and only a small handful of chamber music recordings done shortly before he died.

His Beethoven sonatas, sadly only those on this 2 CD set, are among the most convincing and overwhelmingly authentic. He was brought up in the Carl Nielsen tradition and his rare Nielsen recordings are probably the closest we will ever get to that Danish composer. Extensive notes from the Skjold Rasmussen specialist Jonas Barlyng and the high class transfers by Claus Byrith underlines the importance of this piano release. Remember the other releases in this series 3 sets featuring Danish Women Pianists One with pioneer Danish pianists and now 6 volumes with the great pianist Victor Schiøler.

Tracklist 33 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro assai 08:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  3. 2 II. Andante con moto 05:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  4. 3 III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto 04:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  5. 4 I. Allegro con brio 08:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  6. 5 II. Introduzione: Adagio molto 03:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  7. 6 III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo 09:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  8. 7 I. Allegro 04:20
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  9. 8 II. Allegretto 03:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  10. 9 III. Rondo: Allegro comodo 02:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro comodo
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  11. 10 Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 03:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  12. 11 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 04:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  13. 12 No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor 02:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  14. 13 No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major 04:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  15. 14 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major 05:44
    Track
    14
    Title
    6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  16. 15 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major 05:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 I. Allegretto un pochettino 03:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto un pochettino
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  19. 2 II. Poco moderato 02:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Poco moderato
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  20. 3 III. Molto adagio e patetico 05:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Molto adagio e patetico
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  21. 4 IV. Allegretto innocente 01:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto innocente
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  22. 5 V. Allegretto vivo 01:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegretto vivo
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  23. 6 VI. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso 06:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  24. 7 Tema med variationer (Theme with Variations), Op. 40, FS 81 15:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tema med variationer (Theme with Variations), Op. 40, FS 81
    Duration
    15:02
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  25. 8 No. 1. Impromptu 02:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Impromptu
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  26. 9 No. 2. Molto adagio 02:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Molto adagio
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  27. 10 No. 3. Allegro non troppo 04:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Carl Nielsen
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  28. 11 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major 04:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen, Inger Skjold Rasmussen
  29. 12 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major 04:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  30. 13 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major: Andantino 05:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major: Andantino
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  31. 14 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major 03:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  32. 15 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song) 02:25
    Track
    15
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  33. 16 Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen) 04:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  34. 17 Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6. Til våren (To the Spring) 02:29
    Track
    17
    Title
    Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6. Til våren (To the Spring)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Edvard Grieg
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen
  35. 18 6 Stücke, Op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring 02:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    6 Stücke, Op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Christian Sinding
    Performer
    Arne Skjold Rasmussen