The Forgotten Danish Pianist Arne Skjold Rasmussen

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Danacord
Release Date
January 19, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Carl Nielse
    • PERFORMER
      Arne Skjold Rasmussen, Inger Skjold Rasmussen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 19, 2024
    • UPC
      5709499966679
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DACOCD966-967
    • LABEL
      Danacord
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    2. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    3. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    4. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    5. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    6. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    8. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    9. III. Rondo: Allegro comodo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    10. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    11. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    12. No. 3. Capriccio in G Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    13. No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    14. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    15. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    16. I. Allegretto un pochettino

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    17. II. Poco moderato

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    18. III. Molto adagio e patetico

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    19. IV. Allegretto innocente

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    20. V. Allegretto vivo

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    21. VI. Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    22. Tema med variationer (Theme with Variations), Op. 40, FS 81

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    23. No. 1. Impromptu

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    24. No. 2. Molto adagio

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    25. No. 3. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    26. 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen, Inger Skjold Rasmussen

    27. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    28. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major: Andantino

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    29. 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    30. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    31. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    32. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6. Til våren (To the Spring)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

    33. 6 Stücke, Op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring

      Composer: Christian Sinding

      Performer: Arne Skjold Rasmussen


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.