Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ

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This item will be released on 1 August 2025.

Catalogue No: TOCC0773
EAN/UPC: 5060113447739
Release Date: 2025-08-01
Composer: Axel Ruoff
Artists: Jan Lehtola

The organ works of Axel Ruoff, born in Stuttgart in 1957, constitute one of the most important contributions to the literature for the instrument by any composer since Messiaen. Stylistically, his music unites the French cathedral tradition of composers like Langlais, Dupré and Guillou with the concern with counterpoint and logic heard in Reger and later German figures. Ruoff uses the unparalleled resources of the modern symphonic organ not produce music of freewheeling energy and uncompromising power.

Jan Lehtola, organ

5 CD Box Set Includes:
TOCC0567 – Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 1
TOCC0596 – Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 2
TOCC0610 – Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 3
TOCC0672 – Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 4
TOCC0709 – Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 5

Listen To This Recording:

Disc 1

Sacrum (2018)

  1. Toccata VI

Neun leichte Stücke (2013)*

  1. No. 1 Präludium
  2. No. 2 Choral
  3. No. 3 Capriccio
  4. No. 4 Intermezzo
  5. No. 5 Romanze
  6. No. 6 Interludium
  7. No. 7 Bagatelle
  8. No. 8 Scherzo
  9. No. 9 Postludium

Morgengesang – Toccata V (2010)

  1. Morgengesang – Toccata V

Drei phantastische Tänze (2004–5)

  1. No. 1 Sehr rasch, scharf artikuliert
  2. No. 2 Allegro assai
  3. No. 3 Presto

Erhebt euch, Pforten der Weltzeit (2007)

  1. Toccata IV

Wie liegt die Stadt so verlassen (2007)*

  1. Sinfonische Fragmente

Via Dolorosa (1985)

  1. Via Dolorosa

Schalen des Zorns(1995)

  1. Toccata II

Disc 2

Wie eine Maske dahinter die Nacht gähnt – Toccata I (1990)*

  1. Wie eine Maske dahinter die Nacht gähnt ‒ Toccata I

Sieben biblische Szenen (2004)

  1. No. 1 Gethsemane
  2. No. 2 Tanz der Mirjam
  3. No. 3 Der schützende Engel
  4. No. 4 Die Taube pflückt den Ölzweig
  5. No. 5 Christus in Emmaus
  6. No. 6 Lobgesang im Paradies
  7. No. 7 Der Müde ‒ Tröstung

Symphony No. 2 (2016)*

  1. I Phantasma
  2. II Déjà-vu
  3. III Erscheinung
  4. IV Anamorphosen

Tiefstille (2015)*

  1. Tiefstille

Erscheinung (2007)*

  1. Erscheinung

Shirufa – Toccata III(2003)

  1. Shirufa ‒ Toccata III

Disc 3

  1. Toccata for piano and organ (2014)

Three Chorale Preludes (1999)

  1. No. 1, Aus tiefer Not

Regionen for violoncello and organ (1994)

  1. Regionen for violoncello and organ

Three Chorale Preludes (1999)

  1. No. 2, Du, o schönes Weltgebäude

In inferioribus terrae for saxophone (2010)

  1. In inferioribus terrae for saxophone and organ

Three Chorale Preludes (1999)

  1. No. 3, Alle Menschen müssen sterben

Movere for trombone and organ (2017)

  1. Movere for trombone and organ
  2. Chorale Prelude O Jesu, du edle Gabe (2014)*

Sonata for Horn and Organ (2015)

  1. I Allegro, molto marcato –
  2. II Tranquillo
  3. III Presto agitato

Disc 4

Introduction, Variations and Fugue on the chorale ‘Das Volk, das noch im Finstern wandelt’ (2005)*

  1. Introduction, Grave –
  2. Variation 1, Andante tranquillo –
  3. Variation 2, Lento assai –
  4. Variation 3, Scherzando –
  5. Variation 4, Vivace con fuoco –
  6. Variation 5, Presto agitato –
  7. Variation 6, Maestoso –
  8. Variation 7, Misterioso –
  9. Variation 8, Moderato, molto marcato –
  10. Variation 9, Pastorale, Lento assai, dolcissimo –
  11. Variation 10, Allegro precipitando –
  12. Variation 11, Moderato –
  13. Variation 12, Allegro molto –
  14. Variation 13, Presto con fuoco – Prestissimo –
  15. Fugue, Lento – Più mosso, misterioso – Allegro – Allegro vivace – Largo – Grave assai

Suite grotesque (2019)*

  1. I Prélude, Prestissimo
  2. II Danse champêtre, Agiatamente; farsesco
  3. III Nocturne, Lento strascinando
  4. IV Marche héroïque, Alla marcia, malizioso
  5. V Finale: Allegro con fuoco; molto marcato

Symphony No. 1 (2013)

  1. I Grave – Lento assai, tristamente – Grave – Lento assai
  2. II Prestissimo – Grave
  3. III Adagietto –
  4. IV Toccata: Allegro precipitando

Disc 5

  1. Memento creatoris tui for baritone and organ (2001) (12:43)

Messe basse for soprano and organ (2015) (21:15)

  1. I. Introitus (6:02)
  2. II. Kyrie (5:46)
  3. III. Sanctus (2:40)
  4. IV. Agnus Dei (6:47)

In Hora Mortis. Sieben Totenlieder for medium voice and organ (2020) (28:31)

  1. No. 1, O bleibe treu den Toten (Storm) (7:31)
  2. No. 2, Lied der Toten (Werfel) (2:35)
  3. No. 3, O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod (Rilke) (3:55)
  4. No. 4, Vergiss mein nicht (von Knebel?, arttrib. Novalis) (3:39)
  5. No. 5, Ausgang (Fontane) (1:18)
  6. No. 6, Tiefstille (from Psalm 39, transl. Buber) (6:06)
  7. No. 7, Selig sind die Toten (Revelation 14:13)

Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca (2019) (16:02)

  1. Thema (0:58)
  2. Var. 1: Ländler (1:45)
  3. Var. 2: Danse populaire (0:27)
  4. Var. 3: Marsch (2:26)
  5. Var. 4: Andante (0:48)
  6. Var. 5: Choral (1:02)
  7. Var. 6: Walzer (1:20)
  8. Var. 7: Galopp (0:44)
  9. Var. 8: Interludium (0:43)
  10. Var. 9: Polka (0:32)
  11. Var. 10: Grave (1:07)
  12. Fuga grottesca (4:10)

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