Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Volume Three
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, with Ruoff often using its unparalleled resources to write music of extraordinary power and dramatic flair. This third volume in Jan Lehtola’s complete recording features the organ in the unusual role of duo partner in chamber music – but it is chamber music conceived on a symphonic scale. Here these five muscular duo works are separated by a series of weighty chorale preludes.
Annikka Konttori-Gustafsson, piano (Track 1)
Marko Ylönen, cello (Track 3)
Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo, saxophone (Track 5)
Petri Komulainen, horn (Tracks 9–11)
Jan Lehtola
organ of Sovituksenkirkko, Hollola, Finland (Track 1)
organ of St Michael’s Church, Turku (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8–11)
organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki (Tracks 3, 5)
Listen To This Recording:
- Toccata for piano and organ (2014)
- No. 1, Aus tiefer Not
- Regionen for violoncello and organ
- No. 2, Du, o schönes Weltgebäude
- In inferioribus terrae for saxophone and organ
- No. 3, Alle Menschen müssen sterben
- Movere for trombone and organ
- Chorale Prelude O Jesu, du edle Gabe (2014)*
- I Allegro, molto marcato –
- II Tranquillo
- III Presto agitato
Three Chorale Preludes (1999)
Regionen for violoncello and organ (1994)
Three Chorale Preludes (1999)
In inferioribus terrae for saxophone (2010)
Three Chorale Preludes (1999)
Movere for trombone and organ (2017)
Sonata for Horn and Organ (2015)
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