The Percussion Universe of Axel Borup-Jørgensen
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Composer or Director: Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Genre:
Chamber
Label: OUR Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 09/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 6 220608
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Solo |
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer Gert Mortensen, Percussion |
Music for Percussion + Viola |
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer Percurama Tim Frederiksen, Viola |
La Primavera |
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer Duo Crossfire |
Periphrasis |
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer Gert Mortensen, Percussion Michala Petri, Recorder |
Winter Music |
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer
Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Composer Danish National Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble Gert Mortensen, Percussion |
Author: Richard Whitehouse
The duo percussion medium is represented by La primavera (1982), the longest and also slowest-burning work, which, despite its fastidious blending of instruments and the visceral exchanges towards its close, is likely as much visual as aural in appeal. Not so Periphrasis (1997), in which the interplay with recorder is made meaningful through the separating of un-tuned and tuned percussion that ensures an unbroken arc of expressive intensity through to the close. An outcome no less audible in Winter Music (1984), except the brass quintet adds Varèse-like plangency to music whose ominous import is pointedly not made explicit.
Recorded with startling clarity and informatively annotated, this release is another triumph for Gert Mortensen and the formidable roster of musicians with whom he has collaborated on this project – so resulting in a memorable listening experience.
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