Composer: Axel Ruoff
Performer: Jan Lehtola
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Release: 2021
Size: 259 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Toccata No. 1 “Wie eine Maske dahinter die Nacht gähnt”
7 Biblische Szenen
02. No. 1, Gethsemane
03. No. 2, Tanz der Mirjam
04. No. 3, Der schützende Engel
05. No. 4, Die Taube pflückt den Ölzweig
06. No. 5, Christus in Emmaus
07. No. 6, Lobgesang im Paradies
08. No. 7, Der Müde. Tröstung
Organ Symphony No. 2
09. I. Phantasma
10. II. Déjà-vu
11. III. Erscheinung
12. IV. Anamorphosen
13. Tiefstille
14. Erscheinung
15. Toccata No. 3 “Shirufa”
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. Like Messiaen, Ruoff often finds stimulus in religious sources; unlike him, it is biblical narrative that inspires many of Ruoff’s works, and he uses the unparalleled resources of the modern symphonic organ in his responses to some of the most dramatic scenes in both Testaments, writing music of freewheeling energy and uncompromising power.