Composer: Axel Ruoff
Performer: Jan Lehtola
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0672
Release: 2023
Size: 1.33 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Introduction, Variations and Fugue on the chorale ‘das Volk, das noch im Finstern wandelt’
01. Introduction, Grave
02. Variation 1, Andante tranquillo
03. Variation 2, Lento assai
04. Variation 3, Scherzando
05. Variation 4, Vivace con fuoco
06. Variation 5, Presto agitato
07. Variation 6, Maestoso
08. Variation 7, Misterioso
09. 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
16. I. Prélude, Prestissimo
17. II. Danse champêtre, Agiatamente; farsesco
18. III. Nocturne, Lento strascinando
19. IV. Marche héroïque, Alla marcia, malizioso
20. V. Finale. Allegro con fuoco; molto marcato
Organ Symphony No. 1
21. I. Grave – Lento assai, tristamente – Grave – Lento assai
22. II. Prestissimo – Grave
23. III. Adagietto –
24. IV. Toccata. Allegro precipitando
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 fourth volume in Jan Lehtola’s complete recording presents three large-scale compositions: a set of chorale variations, a sardonic suite and a monumental organ symphony, all displaying the wild sweep of Ruoff’s imagination.