Composer: Per Nørgård
Performer: Irena Kavčič, Helge Slaatto, Anette Slaatto, John Ehde, Erik Kaltoft, Signe Asmussen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dacapo
Release: 2021
Size: 1.03 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Kvintet, Op. 1
01. I. Tempo giusto
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Poco lento – Allegro molto e con fuoco
Vintersalme
04. Som året går, Pt. 1 (Version for Solo Voice)
Libro per Nobuko, No. 1, Sonata “The Secret Melody”
05. I. The Secret. Prologue
06. II. Roaming
07. III. Singing
08. IV. Playing
09. V. The Melody. Epilogue
Vintersalme
10. Som året går, Pt. 2 (Version for Solo Voice)
11. Fragment V
12. Zwei Saiten, eine Stimme
Cantica
13. Lento e molto armonioso – Allegretto
14. Lento e ben articulato. Poco rubato
A professor for many years, Per Nørgård has been loudly praised and awarded great prizes around the world. His music, though, can be relatively quiet in its exterior and searching by nature. Per Nørgård holds his senses open to signals from the planet and the cosmic miracle. This Danish Nestor works not so much for deafening fanfares or death by double bar lines — so, “when do you begin to get things finished?”, as his mother once sighed! For this reason his pieces may require a little extra attention. A work by Nørgård comes to life when its listeners attend to it with just the right amount of openness. Our receptiveness is rewarded tenfold as pleasure in responding to the works, and in the longer term by a generally enhanced attentiveness.
“Singing Secrets” is a thoughtful and profoundly lyrical album which is both a strikingly original statement and a splendid addition to Dacapo Records’ extensive Norgard catalogue. The program demonstrates the range of Norgard’s compositions, with chamber and vocal pieces illustrating some of the distinctive steps of his musical journey.