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Release Date: 02/28/1995 Label: Bridge Catalog #: 9054 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Karl Aage Rasmussen, Bent Sorensen, Hans Abrahamsen, Poul Ruders Performer: Susan Palma, Daniel Druckman, Allen Blustine, Aleck Karis, Eric Bartlett, Erik Charlston, David Starobin, Curtis Macomber, Lucy Shelton, Carl Albach, Lois Martin, Stephen Taylor, Marji Danilow, William Purvis Conductor: Donald Palma, David Starobin, William Purvis Orchestra/Ensemble: Speculum Musicae
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The success rate here is remarkably high. In this modest survey of contemporary Danish music there is not a single dud: on the contrary, one work seems a near masterpiece, another is very good indeed and the remaining two are beautifully imagined and crafted. Eleven years separate the eldest composer, Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947), from the youngest, Bent Sørensen. Rasmussen’s Movements on a Moving Line, composed in 1988 and scaled down last year for the eight instruments of Speculum Musicae, is a skilfully sustained single span that beautifully interweaves four types of music, the most telling being a lame, regretful waltz; Sørensen’s The Deserted Churchyards (1990) is a brooding and elliptical piece of scene-painting, economical and effective. To British audiences at least Hans Abrahamsen and Poul Ruders are more familiar names. Abrahamsen’s Winternacht (1978) has been performed in London, though not, I think, in this scaled-down version; the precision and poetic intensity of these miniatures, inspired by the poetry of Trakl, are as extraordinary as ever. And while Ruders’s 1993 setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells doesn’t seem the most powerful of his recent works, it still conjures up dark and baleful images with a sure dramatic touch. -- Andrew Clements, BBC Music Magazine |
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Movements on a Moving Line by Karl Aage Rasmussen | ||||
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Performer:
Susan Palma (Piccolo),
Daniel Druckman (Percussion),
Susan Palma (Flute),
Susan Palma (Alto Flute), Allen Blustine (Clarinet), Aleck Karis (Piano), Eric Bartlett (Cello), Erik Charlston (Percussion), David Starobin (Guitar), Curtis Macomber (Viola), Curtis Macomber (Violin) Conductor: Donald Palma Orchestra/Ensemble: Speculum Musicae Period: 20th Century Written: 1988/1994; Denmark |
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Date of Recording: 04/1994 Venue: American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC Length: 16 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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| Notes: Ver: 1994 | |||||
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The Deserted Churchyards by Bent Sorensen | ||||
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Performer:
Eric Bartlett (Cello),
Daniel Druckman (Percussion),
Allen Blustine (Clarinet),
Susan Palma (Alto Flute), Susan Palma (Flute), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Susan Palma (Piccolo), Aleck Karis (Piano) Conductor: David Starobin Orchestra/Ensemble: Speculum Musicae Period: 20th Century Written: 1990; Denmark |
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Date of Recording: 04/1994 Venue: American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC Length: 8 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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Winternacht by Hans Abrahamsen | ||||
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Performer:
Curtis Macomber (Violin),
David Starobin (Guitar),
Aleck Karis (Piano),
Erik Charlston (Percussion), Allen Blustine (Clarinet), Susan Palma (Alto Flute), Eric Bartlett (Cello), Susan Palma (Piccolo), Susan Palma (Flute) Conductor: William Purvis Orchestra/Ensemble: Speculum Musicae Period: 20th Century Written: 1976-1978; Denmark |
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Date of Recording: 04/1994 Venue: American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC Length: 13 Minutes 1 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Hans Abrahamsen (1987) | |||||
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The Bells by Poul Ruders | ||||
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Performer:
Lucy Shelton (Soprano),
Curtis Macomber (Violin),
Aleck Karis (Piano),
Carl Albach (Trumpet), Lois Martin (Viola), Stephen Taylor (Oboe), Marji Danilow (Double Bass), Allen Blustine (Clarinet), Allen Blustine (Bass Clarinet), William Purvis (French Horn) Conductor: David Starobin Orchestra/Ensemble: Speculum Musicae Period: 20th Century Written: 1993; Denmark |
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Date of Recording: 04/1994 Venue: American Academy of Arts & Letters, NYC Length: 17 Minutes 52 Secs. Language: English |
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