Artist: Jan Lehtola
Album: Axel Ruoff: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 4
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:24:36
Total Tracks: 24
Total Size: 1,35 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Jan Lehtola – Introduction, Variations and Fugue on the chorale ‘das Volk, das noch im Finstern wandelt’: Introduction, Grave – (01:02)
1-2. Jan Lehtola – Variation 1, Andante tranquillo – (01:09)
1-3. Jan Lehtola – Variation 2, Lento assai – (01:34)
1-4. Jan Lehtola – Variation 3, Scherzando – (00:42)
1-5. Jan Lehtola – Variation 4, Vivace con fuoco – (00:40)
1-6. Jan Lehtola – Variation 5, Presto agitato – (01:14)
1-7. Jan Lehtola – Variation 6, Maestoso – (01:13)
1-8. Jan Lehtola – Variation 7, Misterioso – (01:15)
1-9. Jan Lehtola – Variation 8, Moderato, molto marcato – (01:04)
1-10. Jan Lehtola – Variation 9, Pastorale, Lento assai, dolcissimo – (02:53)
1-11. Jan Lehtola – Variation 10, Allegro precipitando – (01:48)
1-12. Jan Lehtola – Variation 11, Moderato – (01:21)
1-13. Jan Lehtola – Variation 12, Allegro molto – (00:54)
1-14. Jan Lehtola – Variation 13, Presto con fuoco – Prestissimo – (01:24)
1-15. Jan Lehtola – Fugue, Lento – Più mosso, misterioso – Allegro – Allegro vivace – Largo – Grave assai (09:43)
1-16. Jan Lehtola – I. Prélude, Prestissimo (02:24)
1-17. Jan Lehtola – II. Danse champêtre, Agiatamente; farsesco (02:37)
1-18. Jan Lehtola – III. Nocturne, Lento strascinando (04:25)
1-19. Jan Lehtola – IV. Marche héroïque, Alla marcia, malizioso (02:27)
1-20. Jan Lehtola – V. Finale. Allegro con fuoco; molto marcato (08:05)
1-21. Jan Lehtola – I. Grave – Lento assai, tristamente – Grave – Lento assai (14:10)
1-22. Jan Lehtola – II. Prestissimo – Grave (08:03)
1-23. Jan Lehtola – III. Adagietto – (08:37)
1-24. Jan Lehtola – IV. Toccata. Allegro precipitando (05:40)

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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 for 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 response to some of the most dramatic scenes in the Old Testament, writing music of freewheeling energy and uncompromising power.