- Orchestra: Esbjerg Ensemble
- Conductor: Jules Van Hessen
- Composer: Bent Sorensen
- Audio CD (1 Feb 1999)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Dacapo
- ASIN: B00000I831
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 375,403 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Minnewater |
| 2. Sirenengesang |
| 3. Shadowland: Fluente E Luminoso Con Molta Trasparenza |
| 4. Shadowland: Lontano... Quasi Un Funerale |
| 5. Shadowland: Maniaco Con Delicatezza |
| 6. Shadowland: Sostenuto, Molto Calmo |
| 7. The Deserted Churchyards |
| 8. Clairobscur |
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Four-star pieces, but such an invariable programme makes for a three-star disc
3 Nov 2011
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The Danish composer Bent Sorensen has always intrigued me, if not always on the basis of each work itself, at least on the basis of his unique aesthetic. Starting from the end of the 1980s, he established a very distinctive musical style where his music is meant to sound decayed: microtonal inflections, sloppy (but carefully thought out!) rhythms and a hushed dynamic on top of allusions to the Romantic tradition create an effect meant to be like looking at an old, faded and spotted photograph, or an abandoned garden covered in weeds. The titles of the ensemble works here encapsulate that poignant soundworld: "Minnewater (Thousands of Canons)", "Shadowland", "Sirenengesang", "Clairobscur" and "The Deserted Churchyards".
There's a lot of fine, moving music here, but I find the programme rather too invariable. While Sørensen wasn't shamelessly reworking old pieces again and again, his stylistic interests during the 1990s were exceedingly focused and an all-Sørensen disc (similar to Takemitsu recordings) tends to lack contrast. If you listen to this release, only dip into it occasionally to avoid boredom.
If you're not yet acquainted with Sorensen's music, I'd recommend other releases as an introduction. The other Dacapo disc from this era contains his violin concerto, in my opinion one of the best of the 20th century. His string quartet "Angels' Music", performed by the Ardittis on a Naïve disc is also a triumph, if somewhat earlier than the mature "decay" style.
There's a lot of fine, moving music here, but I find the programme rather too invariable. While Sørensen wasn't shamelessly reworking old pieces again and again, his stylistic interests during the 1990s were exceedingly focused and an all-Sørensen disc (similar to Takemitsu recordings) tends to lack contrast. If you listen to this release, only dip into it occasionally to avoid boredom.
If you're not yet acquainted with Sorensen's music, I'd recommend other releases as an introduction. The other Dacapo disc from this era contains his violin concerto, in my opinion one of the best of the 20th century. His string quartet "Angels' Music", performed by the Ardittis on a Naïve disc is also a triumph, if somewhat earlier than the mature "decay" style.
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