CD, Ruders (composer)
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There are few more fluent and adept composers at work these days than the Dane Poul Ruders... Four Dances in One Movement is a perfect example of his bright, biting and impulsive art, a play... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Chamber Finalist
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The Music of Poul Ruders, Volume 6
Vassily Primakov (piano), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Mikko Luoma (accordion)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, iO String Quartet, Thomas Søndergård
The fount of creative energy that has sustained Poul Ruders since the late 1960s shows no sign of running dry. Or so, at least, this trio of works from the past decade affirms...Imagine [Gubaidulina's]... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Contemporary
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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Poul Ruders: Chamber Works
Jonas Frolund (clarinet), Christine Pryn (violin), Isabelle Bania (violin), Mina Fred (viola), John Ehde (cello), Manuel Esperilla (piano)
Ruders excels at enigma – and the performers embody the intimacy that enables its execution, while taking flight where needed. — More…
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In addition to Frølund’s virtuoso range, it’s his sensitive programming that makes this disc such an interesting discovery. — More…
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This edition of the work of the Danish composer is generous to a fault. Volume 16 reproduces his gripping Symphony No 3, Dream Catcher, from Volume 8 as that work links to a short Ruders piece... — More…
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The Music of Poul Ruders, Volume 7
World Première Recordings
Flemming Dreisig (organ), Nicholas Wearne (organ), Frode Andersen (accordion)
Odense Symphony Orchestra, Athelas, Roberto Minczuk
The organ Symphony ranges from rapt contemplation to searing power. The Trio Transcendentale is attractive, the Songs and Rhapsodies are striking. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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most pieces here speak powerfully enough to justify the back cover's claim that the project 'transforms love into something you can hear'. Some stretch far beyond their shortish span...You won't... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Ruders: Kafka's Trial
Johnny van Hal, Gisela Stille, Marianne Rørholm & Gert Henning Jensen
The Royal Danish Orchestra and Opera Choir, Thomas Søndergård
The enigmatic, nightmarish The Trial is, after Metamorphosis, probably Franz Kafka's most celebrated tale. Left in fragmentary form at his death, it has fascinated playwrights (such as Steven... — More…
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Ruders: Occam's Razor
New Music with Guitar Volume 11
David Starobin (guitar), Movses Pogossian (violin), Liang Wang (oboe), Xiaobo Pu (guitar), Yunxiang Fan (guitar), Hao Yang (guitar), Daniel Druckman (percussion), Amalia Hall (violin)
Starobin, without doubt one of the world’s greatest exponents of the guitar, has known Ruders for over 30 years and something of longstanding relationship…is celebrated in this enterprising... — More…
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New Music with Guitar Vol. 10
David Satrobin (guitar), Rosalind Rees (soprano), Vassily Primakov (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone), Movses Pogossian (violin), Paul Coletti (viola), Camille Zamora (soprano), Robert Belinic (guitar), Giovanni Andre Zanon (violin), Jee Yoon Kim (violin), Thomas Howerton (viola), Blake Anthony Johnson...
Bernstein’s final work, Touches, is a work that seems to ‘touch’ on everything, from pointillism to jazz. Cooperstock’s account is magnificent, as is his justifiably granitic approach to Berstein’s... — More…
