Jan Lehtola - Complete Works for Organ 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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 with 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. Album Tracks 1. Wie eine Maske dahinter die Nacht gähnt - Toccata I 2. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 1. Gethsemane 3. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 2. Tanz der Mirjam 4. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 3. Der schützende Engel 5. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 4. Die Taube pflückt den Ölzweig 6. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 5. Christus in Emmaus 7. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 6. Lobgesang im Paradies 8. Sieben biblische Szenen~No. 7. Der Müde - Tröstung 9. Symphony No. 2~I. Phantasma 10. Symphony No. 2~II. Déjà-vu 11. Symphony No. 2~III. Erscheinung 12. Symphony No. 2~IV. Anamorphosen 13. Tiefstille 14. Erscheinung 15. Shirufa - Toccata III