Borup-Jørgensen: Piano Music Erik Kaltoft

• Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012):
• 1 Thalatta! Thalatta!, Op. 127 11:29
• 2 Marine skitser for Klaver, Op. 4.2 06:53
• 3 Winter Pieces, Op. 30.2 04:12
• 4 Sommer-intermezzi, Op. 65 08:07
• 5 Passacaglia for Klaver, Op. 2.2 02:26
• 6 Regndråbe-interludier, Op. 144 07:06
• 7 Epigrammer, Op. 78 09:15
• 8 Miniaturesuite, Op. 3.2 02:49
• 9 7 Præludier, Op. 30.1 06:21
• 10 Phantasiestücke, Op. 115 05:59
• Total Runtime 01:04:37

Info for Borup-Jørgensen: Piano Music

Axel Borup-Jørgensen lived a quiet life as a composer, piano teacher and avid concert-goer. Never attached to an academic post or active as a performing musician, he thrived as a beloved outsider, continuing to develop his intensely personal style until his death on 15 October 2012. A meticulous modernist, who worked towards an ever-increasing clarity, his music is characterized by its concentrated language and fine graduation of expression.

Despite being a competent pianist, Borup-Jørgensen’s output for the instrument was surprisingly small, but he wrote for the instrument throughout entire career. The works on this programme represent an overview of his works for solo piano, spanning nearly fifty years, from the early Passacaglia for piano Op.2b (1948) to the crystalline raindrop interludes Op.144 (1994). Borup-Jørgensen’s writing for the piano is remarkably consistent, favouring exquisitely crafted phrases over virtuoso displays, but this music is by no means simple; these incredibly detailed scores require the utmost concentration from the player!

"Borup-Jørgensen writes beautifully and naturally for this instrument. His piano music is shot through with a natural melodic base that underlies whatever he writes. Erik Kaltoft handles all of Borup-Jørgensen’s sudden twists and turns expertly, revealing a genuine empathy for this music." (The Classical Reviewer)

Erik Kaltoft, piano, celesta

Erik Kaltoft
trained in music and the piano at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, with later studies in France with Yvonne Lefébure. Erik Kaltoft has been very active as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. As a member of chamber music ensembles such as Elsinore Players and LINensemble he has toured the world. Erik Kaltoft has been particularly active in the musical life of Aarhus through his many years of association with the Royal Academy of Music, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, The Danish National Opera, and the Aarhus Summer Opera. He is also the artistic director of Århus Sinfonietta. His great interest in contemporary music is reflected in his participation in the premières of more than 200 mainly Danish works. Erik Kaltoft has been a professor at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Southern Denmark, in Odense.

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