Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

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There’s something almost miraculous about the way Finnish conductor John Storgards has brought this music so finely and compellingly into focus…[in the Second] all is ghostly detached sounds,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th May 2016
Catalogue No: 6220645
Label: Dacapo
Length: 54 minutes

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Nørgård: Symphony No. 6 'At the End of the Day'

Work length31:15

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds

I. Moderato

Track length15:08

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II. Lentissimo

Track length9:21

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III. Allegro energico

Track length6:46

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Nørgård: Symphony No. 2

Work length23:06

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds

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“I feel each of my symphonies is a whole continentin itself,” the Danish composer PerNørgård(b. 1932) has said. His music stems from an insatiable urge to explore thepheno menaof the world and the possibilities of music, and his eight symphonies stand as milestones along the course of six decades. This recording with the Oslo Philharmonicconducted by JohnStorgårdspresents Per Nørgård’sSecondSymphony, in which the composer unfolds his famous ‘infinity principle’ euphorically and almost psychedelically, and his Sixth Symphony, in which the mature composer proves more exploratory andplayfulthan ever.

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September 2016

There’s something almost miraculous about the way Finnish conductor John Storgards has brought this music so finely and compellingly into focus…[in the Second] all is ghostly detached sounds, but then a melodically tight little figure in running notes starts to unfold, somehow transforming yet remaining essentially the same…yet the effect isn’t coldly cerebral: it feels natural, instinctual – as do the exultant brass and bells climaxes that grow out of it

July 2016

Cumulatively beautiful, structurally tangible and deliciously pure. The Oslo Philharmonic’s ability to collectively recede as if into a minimalist canvas, parts emerging thereafter with brightness and intent without distorting the contours, makes this performance. In music that’s deceptively tricky to pace, Storgårds delivers – again.

15th June 2016

exemplary performances from the Oslo Philharmonic in crystalline recordings that fasten on every sonic detail in the scores...what all these symphonies offer is unlike anything any other composer is writing today.

Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

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