Axel Borup-Jørgensen: Viola Works

Featuring

Anette Slaatto
Mathias Reumert
Christina Bjørkøe
Signe Asmussen
Helge Slaatto
Ekkozone

Axel Borup-Jørgensen

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the DXD audio format (Digital eXtreme Definition) at 352.8 kHz/32bit, using 3x DPA 4006TL microphones.

Compositional Technique

Borup-Jørgensen's music is more often lyrical than narrative, characterized by nature moods or sensory experience rather than actual stories.

Composer Biography

Axel Borup-Jørgensen, the composer, was born in Denmark but grew up in Sweden, where he was influenced by the landscape and the melancholic tone of Swedish poets and music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The viola is a unifying factor across Borup-Jørgensen's works on this album, as he exploits its full spectrum from singing to darkly snarling.

Performer Biography

Violist Anette Slaatto, a performer on this album, worked closely with Axel Borup-Jørgensen for many years and has championed his works.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Borup-Jørgensen's music bridges tradition and modernism through an organic conception and a sense of natural growth, even with atonal language and modern sounds.