Jan Lehtola, Mari-Anni Hilander and Henri Tikkanen – Axel Ruoff: Organ Music, Volume Five (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jan Lehtola, Mari-Anni Hilander and Henri Tikkanen – Axel Ruoff: Organ Music, Volume Five (2024)
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This final instalment of the organ compositions of Axel Ruoff (born in Stuttgart in 1957) presents two starkly contrasted sides of his musical personality: three of them, for voice and organ, are concerned with the spiritual – two even addressing head-on the issue of death itself – and are thus solemn and hieratic, whereas the concluding work is a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek set of variations on ‘Happy Birthday’, written as a present for Ruoff’s publisher on his 80th birthday.

Tracklist:
1. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Memento creatoris tui for baritone and organ (12:42)
2. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Messe basse for soprano and organ: I. Introitus (06:01)
3. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Messe basse for soprano and organ: II. Kyrie (05:45)
4. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Messe basse for soprano and organ: III. Sanctus (02:40)
5. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Messe basse for soprano and organ: IV. Agnus Dei (06:47)
6. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 1 O bleibe treu den Toten (07:30)
7. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 2 Lied der Toten (02:35)
8. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 3 O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod (03:55)
9. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 4 Vergiss mein nicht (03:38)
10. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 5 Ausgang (01:17)
11. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 6 Tiefstille (06:05)
12. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: In Hora Mortis for medium voice and organ: No. 7 Selig sind die Toten (03:26)
13. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Thema (00:58)
14. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 1: Ländler (01:44)
15. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 2: Danse populaire (00:27)
16. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 3: Marsch (02:26)
17. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 4: Andante (00:47)
18. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 5: Choral (01:01)
19. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 6: Walzer (01:19)
20. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 7: Galopp (00:43)
21. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 8: Interludium (00:43)
22. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 9: Polka (00:31)
23. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Var. 10: Grave (01:06)
24. Jan Lehtola (organ of St Paul’s Church, Helsinki) – Ruoff: Happy Birthday. Variationen und Fuga grottesca: Fuga grottesca (04:09)

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