Rasmussen, Sunleif: Three Friends (Da Capo Audio CD)

KARL AAGE RASMUSSEN
Three Friends
Ole Schmidt
Niels Christian Øllgaard

Karl Aage Rasmussen, composer

Esbjerg Ensemble

About
Karl Aage Rasmussen is one of the most important figures in present-day Danish music, thanks to his industry and the wide range of his talents as composer, writer, music historian, conductor, professor, administrator and nor least organizer of festivals and concerts. His compositions cover many different styles to his recent output, emphasizing construction and stringency as much as expression.

Reviews
"Fine performances and good sound for beautiful, rewarding music" (Fanfare)

"Fine performances (how nice to see conductor Ole Schmidt's name again!) and excellent recorded sound top off a welcome portrait of this characterful composer" (Classics Today) [Read full review]
Credits
Recorded at the Performing Arts Centre, Esbjerg on 17-21 May 1998

Recording producer: Michael Petersen
Digital editing: Preben Iwan
Publishers: Edition Wilhelm Hansen A/S

Cover picture: Andy Warhol: "Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo: The Annuciation)" (1984)

Recording kindly sponsored by the Danish Composers’ Society/KODA’s Funds for Social and Cultural Purposes, KODA’s Collective Blank Tape Remuneration, Claus Sørensens Fond, Solist-forbundet af 1921, Dansk Musiker Forbund (Danish Musicians’ Union)