KLAUS IB JØRGENSEN
... and the lotus rose, quietly, quietly ...
Frode Andersen, accordion
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
James Crabb, accordion
Geir Draugsvoll, accordion
Frode Haltli, accordion
Frans Hansen, percussion
Anna Klett, clarinet
Christian Utke, percussion
Hege Waldeland, cello
Deborah Wood, piano

Klaus Ib Jørgensen, composer
Jean Thorel, conductor

About
The works for accordion - from solo and duo through chamber music to concerto - form an important strand in the output of Klaus Ib Jørgensen (b. 1967). The virtuoso potential of the instrument appeals greatly to the composer’s musical thinking, which is nourished by the vital energy discharged in the friction and encounters between opposite expressive poles. Along an elastic timeline the composer navigates intuitively between these extremes. At the same time the strong sense of form gives Klaus Ib Jørgensen’s highly complex music a remarkable transparence.

Reviews
EDITOR'S PICKS (Sequenza21)
Credits
Recorded at Lyngby Parkkapel in August and November 2000
Recording producer: Preben Iwan
Sound engineer: Preben Iwan

Cover picture: Morten Tøgern: "Går forbi hinanden" (1994)

This CD has been made in cooperation with the Royal Danish Academy of Music