Bent Sørensen

[MusicTurner]

The Second Symphony (2019, premiered in February 2020) got good reviews and has recently been uploaded to youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPbLSn7MB2I

[relm1]

Thanks for uploading.  I look forward to listening to it after my current Penderecki play list.  I'm a fan of his and one of my classmates was his student so I feel like I have a semi-personal connection to his output because I consider my former classmate a very fine composer.

[not edward]

Dacapo released a disc of three concerti (piano, clarinet and trumpet respectively) a couple of weeks ago:

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I'll be honest and say I wasn't very impressed on the couple of listenings I've given it thus far. In terms of his concertante work I was more impressed by the piano concerto La Notte and the Mignon cycle.

[MusicTurner]

Sørensen's new 3rd Piano Concerto, La Sera Estatica, premiered a few days ago, gets ... ecstatic reviews here in Denmark, such as in the Politiken newspaper.

Like Schumann's 4th Symphony being a portrait of Clara, the concerto is inspired by Sørensen's wife, the pianist Katrine Gislinge, and her piano playing during corona.

There'll very likely be a recording.

https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/news/4308/World-Premiere-of-Bent-Sorensens-3rd-piano-concerto-La-sera-estatica/
https://www.planethugill.com/2021/11/premiere-of-bent-srensens-third-piano.html
https://www.copenhagenphil.dk/koncerter/2021/11/12/storgaards-soerensen-og-gislinge

[CRCulver]

I'm planning to buy the Dacapo download-only recording of the 12 Nocturnes, but I'm not very happy about it. I sure hope that Dacapo does not abandon physical releases, and I worry that actually paying for these FLAC files will just encourage them to make more digital-only releases.

[Mirror Image]

I'm planning to buy the Dacapo download-only recording of the 12 Nocturnes, but I'm not very happy about it. I sure hope that Dacapo does not abandon physical releases, and I worry that actually paying for these FLAC files will just encourage them to make more digital-only releases.

If you're worried your purchase will only encourage Dacapo to pursue digital-only purchases then the simple solution would be not to purchase the download-only release. Pretty simple!

[brewski]

Checking out the new St. Matthew Passion from Bent Sørensen.

https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-Passion-Sorensen-Norwegian-Soloists/dp/B0BSH9YKV6



-Bruce

[not edward]

Checking out the new St. Matthew Passion from Bent Sørensen.

https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-Passion-Sorensen-Norwegian-Soloists/dp/B0BSH9YKV6



-Bruce

I'm getting colder and colder on Sørensen over time but this is still tempting even if only because of the performers. How did you find it?

[brewski]

I'm getting colder and colder on Sørensen over time but this is still tempting even if only because of the performers. How did you find it?

I really had no idea what to expect, and am liking it a lot. The performers are superb (all new to me). I'm only familiar with some of his chamber music (liked it), but nothing on this scale. More comments after I've assimilated a bit more. Some of his harmonies—his chord choices—are astounding.

-Bruce

[brewski]

For WRTI, the public radio station affiliated with Temple University, my comments on the new Sørensen St Matthew Passion.

Short version: it's stunning.



-Bruce