Artist: Arne Skjold Rasmussen

Title: Forgotten Danish Pianist Arne Skjold Rasmussen

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2024

Label: Danacord Records

UPC: 5709499966679

Genre: Classical Artists

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Allegro Assai [08:37]
2. II. Andante Con Moto [05:37]
3. III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Presto [04:48]
4. I. Allegro Con Brio [08:17]
5. II. Introduzione: Adagio Molto [03:28]
6. 6. III. Rondo: Allegretto Moderato - Prestissimo [09:46]
7. 7. I. Allegro [04:20]
8. 8. II. Allegretto [03:22]
9. 9. III. Rondo: Allegro Comodo [02:59]
10. 10. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 [03:45]
11. 11. 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 [04:16]
12. 12. No. 3. Capriccio Ing Minor [02:57]
13. 13. No. 4. Intermezzo in E Major [04:23]
14. 14. 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in a Major [05:44]
15. 15. 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major [05:05]

DISC 2:
1. I. Allegretto Un Pochettino [03:27]
2. 2. II. Poco Moderato [02:06]
3. 3. III. Molto Adagio E Patetico [05:14]
4. 4. IV. Allegretto Innocente [01:52]
5. 5. V. Allegretto Vivo [01:12]
6. 6. VI. Allegro Non Troppo Ma Vigoroso [06:46]
7. 7. Tema Med Variationer (Theme with Variations), Op. 40, FS 81 [15:02]
8. 8. No. 1. Impromptu [02:36]
9. 9. No. 2. Molto Adagio [02:11]
10. 10. No. 3. Allegro Non Troppo [04:52]
11. 11. 3 Marches Militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major [04:41]
12. 12. 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major [04:17]
13. 13. 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in a Flat Major: Andantino [05:25]
14. 14. 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major [03:18]
15. 15. Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in a Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U1... [02:25]
16. 16. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6. Bryllupsdag PÅ Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen) [04:55]
17. 17. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6. Til Våren (To the Spring) [02:29]
18. 18. 6 Stücke, Op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring [02:20

An unfairly forgotten Danish master pianist! Arne Skjold Rasmussen was one of the finest Danish musicians and a truly virtuoso pianist. Nerves and the lack of interest in the concert halls kept him away from the audience. As a professor in piano at the Royal Danish Music Academy he was much sought after. The whole idea of making recordings he detested and his discography is small. Here are all the solo recordings he did for the Danish TONO label. There are no concerto recordings and only a small handful of chamber music recordings done shortly before he died. His Beethoven sonatas, sadly only those on this 2 CD set, are among the most convincing and overwhelmingly authentic. He was brought up in the Carl Nielsen tradition and his rare Nielsen recordings are probably the closest we will ever get to that Danish composer. Extensive notes from the Skjold Rasmussen specialist Jonas Barlyng and the high class transfers by Claus Byrith underlines the importance of this piano release. Remember the other releases in this series 3 sets featuring Danish Women Pianists One with pioneer Danish pianists and now 6 volumes with the great pianist Victor Schiøler.