Throne was composed on a commission by the Concert Artists Guild for the Swedish clarinet virtuoso Håkan Rosengren, who came out First Prize Winner of the 1987 Concert Artists Guild International New York Competition. I've very much enjoyed these chamber music pieces written over a period straddling three decades, the clarinet and piano piece Throne from 1988 through the Clarinet Quintet (2014) and the Piano Quartet (2016). To his credit are six symphonies and five operas, as well as a variety of chamber music.
He's had commissions from all the Danish orchestras, but also from a variety of other major ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and others. Poul Ruders Clarinet Quintet, Throne, Piano Quartet, Rudersdal Chamber Players, Our Recordings 2022 (DXD) HEREĭanish composer Poul Ruders (b.1949) is a new musical voice to me, but as I research a bit I see that he has quite a large catalog of compositions across a wide range of genres. I apologize for the length of this article with well over 20 albums discussed, but publishing opportunities kept pushing this article further and further back in the queue as I kept listening to more and more music.
All are available from HDTT or NativeDSD or Octave Records in either DXD or DSD256. This episode provides a potpourri of musical gems that I thought worth bringing to your attention.
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