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Marin

Marin

DVD: MARIN (Animated Fantasy), Axel (Portrait)
SACD: Selected Highlights

Borup-Jørgensen's music exists on the margins of silence, punctuated with searing dramatic eruptions, all of which can be heard in his orchestral masterpiece Marin (1970). Borup-Jørgensen massive 'sea symphony' exists in its own unique world of sound - sometimes in as many as 55 separate voices - as is one of the most challenging and meticulously
detailed orchestral textures every set to paper.

Such visceral music demands visual expression and as part of this very special DVD/SACD release, Lückow Film, and an international team of animators directed by Morten Bartholdy bring Borup-Jørgensen's musical world to life.

Also included is the new film AXEL - a portrait of both the composer, and of mid-century Danish modernism featuring interviews with other composers, colleagues and friends, as well as excerpts from recent live performances of the music by Axel Borup-Jørgensen.

Born in Denmark and raised in Sweden, he was largely self-taught as a composer, emerging on the international spotlight in 1965 when his Nordic Summer Pastoral won first prize in the competition for a short orchestral work held by Denmarks Radio. While the avant-garde of the sixties exerted a strong influence on Borup-Jørgensen's sound world, he always followed his own intuition and obeyed his extraordinary sense of organizing sound combined with a passionate, almost mystical regard for nature.

As Borup-Jørgensen himself once said: 'To compose is not to do what one can; if anything good is to come out of it, one must surpass oneself' – all of the contributors to this special DVD/SACD release of Marin have surpassed every expectation and limitation!

Reviews

Marin

December 18, 2017

Klassik Heute (Germany) - Wertung: 10 / 10 / 10 - Eine musikalische und interpretatorische Meisterleistung!

Heinz Braun

Marin

December 9, 2017

Fanfare 3 "For me, Marin is the strongest work on the SACD"

Raymond Tuttle

Marin

December 9, 2017

CD Choice (UK) - The music (unquestionably in avant-garde idiom) is written for a very disparate collection of instruments, which the composer utilises to the full.

Barry Forshaw

Marin

November 30, 2017

Gramophone (UK) - it´s the eccentricity and comprehensiveness of this product that make it both affecting and worthwhile.

Andrew Mellor

Marin

November 21, 2017

Fanfare 2 (US)- "This release marks a major step forward in our understanding of Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924—2012), whose music has so impressed me over the course of a number of releases".

Colin Clarke

Marin

November 14, 2017

Kristeligt Dagblad (DK)-6 stars (Full House)-Klogere på Axel

Peter Dürrfeld

Marin

November 13, 2017

Pizzicato (LU) - "With an inspiring animation film on Axel Borup-Jörgensen’s sea symphony Marin, a video portrait and an SACD with music by the Danish composer, this is a worthwhile album and an appealing homage to Borup-Jörgensen".

Remy Franck

Marin

October 31, 2017

Fanfare 1(US) !I am very impressed with this release. Both videos are deeply stirring, and should serve the purpose of making the greatness of the music better known".

Ronald E. Grames

Marin

October 4, 2017

Politiken (Danish Newspaper) -Colourful and wonderful -New film about an underwater world fantasy, set to a symphonic masterpiece by a poetic Danish modernist.

Thomas Michelsen

Marin

September 30, 2017

Klassisk (DK) - (6 stars Maximum) “THE WHISPERING GIANT”

Per Brask Madsen

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