PER NØRGÅRD (b.1932)

FINN LYKKEBO (1937–1984)

LARS AKSEL BISGAARD (b.1947)

CONTEMPORARY DANISH PIANO MUSIC

CARL PETERSSON

“This album was a challenging journey into unknown territory. But it was also a journey which gave me a new perspective on Scandinavian music in general and on Danish music in particular. Nørgård’s early sonata is a wonderful little piece and the Toccata a fun and humorous presentation of different piano techniques. Lykkebo’s Tableaux are lovingly crafted into very well balanced, small musical paintings of emotions, sounds and scents. And it is impossible not to be affected by Lars Bisgaard’s imposing Stadier. The disc ends with two bonbons filled with delight and beauty, and I am honored that Walking is dedicated to me.”

– Carl Petersson

WATCH THE VIDEOS:

PER NØRGARD:
Piano Sonata (1949)

LARS BISGAARD:
Walking

PER NØRGARD:
Piano Sonata (1949)

LARS BISGAARD:
Walking

PER NØRGÅRD is regarded as the most important contemporary Danish composer, but his impressive early piano works, foreshadowing significant elements of his mature style, have never before appeared on CD. These include the youthfully joyous and bravura Toccata and the symphonic-scaled Sonate, Op. 6 influenced by Sibelius and Holmboe. FINN LYKKEBO’S atonal Tableaux are poetic pearls of precision and economy, while the deeply symbolic and challenging Stadier and other works represent LARS AKSEL BISGAARD’S complete piano music.

CARL PETERSSON

CARL PETERSSON graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where he completed both his studies in piano and pedagogy with José Ribera. During his studies he took part in numerous international master-classes in Denmark, Sweden and Israel. In 2013 he received his PhD. Degree from the Music Academy in Kraków. He has performed as a soloist as well as with orchestras on numerous occasions in Canada, the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, France, the Czech Republic, Germany and Israel.