This final instalment of the organ compositions of Axel Ruoff (born in Stuttgart in 1957) presents two starkly contrasted sides of his musical personality: three of them, for voice and organ, are concerned with the spiritual - two even addressing head-on the issue of death itself - and are thus solemn and hieratic, whereas the concluding work is a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek set of variations on 'Happy Birthday', written as a present for Ruoff's publisher on his 80th birthday.

Tracklist:

Memento creatoris tui [12:43]
Introitus [06:02]
Kyrie [05:46]
Sanctus [02:40]
Agnus Dei [06:47]
No.
O bleibe treu den Toten [07:31]
No.
Lied der Toten [02:35]
No.
O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod [03:55]
No.
Vergiss mein nicht [03:39]
No.
Ausgang [01:18]
No.
Tiefstille [06:06]
No.
Selig sind die Toten [03:27]
Thema [00:58]
Variation
LÃ¤ndler [01:45]
Variation
Danse populaire [00:27]
Variation
Marsch [02:26]
Variation
A ndante [00:48]
Variation
Choral [01:02]
Variation
Walzer [01:20]
Variation
Galopp [00:44]
Variation
Interludium [00:43]
Variation
Polka [00:32]
Variation 1
Grave [01:07]
Fuga grottesca [04:10

UPC: 5060113447098
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 1.5.24
Format: CD

Ruoff / Hilander / Tikkanen - Organ Music Vol. 5 (CD)