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.
8 No. 3. O Herr, Gib Jedem Seinen Eignen Tod [03:55]
9 No. 4. Vergiss Mein Nicht [03:39]
10 No. 5. Ausgang [01:18]
11 No. 6. Tiefstille [06:06]
12 No. 7. Selig Sind Die Toten [03:27]
13 Thema [00:58]
14 Variation 1. Ländler [01:45]
15 Variation 2. Danse Populaire [00:27]
16 Variation 3. Marsch [02:26]
17 Variation 4. a Ndante [00:48]
18 Variation 5. Choral [01:02]
19 Variation 6. Walzer [01:20]
20 Variation 7. Galopp [00:44]
21 Variation 8. Interludium [00:43]
22 Variation 9. Polka [00:32]
23 Variation 10. Grave [01:07]
24 Fuga Grottesca [04:10
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.
