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Special offer. Gunge: Studies (12) on 'blue' scale tones and intervals

Ulrich Staerk (piano), Hanne Askou (violin), Frode Andersen (accordion), Kasper Pihl (saxophone), Joost Scheling (harp)

Gunge: Studies (12) on 'blue' scale tones and intervals
These are glorious little pieces, Gunge conveying weight and airiness simultaneously. As mentioned, each study is heard twice. This is where the disc gets better still, as each study is accompanied...

The Arts Desk, March 2018

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Special offer. Gunge: Studies (12) on 'blue' scale tones and intervals

Ulrich Staerk (piano), Hanne Askou (violin), Frode Andersen (accordion), Kasper Pihl (saxophone), Joost Scheling (harp)

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These are glorious little pieces, Gunge conveying weight and airiness simultaneously. As mentioned, each study is heard twice. This is where the disc gets better still, as each study is accompanied...

The Arts Desk, March 2018

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‘12 Studies’ forms a three-way journey through composer Bo Gunge’s (b. 1964) own life of music, a range of human moods and a series of western music’s most tantalisingintervals. All twelve pieces, characterisedby their simplicity and expressive clarity, are performed in both solo and duo versions; through this mirror the music shows its duality, born of a solid idea but let loose –uninhibited and free.

  • Release date: 1st Dec 2017
  • Label: Dacapo
  • Catalogue number: 8226599
  • Length: 60 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Gunge: 12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp)
Work length2:22
  • Pihl & Schelling
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 1, Faithful & Blue
Track length2:22
Gunge: 12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length3:50
  • Ulrich Stærk (piano)
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 1, Faithful & Blue
Track length1:45
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 2, Sparkling Blue
Track length2:05
Gunge: 12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion)
Work length4:05
  • Duo Askou//Andersen
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 2, Sparkling Blue
Track length2:05
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 3, Dusk
Track length2:00
12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length5:16
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 3, Dusk
Track length2:10
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 4, Blues Without Words
Track length3:06
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp)
Work length5:00
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 4, Blues Without Words
Track length3:27
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 5, Blue Autumn
Track length1:33
12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length4:55
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 5, Blue Autumn
Track length1:12
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 6, Southern Skies
Track length3:43
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion)
Work length3:11
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 6, Southern Skies
Track length3:11
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp)
Work length1:45
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 7, White Night
Track length1:45
12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length4:39
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 7, White Night
Track length2:11
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 8, Ocean Blue
Track length2:28
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp)
Work length2:41
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 8, Ocean Blue
Track length2:41
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion)
Work length3:26
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 9, Blue but Not Alone
Track length3:26
12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length3:55
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 9, Blue but Not Alone
Track length3:55
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion)
Work length4:40
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 10, Aquamarine
Track length1:43
12 Studies (Version for Violin & Accordion): No. 11, Arctic Blue
Track length2:57
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp)
Work length2:31
12 Studies (Version for Saxophone & Harp): No. 12, Cobalt Blue
Track length2:31
12 Studies (Version for Piano)
Work length8:01
  • Recorded: 13-18 February 2017
  • Recording Venue: Danish National Academy of Music Concert Hall, Odense, Denmark
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 10, Aquamarine
Track length2:39
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 11, Arctic Blue
Track length3:10
12 Studies (Version for Piano): No. 12, Cobalt Blue
Track length2:12

Awards and reviews

March 2018

These are glorious little pieces, Gunge conveying weight and airiness simultaneously. As mentioned, each study is heard twice. This is where the disc gets better still, as each study is accompanied by alternative, instrumental versions: half for violin and accordion and the remainder for alto saxophone and harp. The results are predictably entertaining: violinist Hanne Askou and accordionist Frode Andersen’s version of “Sparkling and blue” is blissful, and the musical marriage of saxophonist Kaspar Pihl and harpist Joost Schelling generates sparks.
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