Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Sørensen, B: L'isola della città
Sørensen, B: Second Symphony

Bent Sørensen’s quietly spoken universe incorporates loneliness, nostalgia and a feeling of loss and leave-taking. Of the works on this album, his triple concerto, L’Isola della Città (2015), has a purity that makes it one of the composer’s most immediate and gripping orchestral works. His dramatic Second Symphony (2019) dives into the resonance of music’s classical history, where every sound is considered with the greatest care and refinement.

"neither are overtly or exclusively sorrowful, each arising from an ever-changing tapestry in which memory is constantly present. It ’s a trait characteristic of Bent Sørensen (b. 1958), acclaimed for his ability to create exciting structures by rendering intangibles beautifully into sound – without compromising their intangibility, and at the same time interweaving echoes of composers past." - BBC Music Magazine, November 2022.