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The Danish composer Axel Borup-Jorgensen (1924-2012) was one of the 20th century's great "silent individualists."

Although largely self-taught, he was the first Danish composer who attended the Darmstadt Summer Courses for

New Music. Without a doubt, the avant-garde of the sixties exerted a strong influence on Borup-Jorgensen's sound

world, but he never embraced any specific "ism," following instead his own intuition and his extraordinary sense of

organizing sound.

Borup-Jorgensen's handwritten scores are of almost calligraphic quality and beauty and reveal him to be a meticulous

craftsman and magician of tone color, traits on full display on this very special tribute in honor of the composer's

centenary.

The vast majority of his work is devoted to chamber music. Here he enjoyed the freedom and inspiration to work

closely with the artists and explore new sonic possibilities of their instruments. This album is the final entry in a

decade long documentation of the life and work of Axel Borup-Jorgensen's music, a project that has seen multiple

critical triumphs, innovative concert installations and even an award-winning video. The animated short film for his

masterpiece MARIN won OPUS Klassik AWARD as best DVD/Blu-ray as well as the Danish Radio P2 Prize for

Best ALBUM.

For those curious to explore the composer's unique style, this is an ideal entry point, featuring works from throughout

Borup-Jorgensen's creative journey, in equally diverse and colorful arrays, including his only woodwind quintet

and a work employing junk yard percussion, performed by the leading Danish chamber orchestra the acclaimed

Esbjerg Ensemble. Joining the Ensemble for this recording, the 8th album in OUR Recordings series with music by

Axel Borup-Jorgensen, is the award-winning pianist Kristoffer Hyldig, and special guests, all captured in crystalline

clarity in the DXD audio format by producer Mette Due.