Per Nørgård: Symphonies 3 & 7 [SACD]

Per Nørgård: Symphonies 3 & 7 [SACD]

The world premiere recording of Per Norgard's Seventh Symphony is being released by Dacapo, with a new recording of the Third Symphony, also by Thomas Dausgaard with the Danish<br>National Symphony Orchestra.<br> Regarded as the leading contemporary voice in Danish music, Per Norgard (b. 1932) sees his symphonies<br>as 'reports on the state of the universe'. The new work is a constantly surprising tapestry of interweaving<br>motifs and innovations, reaching for coherence in a web of disparate energies.<br>Norgard has always had an intense interest in the music of Sibelius, regarding his work as highly innovative, in<br>polyphony and rhythmic displacements, and in tensions between details and overall form. These influences<br>are especially evident in his Third Symphony, regarded as one of the classic works of modern Danish music.