Arild Sandvold Organ Music – Kåre Nordstoga

Arild Sandvold’s music at the Haderslev Cathedral

Arild Sandvold is without a doubt one of the most significant church musicians Norway has ever fostered. Strongly influenced by the organist Karl Straube and the composer Max Reger, Sandvold always was an “incurable romantic,” as he described himself. He was an unusually gifted composer who left an impressive collection of compositions consisting of nearly 70 works within the church musical genre. On this album, the acclaimed organist Kåre Nordstoga, who has previously worked with prominent musicians such as Ole Edvard Antonsen, Arve Tellefsen and Knut Buen, performs eight of Sandvold´s works. From the original piece of organ music found in the composer´s “Organ Sonata in F minor” to the hugely popular “Introduction and Passacaglia”, we, the listeners, receive a unique insight into the musical works by one of Norway´s most important church musicians, performed by a distinctly unique organist.