title: Karl Aage Rasmussen
text: # Karl Aage Rasmussen
  
  Karl Aage Rasmussen, né le 13 décembre 1947 à Kolding au Danemark, est un compositeur et auteur danois.
  
  ## Œuvres
  
  ### Opéra
  
  * Jephta (1977)
  * Majakovskij (1978)
  * Jonah (radio opera 1983)
  * Our Hoffmann (1986)
  * The Sinking of the Titanic (1993)
  * Sakontala (reconstruction of an unfinished opera by Franz Schubert, 2003)
  
  ### Orchestre
  
  * Recapitulations (1968)
  * Symphonie Classique (1969)
  * Anfang und Ende (1973)
  * A Symphony in Time (1982)
  * Movements on a Moving Line (1987)
  * Three Friends (1995)
  * The Lion, the Mouse, the big Elephant and Jens, the Ant (1997, tale for children after Asger Jorn)
  * Scherzo with Bells (1996)
  * A Tempo (2001)
  * Postludes, for 23 solo strings (2007)
  * Building (2007)
  
  ### Œuvres concertantes
  
  * Contrafactum, cello concerto (1980)
  * Violin concerto ("Sinking through the Dream Mirror", 1993)
  * Double concerto for harp and guitar (1998)
  * Invisible Mirrors, for guitar and chamber orchestra (1999)
  * Concerto for baroque oboe and (period) stringe (2015)
  * Concerto for baroque violin (2017)
  
  ### Musique de chambre
  
  * This moment (1966)
  * Resonance (1972)
  * Love is in the World (1975)
  * A Ballad of Game and Dream (1975)
  * Berio Mask (1977)
  * Parts Apart (1978)
  * Italian concerto (1981)
  * Four, Five – for brass quintet (1982)
  * Solos and Shadows (string quartet, 1983)
  * Surrounded by Scales (string quartet, 1985)
  * Movements on a Moving Line (chamber version, 1988)
  * Webs in a Stolen Dream (1996)
  * Twin Dream (1998)
  * Trauergondol (1998)
  * Camera oscura, saxophone quintet (2001)
  * Liri for flute, clarinet, bassoon, strings and piano (2008)
  * Scherzino - a homage to Brahms (2015) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  * Follia, follia ... for 2 oboes, bassoon, string quintet and harpsichord (2015)
  * Græs for large unaccompanied choir (2018)
  * Gleichwie das Gras, Cantata nach Bach (2019)
  
  ### Piano solo
  
  * 13 Etudes and Postludes (1990)
  * Contrary Dances (1992)
  * Barcarole (1996)
  * Sonata IV (completion of Robert Schumann's unfinished fourth piano sonata)
  
  ### Arrangements, transcriptions, etc.
  
  * Carl Nielsen: Commotio, interpretation for full orchestra (2000)
  * Franz Schubert: Symphony in E (Gastein), reconstruction (2004)
  * Robert Schumann: Five lieder (lyrics by Hans Christian Andersen), version for orchestra (2005)
  * Franz Schubert: Der Taucher, version for orchestra (2006)
  * Johannes Brahms: Serenade 1 in D major, version for 10 instruments
  * Johannes Brahms: Serenade 2 in A major, version for 10 instruments
  * Igor Stravinsky: Concertino, version for 9 instruments
  * Erik Satie: Sports et divertissement, version for 7 instruments
  * Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, a new reading for soloists, period strings and continuo
  * Niels W. Gade: Piano trio in B-flat major, 1839, three unfinished movements completed
  
  ## Enregistrements
  
  * The Four Seasons after Vivaldi par le Concerto Copenhagen, dir. Lars Ulrik Mortensen, label Dacapo Records (2018)
  * Alone and Together par le Concerto Copenhagen, dir. Lars Ulrik Mortensen, label Dacapo Records (2019)
  