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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Rued Langgaard - Symphonies (Thomas Dausgaard)


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Composer: Rued Langgaard

CD1:
  • (01-05) Symphony No. 1 "Klippepastoraler" (Mountain Pastorals), BVN 32
CD2:
  • (01-03) Symphony No. 2 "Vårbrud" (Awakening of Spring), BVN 53
  • (04-06) Symphony No. 3 "Ungdomsbrus" (The flush of youth) - La Melodia, BVN 96
CD3:
  • (01-13) Symphony No. 4 "Løvfald" (Leaf-fall), BVN 124
  • (14-17) Symphony No. 5 (Version I), BVN 191
  • (18-22) Symphony No. 5 (Version II) "Steppenatur" (Nature of the Steppe), BVN 216
CD4:
  • (01-07) Symphony No. 6 "Det himmelrivende" (The Heaven-Rending) BVN 165
  • (08-11) Symphony No. 7, BVN 188
  • (12-15) Symphony No. 8 "Minder ved Amalienborg" (Memories at Amalienborg), BVN 193
CD5:
  • (01-04) Symphony No. 9 "Fra Dronning Dagmars By" (From Queen Dagmar's City), BVN 282
  • (05) Symphony No. 10 "Hin Tordenbolig" (Yon Hall of Thunder), BVN 298
  • (06) Symphony No. 11 "Ixion", BVN 303
CD6:
  • (01) Symphony No. 12 "Hélsingeborg", BVN 318
  • (02-08) Symphony No. 13 "Undertro" (Belief in Wonders), BVN 319
  • (09-15) Symphony No. 14 "Morgenen" (The Morning), BVN 336
CD7:
  • (01) Drapa (On the Death of Edvard Grieg) , BVN 20
  • (02) Sphinx, tone painting, BVN 37
  • (03) Hvidbjerg-Drapa, for mixed chorus, organ & orchestra, BVN 343
  • (04) Danmarks Radio, fanfares for orchestra, BVN 351
  • (05) Res absùrda!?, for mixed chorus & orchestra, BVN 354
  • (06-09) Symphony No. 15 "Sostormen" (The Sea Storm), BVN 375
  • (10-14) Symphony No. 16 "Syndflod af Sol" (Sun Deluge), BVN 417

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Danish National Concert Choir
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Recording dates: 1998-2008
Compilation: 2009
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-the-symphonies

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

Langgaard was out of his mind. Was he a crazy genius, or just plain crazy? It’s hard to say. His 16 symphonies range in length from one hour (No. 1) to slightly more than six minutes (No. 11). There’s a concertante work for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra (No. 3), music of Straussian refulgence (No. 6 “The Heaven-Rending”), some quirky faux Mendelssohn (Nos. 8 and 9), and lots of nature poetry (Nos. 2, 4, 5, 15, and 16). Most of the works have fanciful titles, ranging from No. 10 “Yon Hall of Thunder” to the religious mysticism of “Belief in Wonders” (No. 13), to No. 14’s individual movements, such as “Dads rush to the office” and “Radio-Caruso and forced energy”.

God only knows what all of it means, but one thing is certain: it’s all tremendously entertaining and never dull. The individual discs in this set have all been issued previously, most of them welcomed here enthusiastically. Thomas Dausgaard and his team deliver uniformly excellent performances captured in first-rate SACD stereo sonics. The packaging in this boxed set is really classy, with slip-cases that unfold when the top is opened, and a neatly printed booklet with informative notes and translations of the sung texts that stores in its own compartment. It’s great to see a national label working so hard and so successfully to preserve its cultural heritage and disseminate it abroad. This project both deserves and will reward your support. [1/16/2009]

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Apr09/Langgaard_6200001.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Dec12/Langgaard_Symphonies_6200001.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Langgaard-Symphonies-Rued/dp/B001MUJSF0
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Langgaard-Symphonies-Rued/dp/B001MUJSF0

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Rued Langgaard (28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. Langgaard composed in a late Romantic style which was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries and was recognized only 16 years after his death. Influenced by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, he was a master of orchestration and a prolific composer for the large orchestra, writing 16 symphonies as well as other orchestral works. His total production of over 400 works included more than 150 songs, works for piano, organ, and an opera entitled Antikrist (The Antichrist).

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Thomas Dausgaard (born 4 July 1963 in Copenhagen) is a Danish conductor. Dausgaard has been Principal Conductor of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra since 1997, and chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 2016. He was also Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2011, and will become music director of the Seattle Symphony in 2019-2020 season. Dausgaard has recorded several recordings of Danish and other Scandinavian music for Chandos and Dacapo labels, including works by Per Nørgård, Rued Langgaard and Franz Berwald.

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