CD 1
Symphony no. 4 (in one movement) “Leaf Fall” [BVN 124] (1916, rev. 1920)
1. Desperate Forest Rustling
2. Shaft of Sunlight
3. Thunder
4. Autumnal
5. Tired
6. Despair
7. Sunday Morning Bells
8. Over!
Symphony no. 6 (in one movement) “The Heaven-Rending” [BVN 165] (1919-20, rev. 1928-30)
9. Thema (Versione I)
10. Thema (Versione II)
11. Var. I (Introduzione)
12. Var. II (Fuga)
13. Var. III (Toccata)
14. Var. IV (Sonata)
15. Var. V (Coda)
Symphony no. 16 “Deluge of Sun” [BVN 417] (1950-51)
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Scherzo
18. III. Punishment Dance
19. IV. Elegy
20. V. Finale
CD 2
Drapa (On the Death of Edvard Grieg) [BVN 20] (1907, rev. 1909)
1. Andante maestoso (l’istesso tempo sempre)
Hvidbjerg-Drapa [BVN 343] (1948)
2. Madly fast – Faster and Faster – Furiously fast – Presto frenetico – More slowly
Concert in one movement for violin and orchestra [BVN 289] (1943-44)
3. Allegro vivace – Cadenza espressiva – Animato – Finale: Scherzoso
Suite of the music from the play “En Digters Drøm” (“A Poet’s Dream”) [BVN 181] (1924-26)
4. Ouverture (Romanza)
5. Nocturne
6. Mattinata
7. Butterfly Dance
8. Flower Music
9. Idyl
10. Prelude to Scene 9
Interdict [BVN 335] (1947-48)
11. I. Introduction. Furious
12. II. Fiercely moved – Slowly – Fiercely moved
The Music of the Spheres [BVN 128] (1916-18)
13. Wie Sonnenstrahlen auf einem mit duftenden Blumen bedeckten Sarg
14. Wie Sternenschimmer an einem bläulichen Himmel beim Sonnenuntergang
15. Wie Licht und Abgrund
16. Wie die Brechung der Sonnenstrahlen in den Wellen
17. Wie Tauperle schimmert in der Sonne an einem schönen Sommermorgen
18. Sehnsucht – Verzweiflung – Extase
19. Weltseele – Abgrund – Allerseelen
20. Ich will – !
21. Chaos – – – Ruin – – fern und nah –
22. Blumen welken – –
23. Blick durch Tränen auf die Sonne – – –
24. Glockenreigen: Siehe, er kommt – – –
25. Blumenevangelium – aus weiter Ferne
26. Der neue Tag – –
27. Das Ende: Antichrist – Christ. – – –
Danmarks Radio and the “Rued Langgaard renaissance” ©
During the 1950s, after Langgaard had died and Launy Grøndahl had retired, Langgaard’s music disappeared from the radio programmes. The oldest recordings preserved in DR’s archive are Drapa with Grøndahl from 1957 (CD2) and Hvidbjerg-Drapa with Ernst Hye- Knudsen from 1958 (CD2). Both are of special interest because Grøndahl performed Drapa six times with the symphony orchestra during the composer’s lifetime, and Hvidbjerg- Drapa had been premiered with the same cast in 1950, two years before Langgaard’s death. These are therefore historical recordings with authenticity. As an isolated occurrence, DR produced Symphony no. 6 in 1961 with Martellius Lundquist (CD1). But the situation changed in the mid-1960s. Prompted by the renewed, international interest in Mahler and Bruckner, DR realized that they should probably take a closer look at the completely neglected Danish ‘late romantic’ composer Langgaard. His widow, Constance, who lived until 1969, constantly pushed for her husband’s rehabilitation.
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 2025
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 976
EAN: 5709499976005
