RUED LANGGAARD
Antikrist
Sten Byriel, bass
Anne Margrethe Dahl, soprano
Poul Elming, tenor
Helene Gjerris, soprano
Johnny van Hal, tenor
Jon Ketilsson, tenor
John Lundgren, barytone
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Susanne Resmark, mezzo soprano
Morten Suurballe

Rued Langgaard, composer

Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR
Danish National Choir / DR
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

About
A religious mystery opera. A magnificent doomsday vision. A full length nightmare. This SACD production of Rued Langgaard´s allegorical opera Antikrist witnesses the spectacular Danish co-production by the Royal Danish Opera and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation from 2002. No pains are spared as the composer’s revelation unfolds with its intriguing allegorical characters and its powerful statement about the moral decay of modernity.

Reviews
DISCS OF THE YEAR 2006
Svenska Dagbladet

DVD OF THE YEAR
International Internet Award 2005

A splendid issue!
DVD OF THE MONTH
(The Gramophone - Read full review)

Langgard's Antikrist is fabulous - a genuine, undiscovered, eccentric masterpiece.
(10/10 Classics Today) - Read full review)

RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Music and vision

Antikrist receives an outstanding performance with fully committed singers ... This production reveals Antikrist as a formidable modern opera which deserves to be widely known.
(La Scena Musicale, Canada)

The excellent soloists and accompanying chorus and orchestra under conductor Thomas Dausgaard deliver what must be a definitive performance of Antikrist.
(Classical Lost and Found)

Interpreted with total commitment by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard ... Antikrist is a powerful work, gripping equally to hear and watch.
(Music and Vision - Read full review and watch samples)

Höchstes Lob verdient das Dänische Nationalorchester unter dem Dirigenten Thomas Dausgaard, das die klangliche Apokalypse wie den endlichen Sieg des Lichts sehr intensiv vermittelt.
(Klassik Heute)

En opera om det største i livet ... Stor, uendelig, senromantisk musik. Og meget udansk
musik. Heldigvis.
(* * * * * Berlingske Tidende).

Glimrende og engagerede sangere og brillant og
dynamisk engageret orkesterspil.
(Politiken)

Det fås simpelthen ikke bedre
(Information)

Denne DVD er en begivenhed.
(Jyllands-Posten)

En bemærkelsesværdig indspilning ... Såvel sangere som DR Radiosymfoniorkesteret og Thomas Dausgaard og DR Radiokoret folder sig ud på linie med musikkens dramatiske holdning.
(Kristeligt Dagblad)

En märkligt fängslande upplevelse.
(Svenska Dagbladet)

Opsætningen er i al sin enkelthed fascinerende.
(* * * * * Flensborg Avis).

Best of all though is the orchestral contribution, suberply delivered under Thomas Dausgaard´s strong direction...
(Nordic Sounds).

Alt er på plads her, et mageløst flot orkesterarbejde, der eksponerer en rigdom af musikalsk energi og farveprægtig senromantisk instrumentation...
(***** Pladescenen).

Raum, Choreographie, Licht und Klang bilden bei dieser Produktion eine bewundernswerte Einheit...Faszinierend!
(***** Nondis, Das Nordeuropa - Magazin).

Dacapo´s presentation is exemplary, with a series of essays to fill in the genesis and "fate" of this unique opera, its "characters" and "action", history and "vibrant background" plus, off cause the full libretto in Danish, German and English, all printed with admirable clarity for easy reading and following.
(Musical Pointers)

Antikrist er et af de mest betydelige værker i den samlede danske - og...europæiske! - musikhistorie.
(Dansk Musik Tidsskrift, 10/2006)

Die uneingeschränkt empfehlenswerte DVD dokumentiert die erste dänische Produktion, die 2002 gemeinsam von der Königlichen Oper und dem Dänischen Rundfunk realisiert wurde. Ein schwieriges, aber effektvolles Werk, das es zu entdecken gilt.
(Opernglas, 10/2006)

Denne SACD-udgivelse bør have sin plads på hylden ved siden af alle symfonierne og orgelmusikken.
(Musikeren, 10/2006)

The orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard plays magnificently, and if you didn't get the DVD, or even if you did but want to hear the music in even more opulent sound, then this hybrid SACD is certainly the way to go.
(10/10 Classics Today) - Read full review

Ingen bør snyde sig selv for denne meget store oplevelse!
(High Fidelity 01/2007)

Fantastisk iscensättning i inspirerande miljö med ibland udda kameraföring. Langgaard är en riktigt stor tonsättare och Dausgaard vet att förvalta arvet. Finns även på cd/sacd, men bör ses. Glöm inte symfonierna.
(Svenska Dagbladet Read full review)
Credits
Stage director: Staffan Valdemar Holm
Set and costume designer: Bente Lykke Møller
Lighting designer: Linus Fellbom
Artistic directors: Kasper Bech Holten (The Royal Danish Opera) and Per Erik Veng (DNSO / DR)

Co-production by The Royal Danish Theatre and The Danish Broadcasting Corporation

Recorded at Ridehuset, Copenhagen, on 29, 31 August and 2 September 2002
Recording producer: Preben Iwan
Sound engineers: Jan Oldrup and Jørn Damgaard Jacobsen
Editing engineers: Morten Mogensen and Jørn Damgaard Jacobsen

Production manager, DNSO/ DR: Gordon Alsing
Video production by Cubus Film & TV
Director: Uffe Borgwardt
Executive producer: Peter Borgwardt
Commentary track hosted by Esben Tange
Sound engineer: Jørn Bramming

Bonus material: Langgaard and Antichrist:
Director: Bendt Viinholt Nielsen
Voice over: Jørgen Hansen
Editing: Uffe Borgwardt
Graphic design: www.elevator-design.dk

Mastered by SDC Studios Denmark
Publisher: Edition Samfundet

Dacapo Records acknowledge, with gratitude, the financial support of Langgaard-Fonden, Beckett-Fonden, Gangstedfonden, Etatsraad Georg Bestle og Hustrus Mindelegat and Dronning Margrethe og Prins Henriks Fond

Bikubenfonden is exclusive sponsor for The Royal Danish Theatre in connection with the production of Antikrist

This DVD has been produced in cooperation with The Royal Danish Theatre, The Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Cubus Film and TV