RUED LANGGAARD
Sinfonia interna
Canzone Choir
Anne Margrethe Dahl
Pia Hansen
Jens Krogsgaard Jensen
Frans Rasmussen
Rued Langgaard, composer
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
About
Rued Langgaard is an outsider in Danish music. He came into conflict with the spirit of age and was ignored by the contemporary musical establishment, but since the 1960s interest in Langgaard's visionary Late Romanticism has been growing steadily. Sinfonia interna is a theosophically inspired 'stage symphony' which was abondened by the composer, but was resurrected in a series of independent works recorded for the first time on this CD.
Reviews
Danish Grammy Nominee 2000
"dacapo's recording places all the assembled forces in an appropriate, believable sonic and spatial perspective. A treat for lovers of post-Wagnerian romanticism" (Classics Today) [Read full review]
"Performed here with spirit, there is much to enjoy. Recommended" (Gramophone)
"Die vorliegende dänische Produktion setzt in jeder Hinsicht neue Massstäbe" Interpretation & Klang **** (Fono Forum)
Credits
Recorded at Fricksparken, Århus, on 7-8 March 1997 and 13-14 February 1998
Recording producers: Erik Kaltoft and Mike Cholewa
Sound engineer: Claus Byrith
Cover picture: Ernst Zeuthen: "Sol over Havet" (1928) courtesy of Statens Museum for Kunst
Dacapo and Canzone acknowledge, with gratitude, the financial support of Augustinus Fonden, Dansk Kapelmesterforening, Dansk Kor Forbund, GRAMEX and Solistforeningen af 1921
