Composer: Rued Immanuel Langgaard
Performer: Kerstin Thiele, Pina Mohs, Ron Chen-Zion, Bue Skov Thomassen, Joke Wijma, Renske Wijma, Antti Salovaara, Bogdan Božović, Amane Horie, Pau Codina Masferrer, Signe Asmussen, Esbjerg Ensemble
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dacapo
Catalogue: 8.226152
Release: 2021
Size: 1.29 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Langgaard: Wind Septet
02. Langgaard: Augustinusiana, BVN 63
Langgaard: I Blomstringstiden
03. No. 1, Allegretto
04. No. 2, Animato giocoso
05. Langgaard: Scherzo after Ach du lieber Augustin, BVN 62
Langgaard: Lenaustemninger
06. No. 1, Roligt
07. No. 2, Ikke hurtigt
08. No. 3, Hurtigt
09. No. 4, Temmelig langsomt
10. Langgaard: Humoresque
Langgaard: Afgrundsmusik (Music of the Abyss), BVN169
11. I. Inflessibile mostruoso – Maestoso rigoglioso
12. II. Frenetico, quasi rondo
Rued Langgaard’s (1893-1952) inner division can be experienced at its extreme in the chamber music written between 1913 and 1924, in which the secure world of his youth is undercut by a dark musical understream. This is most apparent in the work for piano, Music of the Abyss, which is presented here in a transcription for chamber ensemble by Allan Gravgaard Madsen (born 1984) of which this is the first recording. This meeting between Langgaard and Gravgaard brings to a climax the work’s view of modern man’s destructive strength in a crazy ride towards the abyss.