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Langgaard - Symphonies No.15 & No.16, Orchestral Works | Dacapo 6220519

Langgaard - Symphonies No.15 & No.16, Orchestral Works

Label: Dacapo

Cat No: 6220519

Barcode: 0747313151967

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 5th January 2009

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About

Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was an odd, lonely figure in Danish music. His 16 symphonies make up a thought-provoking, original contribution to the history of the symphony.

The last two symphonies are both brief, but are musically very different. In Symphony No.15 we find modernist features, while Symphony No.16 can be called a personal testament in the spirit of Romanticism.

The CD concludes with a couple of early orchestral pieces and three world premiere recordings of late works (Hvidbjerg-Drapa, Fanfares for orchestra and Res absùrda!?).

This is the final disc in Dacapo’s successful and highly acclaimed series of Langgaard’s symphonies recorded by Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard.

Thomas Dausgaard is working his way through an authoritative new Langgaard cycle with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir ... Mr. Dausgaard’s keen advocacy elicits polished, persuasive accounts that live up to Langgaard’s motto: “Long Live Beauty”.” The New York Times on 6220517

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