Langgaard: Music of the Abyss / Asmussen, Esbjerg Ensemble

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Label
Dacapo Classical
Release Date
August 13, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LANGGAARD, RUED
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Esbjerg Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Asmussen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 13, 2021
    • UPC
      636943615225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8226152
    • LABEL
      Dacapo Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Septet, BVN 95

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Pina Mohs, Bue Skov Thomassen, Renske Wijma

    2. Augustinusiana, BVN 63

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Amane Horie

    3. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    4. II. Animato giocoso

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    5. Scherzo after Ach du lieber Augustin, BVN 62

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

    6. I. Roligt (Calmly)

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    7. II. Ikke hurtigt (Not fast)

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    8. III. Hurtigt (Fast)

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    9. IV. Temmelig langsomt (Rather slowly)

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Signe Asmussen, Amane Horie

    10. Humoreske, BVN 176

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Pina Mohs, Eva Vrtacnik

    11. I. Inflessibile mostruoso - Maestoso rigoglioso

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Amane Horie, Pina Mohs

    12. II. Frenetico, quasi rondo

      Composer: Rued Langgaard

      Ensemble: Esbjerg Ensemble

      Performer: Amane Horie, Pina Mohs


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.