Langgaard: Songs / McClelland Jacobsen, Riisager

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Rued Langgaard is a composer who surprises. Having experienced one of his works, it is very likely that the next one you encounter will be entirely different. This is true of his songs to Danish texts, some of which are now available for the first time on record. In these songs, from his early days as a hyper-talented teenager through to his first works as a young visionary in his early 20s, we come close to him, both as a composer and as a human being.

REVIEW:

These are not among Langgaard’s most complex and modern works, but in a way using tonality and generally recognizable forms will give listeners, particularly those who have never heard Langgaard’s music before, a good idea of his working methods.

The soprano's soft singing in “Evening wraps its cloak of twilight” is absolutely exquisite, a treat for the ears, each note sounding like a silver bell. I could hear her voice in my mind’s ear for an hour after listening to this CD, and yes, that is a tribute to her exquisite vocal quality.

-- The Art Music Lounge



Product Description:

  • Release Date: November 03, 2023


  • Catalog Number: 8224754


  • UPC: 747313695423


  • Label: Dacapo


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Rued Langgaard


  • Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen, Kristian Riisager



Works:

  1. Hvad lærken sang!, BVN 35

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  2. Songs (4), BVN 67

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  3. Russiske Sange, BVN 126

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  4. Sange (4), BVN 100: No. 4. Vi tænkte slet ikke på nogenting (Our thoughts were simply on nothing at all)

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  5. Min moder (My Mother), BVN 5

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  6. Jeg beder ej om guldets glød (I Do Not Ask for Gold’s Bright Glow), BVN 31

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  7. Sommer (4 Sangtonebilleder), BVN 139

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)


  8. Sange af Jenny Blicher-Clausen, BVN 66

    Composer: Rued Langgaard

    Performer: Louise McClelland Jacobsen (Soprano), Kristian Riisager (Piano)