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The Launy Grondahl Legacy, Vol. 9

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Details

Composer
Jens Laurson Emborg, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Poul Schierbeck
Artist
The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Otte Svendsen, Erik Sjoberg, Ruth Guldbaek, Dorothy Larsen, Syl
Format
CD
Label
Danacord
Released
Jul 04, 2025
Catalog #
DACOCD889
UPC
5709499889008

About

No one did more for Danish music in his lifetime than Launy Grondahl. In these radio recordings from the 1950s, he conducted unfamiliar works by the father of the classical tradition in Denmark, J.P.E. Hartmann. This music for the stage presents both the light and the serious sides of the 'Nordic tone' which inflected music in Denmark up to the time of Nielsen and beyond. The Nielsen influence emerges in two movements from the First Symphony by his pupil Poul Schierbeck, and then in a ceremonial cantata which was performed annually to mark Denmark's national day. Composed during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, the cantata by Jens Laurson Emborg belongs to it's dark time, and yet it also captures enduring characteristics of the Danish spirit.

Tracklist 42 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Overture 07:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    female section Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  3. 2 II. With slow cunning the Queen of the Rivers Avenges the Ymer Giant 01:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. With slow cunning the Queen of the Rivers Avenges the Ymer Giant
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    female section Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  4. 3 III. Chorus of Mermaids: Don't be sad any longer! 01:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Chorus of Mermaids: Don't be sad any longer!
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    female section Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  5. 4 IV. Interlude: Freya and Yrsa 02:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Interlude: Freya and Yrsa
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    female section Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  6. 5 V. Conclusion 00:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Conclusion
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    female section Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  7. 6 En sommerdag (A Summer Day) 08:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    En sommerdag (A Summer Day)
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Performer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Anonymous, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  8. 7 A Folk Tale, Act II: Prelude 04:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    A Folk Tale, Act II: Prelude
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Niels Wilhelm Gade, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  9. 8 Act I: Prelude 03:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: Prelude
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  10. 9 Act I: Aria: How good it is to sit here 02:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Aria: How good it is to sit here
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Performer
    Otte Svendsen
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  11. 10 Act II: Prelude 02:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Prelude
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  12. 11 Act II: Aria: King Volmer goes hunting 03:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Aria: King Volmer goes hunting
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Performer
    Ruth Guldbæk
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  13. 12 Act II: Hunter's Chorus: Soon the night is gone 02:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Hunter's Chorus: Soon the night is gone
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  14. 13 Sorgemarch ved Thorvaldsens bisaettelse (Funeral march for Thorvaldsen's Burial) 04:16
    Track
    13
    Title
    Sorgemarch ved Thorvaldsens bisaettelse (Funeral march for Thorvaldsen's Burial)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
    Performer
    Palle Alsfelt
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  15. 14 II. Lento molto 08:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Lento molto
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  16. 15 III. Allegretto molto comodo e quasi indolente (dolce far niente) 04:40
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegretto molto comodo e quasi indolente (dolce far niente)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 Law creates society, society creates law - A safeguard against abuse - Not according to the whims of great men 01:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Law creates society, society creates law - A safeguard against abuse - Not according to the whims of great men
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Ellen Malberg, Svend Methling
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  19. 2 In the Danish towns here and there - The annals of history - The right to think 03:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    In the Danish towns here and there - The annals of history - The right to think
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Holger Norgaard
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  20. 3 It was then that the June sky turned blue 01:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    It was then that the June sky turned blue
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  21. 4 This law is the foundation 01:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    This law is the foundation
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Holger Norgaard
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  22. 5 The land we were given 03:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    The land we were given
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  23. 6 We live in the present Look how blue the summer sky 03:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    We live in the present Look how blue the summer sky
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Ellen Malberg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  24. 7 We must treasure the great, amidst the hardships of the present 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    We must treasure the great, amidst the hardships of the present
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Svend Methling
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  25. 8 We love the sea, the wind, everything that flows freely 01:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    We love the sea, the wind, everything that flows freely
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Performer
    Sylvia Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  26. 9 Our folk saga through a thousand years 04:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Our folk saga through a thousand years
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Poul Schierbeck
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Boys Choir, Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  27. 10 The Song of Life 03:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Song of Life
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  28. 11 Sower 02:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sower
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Erik Sjoberg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  29. 12 Spring 02:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    Spring
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen, Lilian Weber-Hansen
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  30. 13 Love 04:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Love
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  31. 14 With a Cycle 01:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    With a Cycle
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Erik Sjoberg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  32. 15 South Wind 02:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    South Wind
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen, Lilian Weber-Hansen, Erik Sjoberg, Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  33. 16 Picture 01:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    Picture
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  34. 17 Rainy Weather Mood 02:33
    Track
    17
    Title
    Rainy Weather Mood
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  35. 18 Work! 01:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Work!
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  36. 19 Morning Dew 04:32
    Track
    19
    Title
    Morning Dew
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen, Erik Sjoberg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  37. 20 Before Dawn 02:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    Before Dawn
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  38. 21 There's a Word - Farmer's Wedding 02:46
    Track
    21
    Title
    There's a Word - Farmer's Wedding
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  39. 22 The Invalid and Christ 02:48
    Track
    22
    Title
    The Invalid and Christ
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  40. 23 The Norns 05:36
    Track
    23
    Title
    The Norns
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Lilian Weber-Hansen
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  41. 24 The Song of the Winds 01:43
    Track
    24
    Title
    The Song of the Winds
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Erik Sjoberg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  42. 25 By the North Sea 01:49
    Track
    25
    Title
    By the North Sea
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  43. 26 Child and Mother 03:27
    Track
    26
    Title
    Child and Mother
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl
  44. 27 The Sparrows at the Holy Ghost 03:33
    Track
    27
    Title
    The Sparrows at the Holy Ghost
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Jens Laursøn Emborg
    Performer
    Dorothy Larsen, Johannes Astrup
    Ensemble
    Danish Radio Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Launy Grøndahl