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Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was a dreamer by nature. This solo piano album presents his wondrous world through a handful of significant world premiere recordings, representing a cross-section through Langgaard’s life as a composer - from the little thoughtful childhood piece Album Leaf to his very last piano piece – Piano Piece, E major – from 1951.
Alongside key works like Adorazione and Music of the Abyss, this album also presents the first complete recording of the cycle Summer Holiday in Blekinge which was left unfinished by the composer.
Rued Langgaard: Smaa Sommerminder (Remembrances of Summer), BVN 254
No. 1. Engang (One Day): Allegretto leggiero
No. 2. Allegretto
No. 3.
No. 4. Sang (Song): Tranquillo
Rued Langgaard: Afgrundsmusik (Music of the Abyss), BVN 169
I. Inflessibile mostruoso (Inflexible, monstrous) - Solenne misterioso (Solemn, mysterious) - Ignominioso e lusingando (Shameful and Tempting)
II. Frenetico, quasi rondo - Piu animato frenetico - Agitatio con irritazione sempre - Piu frenetico - Piu tranquillo lusingando - Capriccio grazioso - Sempre frenetico
Rued Langgaard: Albumslad I, BVN 3
Albumslad I, BVN 3
Rued Langgaard: Paa en Kirkegaard ved Nat (In a Churchyard at Night), BVN 22
Paa en Kirkegaard ved Nat (In a Churchyard at Night), BVN 22
Rued Langgaard: Adorazione, BVN 223
Adorazione, BVN 223
Rued Langgaard: Piano Piece in E major, BVN 426
Piano Piece in E major, BVN 426
Rued Langgaard: Sommerferie i Blekinge (Summer holidays in Blekinge), BVN 123
No. 1. Paa Rejse (Travelling)
No. 2. Mode (Meeting)
No. 3. Sondag paa Kirkebakken (By the Village Church on a Sunday): Agitated
No. 4. Kobjaelder i Granskoven (Cowbells in the Pinewood): Piu lento - (Tempo I) - Piu lento - Piu con moto - A tempo I
No. 5. Kafferep og Resignation (Kafferep and Resignation): Presto - Lento
No. 6. Svensk (Swedish): Lively
No. 7. Aeterblomster (Sweet Peas): Piu con moto
No. 8. Paa Tur (On Tour): Piu con moto - A tempo
No. 9. Afsked (Farewell): Appassionata - Con moto - Appassionata
No. 10. Aften med Dans (Evening with Dancing): Allegretto tranquillo
September 2011
“Tange has become a more confident and dynamically empowered Langgaard interpreter since her 2005 release devoted to the composer's piano music, and seems more temperamentally attuned to the keyboard-writing's high quirk quotient and ear-catching inventiveness.”
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No. 1. Engang (One Day): Allegretto leggiero