Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango jalousie Anu Komsi, Vienna Philharmonic & Sakari Oramo

• Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952): Symphony No. 2, BVN 53 "Vaarbrud":
• 1 Symphony No. 2, BVN 53 "Vaarbrud": I. Allegro con anima - Tranquillo con espressione 17:21
• 2 Symphony No. 2, BVN 53 "Vaarbrud": II. Lento religioso quasi adagio - Più con moto 10:35
• 3 Symphony No. 2, BVN 53 "Vaarbrud": III. Molto con moto - Animato 10:15
• Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende":
• 4 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Thema (Versione I). Corrosif misérable religieux 03:35
• 5 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Thema (Versione II). L'istesso tempo, corrosif 01:59
• 6 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Var. 1, Introduzione. Allegro non roppo 01:27
• 7 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Var. 2, Fuga. Frenetico marziale, corrosif 02:04
• 8 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Var. 3, Toccata. Poco a poco furioso mosso 02:16
• 9 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165, "Det Himmelrivende": Var. 4, Sonata. Maestoso frenetico 06:12
• 10 Symphony No. 6, BVN 165, "Det Himmelrivende": Var 5, Coda. Corrosif religieux 04:01
• Upaaagtede morgenstjerner, BVN 336:2:
• 11 Upaaagtede morgenstjerner, BVN 336:2 07:00
• Jacob Gade (1879 - 1963): Tango jalousie:
• 12 Tango jalousie 03:53
• Total Runtime 01:10:38

Info for Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango jalousie

Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) was the major Danish late-Romantic composer who did not gain recognition in his mother country. His greatest successes took place in Germany and Austria, where his Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 were met with considerable acclaim. Back home, he never received that kind of backing. He died a careworn and despairing individual. On this recording with one of the world's leading orchestras, the tradition-conscious Vienna Philharmonic, one is therefore able to hear Langgaard's music 'return home' to a central European musical culture. At the same time things were going swimmingly for his colleague Jacob Gade (18791963) whose Tango Jalousie has become the absolutely most frequently played piece of Danish music for almost a century.

"These symphonies need no introduction for Records International collectors. This new release is being offered because who would have ever thought, way back when Danacord were doing their Langgaard symphony series with a Bulgarian orchestra, that we’d ever be hearing the frickin’ Vienna Philharmonic playing Rued Langgaard!!!@!# One might say that the retrogade, ultra-conservative pieces he wrote would naturally have fitted a central European orchestra, but this? Wow! Oh, Unnoticed Morning Stars? It’s a movement from his Symphony No. 14 which the composer noted could be played on its own." (Records International)

Anu Komsi, soprano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Anu Komsi
continues to be praised for her versatile musicianship and her dynamic coloratura voice. She began her musical education in Kokkola, Finland, where she played both flute and violin in the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Equally at home on both opera and concert stages, she has appeared regularly all over Europe and in the United States. She is a versatile recitalist and chamber musician with a repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary music. New York Magazine described her as being a “Pyrotechnic Grace” on the stage. Engagements at leading opera houses and concert halls like in Wien, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Milano, Cologne, Frankfurt, Bremen, Rome, Sao Paulo, Prag, Stockholm, Helsinki have kept her busy. Her repertoire takes in over 60 operatic roles including Lulu, Nannetta, Zerbinetta, Olympia, Gilda, Norina, Michaela, Queen of the Night and in George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill, a role written specially for her. Morton Feldman’s Neither is one of her signature roles. At her Salzburg Festival debut in summer 2011 she was hailed in the press as “the excellent anti-opera heroine”. In recent seasons the title roles of Lady Sarashina by Eötvös, Schneewittchen-Snowwhite by Holliger, President Kekkonen by H-J Hofmann has been internationally acclaimed.

Newest success in the season 2016 was the role of Eva in Stockhausen Production of the Year” in the prestigious Opernwelt magazine.She has been the soloist with numerous major orchestras like New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra London, DSO Berlin, Milano la Scala , Wien Symphoniker, CBSO Birmingham, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Ensemble Modern , Cech Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and worked with celebrated conductors like Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Franz Welser-Möst, Heinz Holliger, Sakari Oramo, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki, Rudolf Barshai, Leif Segerstam. In her most acclaimed repertoire in recent years includes Sibelius´s Luonnotar which is recorded with Lahti Symphony for BIS, Kaija Saariaho´s Leino Songs which are recorded for Ondine and the piano reduction was commissioned by Anu herself, Tiensuu´s Voice Verser- specially written for her, E-P Salonen´s Wing on Wing with her sister Piia Komsi and recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, Magnus Lindberg´s Accused, Heinz Holliger´s Morgenstern Lieder, Mahler Symphonies 2th, 8th and 4th which is also recorded with Sir Roger Norrington&SWRSO.

Anu Komsi leads an Opera Festival in her home Town of Kokkola on the West Coast of Finland and the 12. festival will take place 20.7.-23.7. 2017 in Kokkola showing the Finnish premiere of G. Meyerbeer programme. ́s “Donnerstag aus licht” in Basel Theatre and the production was titled ”The ́s Grand Opera L ́etoile du Nord being also a official part of Finland100 Celebration.

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