Dansk Musik Antologi: Sange af P.E. Lange-Müller / LP

6C 063-38107

Product Details:

• Label: EMI
• Catalogue Number: D.M.A. 009 / 6C 063-38147
• Format: Vinyl, Stereo (also compatible with Mono)
• Series: Dansk Musik Antologi
• Genre: Classical, Art Song

Overview

This album showcases the evocative art songs of Danish composer P.E. Lange-Müller, renowned for his ability to set poetry to music with deep emotional resonance. The selections include works with Danish, Polish, and Russian texts, translated by noted poets such as Thor Lange and Alexis Tolstoy.

Bent Norup’s rich baritone voice, accompanied by Tamás Vető’s nuanced piano playing, brings these compositions to life, capturing the intimacy and lyricism of Lange-Müller’s style. Each piece is imbued with a delicate balance of Scandinavian melancholy and lyrical beauty, highlighting the composer’s connection to both Danish folk traditions and European romanticism.

Recorded as part of the Dansk Musik Antologi series, this release is a vital contribution to preserving and promoting Denmark’s classical music heritage.

Track Listing

Side 1:

1. Tre Sange (Three Songs), Op. 38

   • Skytsenglen (The Guardian Angel) [Polish text]
   • I Skoven I (In the Forest I) [A. Maikoff]
   • I Skoven II (In the Forest II) [I. Turgenjev]

2. Af Vandringsmandens Sange (From the Wanderer’s Songs), Op. 77

   • Jeg vandrer ad den vej (I Wander Along the Way)
   • Herre, er det dig, der kommer (Lord, Is It You Who Comes?)
   • Som en dæmpet klang af dybe strenge (Like a Subdued Sound of Deep Strings)

3. Thabor, Op. 31, No. 1

   • Text: Chr. Richardt

Side 2:

1. Når Sol går ned (When the Sun Sets), Op. 19

   • Text: Thor Lange

2. Skumring (Twilight), Op. 20

   • Dybt i skumring (Deep in Twilight)
   • Se, som skygger henad himlen (See How Shadows Cross the Sky)
   • En rand af diset hede (A Border of Misty Heather)
   • Under sneen begraves det visnede græs (Under the Snow the Withered Grass is Buried)

3. Gik du fra mig ud (Did You Leave Me), Op. 34, No. 1

   • Text: Russian

Key Credits

• Baritone: Bent Norup
• Piano: Tamás Vető
• Recording Sponsor: Danish National Bank’s Jubilee Fund of 1964, Danmarks Radio, and other Danish music organizations.
• Composer: Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller
• Performers: Bent Norup (Baritone), Tamás Vető (Piano)

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