℗ 2021 Dacapo Records
Released August 13, 2021
Duration 1h 15m 38s
Record Label Dacapo Records
Catalogue No. 8.226152
Genre Classical (Modern Era)
 

Music of the Abyss

Signe Asmussen, Esbjerg Ensemble

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1.1
Septet, BVN 95
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Kerstin Thiele; Pina Mohs; Ron Chen-Zion; Bue Skov Thomassen; Joke Wijma; Renske Wijma; Antti Salovaara
14:15
1.2
Augustinusiana, BVN 63
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Pau Codina Masferrer
4:51
I blomstringstiden, BVN 136  
1.3
No. 1, Allegretto
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
6:19
1.4
No. 2, Animato giocoso
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
3:36
1.5
Scherzo over motiverne C A og “Ach, du lieber Augustin", BVN 62
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Pau Codina Masferrer
4:59
Lenaustemninger, BVN 138  
1.6
No. 1, Roligt
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
5:15
1.7
No. 2, Ikke hurtigt
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
3:30
1.8
No. 3, Hurtigt
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
1:12
1.9
No. 4, Temmelig langsomt
Rued Langgaard; Signe Asmussen; Esbjerg Ensemble; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
4:45
1.10
Humoreske, BVN 176
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Kerstin Thiele; Pina Mohs; Eva Vrtacnik; Ron Chen-Zion; Antti Salovaara; Christian Giuseppe Martinez Alegria
13:12
Afgrundsmusik, BVN 169 (Arr. A. Madsen for Chamber Ensemble)  
1.11
I. Inflessibile mostruoso - Maestoso rigoglioso
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Kerstin Thiele; Pina Mohs; Ron Chen-Zion; Antti Salovaara; Joke Wijma; Christian Giuseppe Martinez Alegria; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
7:37
1.12
II. Frenetico, quasi rondo
Rued Langgaard; Esbjerg Ensemble; Kerstin Thiele; Pina Mohs; Ron Chen-Zion; Antti Salovaara; Joke Wijma; Christian Giuseppe Martinez Alegria; Bogdan Božović; Amane Horie; Michel Camille; Pau Codina Masferrer
6:07
Digital Booklet
Rued Langgaard’s (1893-1952) inner division can be experienced at its extreme in the chamber music written between 1913 and 1924, in which the secure world of his youth is undercut by a dark musical understream. This is most apparent in the work for piano, Music of the Abyss, which is presented here in a transcription for chamber ensemble by Allan Gravgaard Madsen (born 1984) of which this is the first recording. This meeting between Langgaard and Gravgaard brings to a climax the work’s view of modern man’s destructive strength in a crazy ride towards the abyss.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Dacapo Records Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-4.13
-11.78 to -0.36
-27.97
-30.79 to -23.30
-24.13
-27.20 to -19.80
15
11 to 18
1
Septet, BVN 95
-4.07-27.19-23.814
2
Augustinusiana, BVN 63
-1.05-27.51-23.115
3
No. 1, Allegretto
-4.02-27.56-24.114
4
No. 2, Animato giocoso
-4.75-29.17-25.515
5
Scherzo over motiverne C A og “Ach, du lieber Augustin", BVN 62
-7.09-30.48-27.115
6
No. 1, Roligt
-4.37-30.79-26.716
7
No. 2, Ikke hurtigt
-4.60-28.94-24.515
8
No. 3, Hurtigt
-2.12-23.94-19.813
9
No. 4, Temmelig langsomt
-11.78-30.61-27.211
10
Humoreske, BVN 176
-3.86-30.36-26.418
11
I. Inflessibile mostruoso - Maestoso rigoglioso
-1.43-25.83-21.416
12
II. Frenetico, quasi rondo
-0.36-23.30-20.014

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