Knudage Riisager - Benzin | Dacapo 6220527

Knudage Riisager - Benzin

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Label: Dacapo

Cat No: 6220527

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th April 2008

Contents

Works

Riisager
Benzin, Op.17 (1928)

Riisager
Ballet i en akt af Robert Storm Petersen

Riisager
Til Apollon, lysets gud (1972)

Riisager
Archaeopteryx, Op.51 (1949

Artists

Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR

Conductor

Owain Arwel Hughes

Works

Riisager
Benzin, Op.17 (1928)

Riisager
Ballet i en akt af Robert Storm Petersen

Riisager
Til Apollon, lysets gud (1972)

Riisager
Archaeopteryx, Op.51 (1949

Artists

Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR

Conductor

Owain Arwel Hughes

About

"Benzin is a joke", said the Danish composer Knudåge Riisager (1897-1974) of the work he created for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1928 along with his friend, the popular cartoonist known as 'Storm P.' A dubious joke, however, as the ballet was taken off the bill after just three performances.

It is possible that the stage design was too unorthodox, or the plot too thin. Alternatively, perhaps Riisager’s music was quite simply too beautiful to be funny.

With this world première recording of the music, it is clear that Riisager’s unique talent for colourful, intelligent orchestration evokes the magic of 20th-century orchestral music at its very best.

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