Louis Glass's symphonies were performed abroad and some became standard repertoire in Denmark, but his fame declined as Carl Nielsen gained prominence.
Composition History
Louis Glass's Symphony No. 5, "Sinfonia Svastika," premiered in 1921, with its title referring to the Indian life-symbol, not the Nazi symbol.
Album & Artwork
This album is the first recording of the complete orchestral music by Danish composer Louis Glass.
Composer Biography
Louis Glass (1864-1936) was the only child in a highly-cultured, middle-class family in Copenhagen, whose father was a pianist and composer.
Composition History
Louis Glass's Symphony No. 1 was completed in 1894, the year of his thirtieth birthday, and premiered in Berlin in 1895, conducted by Glass himself.
Composer Biography
Louis Glass's career as a pianist was cut short by a nervous complaint in one arm, but he became one of the most important Danish conductors of his time.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Fifth Symphony's ideas are influenced by Louis Glass's theosophical outlook, but it is not a "philosophical" symphony, rather melodically inspired and original.
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