Launy Grøndahl was appointed director of the Danish State Radio's new orchestra in 1925, which initially comprised only 11 musicians.
Cultural Impact
Carl Nielsen's music, featured on this album, flows in the blood of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, whose members knew much of his music by heart until at least 1975.
Performer Biography
Launy Grøndahl, the conductor on this album, began his career as a violinist before transitioning to conducting and composing.
Composition History
Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments', is subtitled after the four bodily fluids of ancient medical theory, inspired by a comical wall-painting in a tavern.
Recording & Production
This album includes previously unissued recordings of Haydn and Beethoven from Launy Grøndahl's farewell concert with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in June 1956.
Performer Biography
Launy Grøndahl led the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra for 31 years, conducting 289 public concerts and 5528 studio broadcasts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, 'The Inextinguishable', takes its subtitle from the composer's belief that 'Music is life, and like it inextinguishable'.
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