Dip Your Ears, No. 150 (Langgaard’s Stringed Nightingale)

Rued Langgaard
String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 6, Variations on “Oh, Sacred Head”
Nightingale String Quartet
Dacapo SACD

Musical Nattergale

Rued Langgaard (1893—1952) is a strange and most wonder-full romantic composer, whose 16 symphonies cover the gamut from massively delightful to charmingly bizarre. His violin and piano miniatures are among the sweetest found in the 20th century. His works