Heise, Weyse and Lange-Müller: Love Songs Mathias Hedegaard

• Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879): Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams):
• 1Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 1, Du lægger dig ned en aftenstund [You lay down one evening]02:11
• 2Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 2, Hvor engen har foldet ved mosens bred [By the wide marsh, where the meadow has unfolded its blanket]01:12
• 3Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 3, Det blinker med perler (It is twinkling with pearls)00:59
• 4Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 4, Så lad sangen i salene bruse (Then let song in the halls)01:01
• 5Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 5, I skoven er der så stille (It is very quiet in the wood)02:15
• 6Heise: Farlige drømme (Dangerous Dreams): No. 6, Den blomstrende sommer (The blossoming summer)02:04
• Kærlighedssange:
• 7Heise: Kærlighedssange: No. 1, Vårsang i høst (Springsong in Autumn)02:46
• 8Heise: Erotiske digte (Erotic Poems): No. 1, Til en veninde (For a lady friend)02:14
• 9Heise: Lauras sange af Robert Fulton: No. 2, Når svanen drømmende (When dreaming swan)03:07
• 10Heise: Digte fra middelalderen: No. 7, Skønne fru Beatriz (The beautiful Mistress Beatriz)02:58
• 11Heise: Erotiske digte (Erotic Poems): No. 4, Skovensomhed (Alone in the woods)03:02
• Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774 - 1842): Sovedrikken (The Sleeping-Draught):
• 12Weyse: Sovedrikken (The Sleeping-Draught): Skøn jomfru, luk dit vindu op (Fair lady, open your window)01:57
• Sankt Hansaften-spil:
• 13Weyse: Sankt Hansaften-spil: Dybt skoven bruser (Forest murmurs)01:31
• Mit elskte barn (Sweetest infant):
• 14Weyse: Mit elskte barn (Sweetest infant)02:31
• Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have (A fairy tale of Rosenborg Gardens):
• 15Weyse: Et eventyr i Rosenborg Have (A fairy tale of Rosenborg Gardens): Man siger, hjertet har ej rum (They say the heart cannot contain)03:00
• Axel og Valborg:
• 16Weyse: Axel og Valborg: Det var ridder hr. Åge (Sir Aage rode along the shore)04:36
• Ludlam's hule (Ludlam's Cave):
• 17Weyse: Ludlam's hule (Ludlam's Cave): Der er en ø i livet (In life there is an island)03:00
• Signelil:
• 18Weyse: Signelil03:23
• Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926): 6 Folkeviser (6 Folksongs), Op. 18:
• 19Lange-Müller: 6 Folkeviser (6 Folksongs), Op. 18: No. 4, Skin ud, du klare solskin (Shine out, o brightest sunshine)01:04
• 4 Songs, Op. 19, "Når sol går ned" (At sunset):
• 20Lange-Müller: 4 Songs, Op. 19, "Når sol går ned" (At sunset): No. 1, Himlen ulmer svagt i flammerødt (The sky gleams a faint flame-red)02:47
• 8 Folkeviser (8 Folksongs), Op. 34:
• 21Lange-Müller: 8 Folkeviser (8 Folksongs), Op. 34: No. 3, Silde den aften (Late in the evening)01:28
• 6 Folkeviser (6 Folksongs), Op. 18:
• 22Lange-Müller: 6 Folkeviser (6 Folksongs), Op. 18: No. 3, Lille røde rønnebær (Little red rowanberry)00:47
• 4 digte (4 Poems), Op. 31:
• 23Lange-Müller: 4 digte (4 Poems), Op. 31: No. 2, Ved løvfaldstid (In Autumn)03:29
• 8 Folkeviser (8 Folksongs), Op. 34:
• 24Lange-Müller: 8 Folkeviser (8 Folksongs), Op. 34: No. 6, I Würzburg ringe de klokker (Bells are ringing in Würzburg)01:44
• 3 digte (3 Poems), Op. 4:
• 25Lange-Müller: 3 digte (3 Poems), Op. 4: No. 2, Åkande (Water-lily)01:53
• 3 sange ved havet (3 songs by the sea), Op. 54:
• 26Lange-Müller: 3 sange ved havet (3 songs by the sea), Op. 54: No. 1, Snart er de lyse nætters tid forbi (Soon the time of the bright nights will be past)02:04
• 27Lange-Müller: 3 sange ved havet (3 songs by the sea), Op. 54: No. 2, Og da jeg sejled dit hus forbi (And when I sailed past your house)02:29
• 28Lange-Müller: 3 sange ved havet (3 songs by the sea), Op. 54: No. 3, Jeg sejled en nat over havet (One night, I sailed over the sea)03:08
• I mester Sebalds have, Op. 13:
• 29Lange-Müller: I mester Sebalds have, Op. 13: No. 1, Genboens første vise (The neighbour’s first song)02:19
• Total Runtime01:06:59

Info for Heise, Weyse and Lange-Müller: Love Songs

Here is an irresistible collection of love songs by three masters of Danish Romanticism: Weyse, Heise and Lange-Müller. Their songs with piano have made an indelible mark on a genre of Danish music and express a world of yearning and joy.

The young lyric tenor Mathias Hedegaard has an outstanding feel for the style and offers masterly renderings of these beautiful Danish songs.

Mathias Hedegaard, tenor
Tove Lonskov, piano

Mathias Hedegaard
has established his name in just a few years as a sought-after and award-winning bright lyrical tenor. His CD recordings with Danish songs and arias have won international recognition and his interpretation of the Evangelist Partiet in Bach's Passions has led him to engagements with several of Northern Europe's best baroque orchestras and conductors. With his strong stage presence, as an opera singer he has especially made himself known in several Danish premieres and as a Liedsanger he has sung at, among others, Danmarks Radio and at festivals both at home and abroad.

In the 23/24 season, Mathias made his debut in the role of Janek/MAKROPOLOS at Malmö Opera and was a soloist in the same season with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. For several seasons, Mathias has been a regular guest at the Funen Opera, he has, among other things, appeared in Sovedrikken, Die Weisse Rose and Den Glade Enke.

Mathias Hedegaard is educated at Det Kgl. Danish Music Conservatory and at the Opera Academy with Kirsten Buhl Møller as teacher. Already during his student years, he debuted in 2006 at Det Kgl Teater as Gastone in LA TRAVIATA and in the same year had great success in the double role of Verner/Daniel in the world premiere of Svend Hvidfeldt Nielsen's EDENS GAVE. In 2007 he sang Acis in Händel's ACIS AND GALATHEA at Innsbrucker Alte Musikwochen in Stephen Lawless' staging and with Lars Ulrik Mortensen as conductor, a role he later also sang at the Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht.

He has had roles in, among others The Royal Theatre, Den Jyske Opera, Gothenburg Opera, Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck and at the Wermlandsoperan in a repertoire that spans Monteverdi, Bach, Händel and Mozart to newer composers such as Stravinsky and Britten, as well as several contemporary Danish composers such as Niels Marthinsen and Andy Pape.

Mathias Hedegaard is a much sought-after concert singer and has been a soloist with the DR Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Leipziger Kammerorchester, DR Entertainment Orchestra and De Nederlandse Bachvereining as well as all the regional orchestras. He has worked with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Michael Schønwandt, Giancarlo Andretta, Andrew Parrott and Nicholas Kraemer.

As a Liedsinger, he has sung in concert halls and music associations across most of the country, i.a. in Tivoli's Concert Hall and DR Koncerthuset, as well as in Austria and Great Britain, most often with Tove Lønskov as accompanist.

On CD, he has recorded SERENADES AND ROMANCES with the DR Entertainment Orchestra and Adam Fischer, LOVE SONGS with Tove Lønskov and Carl Nielsen Cantaters with the Århus Symphony Orchestra and Bo Holten.

Mathias has received a number of awards over time, including the Aksel Schiøtz Prize 2006, the Musikanmelderringen's Artist Prize 2007, the Gladsaxe Music Prize 2006, the Leonie Sonningfonden's Scholarship 2006 and the Prins Henrik's Fonds Legacy 2009.

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