Rued Langgaards største succeser fandt sted i Tyskland og Østrig, hvor bl.a. hans Symfoni nr. 2 og 6 blev tiljublet. Hjemme oplevede han aldrig den form for opbakning. Tværtimod gik hans position i Danmark fra slem til værre, og han døde som et forgræmmet og desperat menneske, stort set uden støtter i dansk musikliv. På denne nye indspilning med Wiener Filharmonikerne under ledelse af Sakari Oramo kan man derfor høre Langgaards musik “vende hjem” til den centraleuropæiske musikkultur, der på mange måder lå ham nærmere end det antiromantiske Danmark, han levede i. Hør også Jacob Gades legendariske Tango Jalousie blive spillet af Wiener Filharmonikerne. IN ENGLISH: Rued Langgaard (1893–1952) was the major Danish late-Romantic composer who did not gain recognition in his mother country. His greatest successes took place in Germany and Austria, where his Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 were met with considerable acclaim. Back home, he never received that kind of backing. He died a careworn and despairing individual. On this recording with one of the world’s leading orchestras, the traditionconscious Vienna Philharmonic, one is therefore able to hear Langgaard's music 'return home' to a central European musical culture. At the same time things were going swimmingly for his colleague Jacob Gade (1879–1963) whose Tango Jalousie has become the absolutely most frequently played piece of Danish music for almost a century