Danish National Symphony Orchestra

ensemble

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR SymfoniOrkestret) is an internationally acclaimed orchestra with proud traditions, founded in 1925 as one of the first radio symphony orchestras. With its chief conductor and honorary conductor the orchestra is in particularly expert hands, and other master conductors are also regular visitors. The orchestra collaborates with among others Marek Janowski, Gary Bertini, Jeffrey Tate, Jaap van Zweden, Alexandre Lazarev, Evgeny Svetlanov, Christopher Hogwood, , Ton Koopman, Marc Soustrot, Manfred Honeck, Marin Alsop, Leopold Hager, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sylvain Cambreling, Leonard Slatkin, Gianandrea Noseda, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, John Eliot Gardiner and . The German conductor Gerd Albrecht was chief conductor of the orchestra in 2000-2004, and Yuri Temirkanov 1. guest conductor from 2000 to 2008. Two legendary conductors built up the orchestra in the early years: Fritz Busch and the Rus¬sian Nicolai Malko, whom the orchestra honours with the international Malko Competition for young conductors. Over the years the orchestra has also worked with some of the greatest composers of the twentieth century as soloists and conductors: Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Paul Hinde¬mith, Pierre Boulez, Witold Lutoslawski, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Hans Werner Henze. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR tours regularly in Denmark and abroad, in its role as Denmark’s national orchestra. In recent years the orchestra has performed in places as far apart as China, Korea, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Proms in London, the Baltic Festival in Stockholm and most recently with a successful tour of the Continent with concerts in among other venues the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

Live Dates

01 February 2010 Gramophone

Asger Hamerik: The Symphonies
"Top-notch sound from Dacapo makes this a highly enjoyable set."
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31 December 2009 Phildelphia City Paper

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Plateaux
"This is one of the most compelling new piano concertos in recent memory."
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25 November 2009 Musicweb International

Asger Hamerik: The Symphonies
"Dacapo do their usual truly outstanding job in documenting these discs..."
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01 July 2009 Gramophone

Rued Langgaard: The Symphonies
"Dausgaard, Danish Radio and Dacapo do the cycle proud."
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01 July 2009 Gramophone

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Plateaux
"...vivid performances from the Danish National SO in Plateaux. Cracking sound, too."
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17 June 2009 Classics Today

Per Nørgård: Symphonies 3 & 7
"If you're looking for some really good contemporary music ... then this powerfully engineered production offers a perfect opportunity to satisfy your craving."
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16 January 2009 Classics Today

Rued Langgaard: The Symphonies
"It's great to see a national label working so hard and so successfully to preserve its cultural heritage."
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01 October 2007 Gramophone

Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music - EDITOR'S CHOICE
"This is outstanding, and unmissable for Nielsen collectors."
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Image: Tine Juel / DR

Discography

	Sounds Like You Bent Sørensen SACD 6.220585 - Released: Nov 2010
	Music of the Spheres Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220535 - Released: Aug 2010
	Antikrist Rued Langgaard Blu-ray 2.110409BD - Released: Apr 2010 Blu-ray version of the acclaimed DVD production of Rued Langgaard's doomsday opera
	The Symphonies [4-SACD Box set] Asger Hamerik SACD 6.200002 (2009) Denmark’s most international 19th-century composer steps out in all his romantic orchestral glory
	The Key Masterpieces J.P.E. Hartmann CD 8.226103-04 (2009) A portrait of the key figure of Danish National Romanticism, who embraced all genres
	The Key Masterpieces Vagn Holmboe CD 8.226101-02 (2009) An outstanding introduction to the clear-sighted master of 20th-century Nordic music
	Symphonies Vol. 1, Nos. 4 & 5 Carl Nielsen CD 8.570739 (2009) An explosion of vital energy in Carl Nielsen’s two most famous symphonies
	The Symphonies [7-SACD box set] Rued Langgaard SACD 6.200001 (2009) All Langgaard’s 16 symphonies collected in one beautiful box; a watershed release!
	Symphonies 3 and 7 Per Nørgård SACD 6.220547 (2009) Sensational recording of Nørgård’s 7th Symphony and his epoch-making Symphony no. 3
	Plateaux Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen SACD 6.220533 (2009) The latest masterpiece by Holmgreen is a sparkling piano concerto in nine surprising movements
	Symphonies 15-16 Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220519 (2008) The last two symphonies and a handful of short pieces by the Romantic firebrand Langgaard
	Kronos plays Holmgreen Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen SACD 6.220548 (2008) The world-famous American Kronos Quartet plays three of Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s lush works
	Symphonies Vol. 2, Nos. 2 & 3 Carl Nielsen CD 8.570738 (2008) The popular Espansiva symphony and the witty Symphony no. 2, The Four Temperaments
	Benzin Knudåge Riisager SACD 6.220527 (2008) First recording ever of the crazy, beautiful scandalous ballet fra 1928
	Double Concertos Anders Koppel CD 8.226055 (2008) Dancing, imaginative music with major roles for saxophone, piano, violin and accordion
	Symphony no. 1 Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220525 (2008) The amazing breakthrough work by the child prodigy Langgaard is still Denmark’s biggest symphony
	Symphonies Vol. 3, Nos. 1 & 6 Carl Nielsen CD 8.570737 (2008) Nielsen’s vital debut and his enigmatic, surreal last work in the genre
	Symphonies No. 2 and 3 Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220516 (2007) Two of Langgaard’s most colourful, optimistic symphonies
	Vølvens spådom J.P.E. Hartmann CD 8.226061 (2007) Old Norse visions and National-Romantic overtures about the heroes of the Viking Age
	Orchestral Music Carl Nielsen SACD 6.220518 (2007) Prizewinning collection of Carl Nielsen’s shorter orchestral pieces – a revelation
	Romantic trombone Concertos SACD 6.220526 (2006) One of the world’s best trombonists shines in works by among others Holmboe and Launy Grøndahl
	Symphonies 12-14 Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220517 (2006) Three symphonies that cover the whole field of Langgaard’s corrosive, schizophrenic view of music
	The Little Mermaid; The Will-o'-the-Wisps Go to Town Bent Sørensen; Per Nørgård CD 8.226046 (2006) Two new Danish masterworks inspired by Hans Christian Andersen
	Antikrist Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220523-24 (2006)
	Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (DVD) Carl Nielsen DVD 2.110403-05 (2006) Live recordings of a Nielsen marathon with Michael Schønwandt and the Danish National SO.
	Den lille pige med svovstikkerne; Die Seejungfrau August Enna; Alexander Zemlinsky CD 8.226048 (2006) Zemlinsky meets Danish opera in a double tribute to Hans Christian Andersen
	Requiem Asger Hamerik CD 8.226033 (2006) A full-blown romantic masterpiece by Berlioz’ favourite Danish pupil
	Concertos Ole Schmidt SACD 6.220515 (2006) Grammy-nominated CD with concertos for flute, horn and tuba
	Antikrist (DVD) Rued Langgaard DVD 2.110402 (2005) Langgaard’s ecstatic vision of doom in prizewinning recording. Indescribable!
	Orchestral Works Sunleif Rasmussen SACD 6.220506 (2005) First symphony by a Faroese composer – winner of the Nordic Council’s Music Prize
	Maskarade Carl Nielsen CD 6.220507-08 (2004) Nielsen’s stage masterpiece in a classic recording with the conductor John Frandsen
	Orchestral Works Hans Abrahamsen CD 8.226010 (2004) Major works by the enigmatic master of contemporary Danish music
	Requiem for Nietzsche Vagn Holmboe CD 8.224207 (2002)
	Symphonies 4-5 Rued Langgaard CD 8.224215 (2002)
	Symphonies 9-11 Rued Langgaard CD 8.224182 (2001)
	Symphonies 6-8 Rued Langgaard CD 8.224180 (2001)
	Archipel des solitudes Niels Rosing-Schow CD 8.224163 (2001)
	Complete Symphonies (3CD Box Set) Carl Nielsen CD 8.203130 (2001)
	Der er et yndigt land CD 8.224141 (2000)
	Renaissance P.E. Lange-Müller CD 8.224109 (2000)
	The Tower of Babel Ludolf Nielsen CD 8.224157 (2000)
	King Frederik IX conducts The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra CD 8.224158-59 (2000)
	Symphony No. 2 Poul Ruders CD 8.224125 (1999)
	Liden Kirsten J.P.E. Hartmann CD 8.224106-07 (1999)
	Ouvertures J.P.E. Hartmann CD 8.224097 (1998)
	Der var engang P.E. Lange-Müller CD 8.224084 (1997)
	Orchestral Works Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen CD 8.224060 (1997)
	Symphonies 1-2 J.P.E. Hartmann CD 8.224042 (1996)
	Elverhøj Fr. Kuhlau CD 8.224053 (1996)
	Moses Herman D. Koppel CD 8.224046 (1996)
	Luna; Symphony No. 3; Twilight Per Nørgård CD 8.224041 (1996)
	Sterbende Gärten Bent Sørensen CD 8.224039 (1996)
	Holger Danske F.L.Ae. Kunzen CD 8.224036-37 (1995)
	Orchestral works Axel Borup-Jørgensen CD 8.224030 (1995)
	Siddharta Per Nørgård CD 8.224031-32 (1995)
	Orchestral Works Svend Erik Tarp DCCD 9005 (1992)
	Orchestral Works Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and Karl Aage Rasmusssen DCCD 9010 (1992)
	Gilgamesh; Voyage Into the Golden Screen Per Nørgård DCCD 9001 (1992)
	Concertos Per Nørgård DCCD 9002 (1992)
	Orchestral and Chamber Music Works Gunnar Berg DCCD 9007 (1992)