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1/13/2012 Tøbrud for Gunnar Bergs musik

Dacapo inviterer til CD-release i Admiral Gjeddes Gaard mandag 23. januar Read more

1/13/2012 Politiken Plus og Dacapo i nyt partnerskab

Dacapos nye partnerskab med Politiken Plus giver medlemmerne eksklusiv adgang til køb og download med en fast Plus-rabat på 20%. Read more

1/11/2012 Best sound quality of the year 2011

Det amerikanske hi-fi magasin Audiophile Audition har Koppel-kvartetter på listen over årets bedste 2011 Read more

12/15/2011 Årets bedste i Politiken og Berlingske

Ifølge både Politikens og Berlingskes musikanmeldere har Dacapo leveret et par af årets bedste klassiske CD-udgivelser Read more

12/9/2011 A sneak preview at 2012

We invite you to take a sneak preview at 3 of our strongest new releases for 2012! Read more

12/2/2011 Mogens Dahl recommendations

Conductor Mogens Dahl recommends the three Dacapo CDs he would most like to give as Christmas gifts. Read more

12/1/2011 Grammy nomination for Hillier and Ars Nova

Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen have been nominated for an American Grammy Award in the category "Best Choral Performance". Read more

11/24/2011 Critics' favourites 2011

See this year's critics' favourites and order online at special price Read more

11/24/2011 Advent Quiz 2011

Listen to the sample of the week and guess the composer! Read more

11/15/2011 Bo Holten anbefaler

Dirigent og komponist Bo Holten anbefaler tre Dacapo-CD'er, som han selv har lyttet ivrigt til. Read more

11/10/2011 10/10 for Riisager on Classics Today

Dacapo's new Riisager series gets top marks 10/10 on Classics Today. Read more

11/10/2011 Hillier brings attention to Australian music

Limelight Magazine feature about the music on A Bridge of Dreams which brings Australian music to international attention and "offers huge potential for the expansion of cultural understanding". Read the article here Read more

10/31/2011 Klassisk i æteren - hvad nu?

Hvor er den klassiske musik blevet af? Se en oversigt over de nye lyttemuligheder her. Read more

10/28/2011 Nyt liv i gammel flamme

Både Carl Nielsen og Edvard Grieg var store beundrere af C.E.F. Horneman. Nu vækkes den glemte guldalderkomponist til live med udgivelsen af en CD og to nye bøger Read more

10/24/2011 Video: Schütz - Complete Narrative Works

View the video trailer from the recording sessions for Schütz: Complete Narrative Works with Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen Read more

10/18/2011 New video: Riisager Symphonic Edition

Video trailer for Dacapo's new series featuring the world premiere recording of Riisager's complete symphonies Read more

10/15/2011 Winners of the P2 Prize 2011

At the end of September the DR P2 Prize 2011 was awarded at a gala concert in the DR Concert Hall. Three of the prize winning CDs were released by Dacapo Records. Read more

10/10/2011 From the Gramophone blog: Send in the Danes

As Dacapo's new Knudåge Riisager cycle launches, Andrew Mellor surveys Danish music's long affair with the funny Read more

10/10/2011 Gramophone feature: "Everyones talking about Nielsen"

Complex and contradictory, Nielsen's wide output has been sidelined for more than half a century. But, argues Andrew Mellor from Gramophone, we might at last be on the brink of a major, reputation-shifting Nielsen revival. Read the article here Read more

9/14/2011 Five in one go!

Dacapo's internationally acclaimed producer Preben Iwan is responsible for 5 of the recordings that are nominated for the P2 Price Read more
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Recent Reviews

A Bridge of Dreams

Gramophone

"Anne Boyd's As I crossed a bridge of dreams steals the show (...) and - like everything else here - admirably performed"

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A Bridge of Dreams

4/5 Stars
BBC Music Magazine

"Unsual, moving pieces nicely performed and recorded"

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Chamber Music (I)

Gramophone

"...proves once again that musical conversation is Holmboe's strong point, as it is for the excellent players on this cleanly recorded disc."

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Piano Works Vol. 2

4/6 Stars
Opus

"Den här nya volymen visar upp större variation och bredd"

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Symphonies Vol. 3

5/6 Stars
OPUS

"Spelet är så smittande och positivt att Mozart måste le i sin himmel"

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Selma Jezková (Dancer in the Dark)

Opera

"...an outstanding record of a quite extraordinary work. I can't recommend it too highly"

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Orchestral Works

4/6 Hjerter
Politiken

"DR-musikernes velsmurte fortolkning af den sært svimlende musik efterlader kun en konklusion: Horneman tilbage på teatret. Han skal have en chance mere."

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The Symphonic Edition Vol. 1

International Record Review

"...very good fun, with occasional depths, and some roller-coaster handling of the orchestra. Worth your time"

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The Symphonic Edition Vol. 1

Gramophone

"The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra acquits itself bravely under Bo Holten's firm direction and, as usual from this source, recording quality and documentation are first-rate"

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The Symphonic Edition Vol. 1

MusicWeb International

"Playful, chivalrous, impulsive and ending in a grand symphonic glow ... a most impressive and sensitive portrayal of pastoral beauties."

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