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No less than a small sensation: Else Marie Pade in her hitherto unknown role as an orchestral composer.

Else Marie Pade, Christina Åstrand, Michael Frank Møller, Joachim Gustafsson, Malmö Opera Orchestra
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    Else Marie Pade

    The Orchestral Album

    No less than a small sensation: Else Marie Pade in her hitherto unknown role as an orchestral composer.

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    Else Marie Pade

    EMP 1

    Else Marie Pade's fascinating interpretations of four poems by Orla Bundgård Povlsen: two political, dealing with the war in Vietnam, and two with no particular theme.

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    Rued Langgaard

    Symfoni nr. 1, Klippepastoraler

    The teenage Langgaard celebrating his love of beauty and harmony in the most hedonistic terms with a gigantic alpine symphony. Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, the first orchestra to stage this masterpiece to great acclaim in 1913.

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    Bára Gísladóttir

    VÍDDIR

    VÍDDIR is not a light-hearted leap into a new life. It is a black night of a piece. An abyss, into which Gísladóttir has dived and reached deeply.

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    Finnur Karlsson, Atli Ingólfsson, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Friðrik Margrétar-Guðmundsson

    Fikta

    Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson is on home turf in five Icelandic works for accordion with biting originality and intense dramas.

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    Rued Langgaard

    Piano Works Vol. 4

    In this fourth volume of piano works, Berit Johansen Tange captures the fierce inner life of Langgaard, his charm and incomparable twists in colour

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    Matias Vestergård

    Idylls, elegies

    Vestergård is a rarity on Denmark’s new music scene — this album features 'his younger self trying to deal with the serious classical music heritage that he love'

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    Martin Stauning

    Harp Concerto

    A harp trapped by an orchestra — the new Harp Concerto by Danish sound magician Martin Stauning is an entrancing yet dramatic piece of music.

    The opera is truly a treat for music lovers
    Lars Geerdes, Flensborg Avis
    Kudos to these excellent musicians and to Dacapo for such a marvellous survey of this very fine music.
    Dean Frey, Music for Several Instruments
    Each piece has its own feeling and character. This is a wonderful album, highly recommended
    Lynn René Bayley, The Art Music Lounge
    The four young musicians have succeeded in recording Dalberg's music with a warm and exquisite sound, which at the same time exudes temperament and necessity. And it is truly entertaining.
    Henrik Friis, Politiken
    A both musical and literary vitamin bomb, an important piece of Danish cultural history
    Peter Dürrfeld, Kristeligt Dagblad
    Elegant, effortless, and supple
    Jed Distler, Classics Today
    “The eight Theatre of Voices singers deliver unfailingly sensitive performances under Hillier’s deft direction, and the recorded sound is excellent.”
    Terry Blain, BBC Music Magazine
    This is the ideal introduction to Bentzon
    , International Piano Magazine
    The music is presented with accuracy and great vigour, and the production is simply brilliant.
    Ivan Rod, Ivan Rod
    The Nightingales bring light and shade to this marvelous music
    Guy Rickards, Gramophone
    “Gade's cantata ‘Comala’ is honey for the ears”
    Gregers Dirckinck-Holmfeld, GregersDH.dk
    “A generous composer portrait”
    Peter Dürrfeld, Kristeligt Dagblad
    “Begeistert vom ersten bis zum letzten Ton”
    Burkhard Schäfer, Piano News
    “The artistic quality is certainly amazing”
    Per Rask Madsen, Magasinet Klassisk
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