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Athelas Sinfonietta

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    1990
    © Alexander Banck-Petersen

    A powerhouse of contemporary music, Athelas Sinfonietta stands as one of Denmark’s leading contemporary ensembles, performing at concerts, opera productions, festivals, and on international tours. Since its founding in 1990, it has premiered over 700 works – many as world premieres – collaborating with luminaries such as Steve Reich, Per Nørgård, Heiner Goebbels, Poul Ruders, Arvo Pärt, David Lang, Christian Lindberg, Britta Byström, Thomas Adès, Barbara Hannigan, Paul Hillier, George Benjamin, Philippe Leroux, and Pierre-André Valade. Driven by a passion for global collaboration, the ensemble has recently graced stages in England, Monaco, the United States, and France. Its extensive discography with Dacapo Records features composers such as Britta Byström, Niels Rosing-Schow, Karl Aage Rasmussen, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Ole Buck, Rune Glerup, Per Nørgård, Vagn Holmboe, and Karsten Fundal.

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    • Erik Højsgaard

      Please accept a Sunset

      This album brings together three of Højsgaard’s key works, each moving in the space between reality and our memory of it.

    • Niels Rønsholdt

      Den Sidste Olie

      Guided by composer Niels Rønsholdt, Den Sidste Olie ('The Last Rites') is a groundbreaking chamber opera intricately woven into the Baroque tonal tapestry. It explores the historical odyssey of oil extraction, addressing the challenges of the climate crisis with musical sophistication.

    • Anders Nordentoft

      Balcony Stream

      Three delicate and ingenious sinfonietta pieces, free from rigid dogma, focusing on direct communication through storytelling, lyricism and captivating impulses. Brimming with Nordentoft's extreme structural discipline while capturing life's broader essence on Earth.

    • Britta Byström

      Letter in April

      Byström's ear for colour and her willingness to be led by instinct are both apparent in the four works included on this album, all from the clearest and most evocative of ingredients.

    • Niels Rosing-Schow

      A Talk of Our Time

      Rosing-Schow with new material that shows his special characteristics: a calligraphic, aerated clarity and sense of functionalism in which no note, timbre or colour is wasted.

    • Karl Aage Rasmussen

      Alone & Together

      Karl Aage Rasmussen here extends his musical explorations of the solo concerto focusing on the relationship between the individual and the community

    • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Repriser

      Absurd and moving music inspired by newspaper articles, philosophy and the door of a red Skoda car

    • Ole Buck

      Sinfonietta Works

      Simple and beauty-seeking sinfonietta works inspired by nature

    • Rune Glerup

      Dust encapsulated

      Portrait album with acoustic and electronic works by Rune Glerup (b. 1981), who trained in Berlin and Paris

    • Per Nørgård

      Will-o’-the-Wisps in Town; Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

      Chamber version of Per Nørgård’s left-field cantata based on Hans Christian Andersen’s crazy tale. DVD with documentary film about the performance enclosed!Chamber version of Per Nørgård’s left-field cantata based on Hans Christian Andersen’s crazy tale. DVD with documentary film about the performance enclosed!

    • Vagn Holmboe

      The Key Masterpieces

      An outstanding introduction to the clear-sighted master of 20th-century Nordic music

    • Anders Nordentoft

      On This Planet (DVD)

      Nordentoft’s unique crossover theatre concert in both images and words

    • Anders Nordentoft

      On This Planet

      The music from Nordentoft’s unique crossover theatre concert

    • Karsten Fundal

      Chamber Music

      Works from Karsten Fundal’s breakthrough phase in the 1990s

    • Klaus Ib Jørgensen

      ... and the lotus rose, quietly, quietly ...

      Five virtuoso accordion works with leading representatives of Copenhagen’s fine accordion tradition

    • Vagn Holmboe

      Preludes for Sinfonietta Vol. 2

      Profound, magical music from Vagn Holmboe’s old age

    • Matthias Ronnefeld

      Am Abend tönen die herbstlichen Wälder

      Second volume of the complete works of the expressionist who died early

    • Vagn Holmboe

      Preludes for Sinfonietta Vol. 1

      World premiere recordings of Holmboe’s final work, a prayer for Mother Nature

    • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Music for Voices and Instruments

      Razor-sharp vocal works from a 25-year period with texts by among others Samuel Beckett

    • Niels Rosing-Schow

      Works for Sinfonietta

      Modernistic works with delicate, precisely detailed instrumentation

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