Michael Schønwandt

From 2000 until May 2011 Michael Schønwandt (conductor) was chief conductor at the Royal Danish Theatre, where he has conducted regularly since his debut in 1979. Alongside this he has been chief conductor of Collegium Musicum since the foundation of the orchestra in 1981. In 1987 and 1988 he was the first Scandinavian conductor ever of the Festival in Bayreuth, and in 1992-1998 he was chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Michael Schønwandt, who is a much appreciated and sought-after conductor in many international concert halls and opera houses, appears in several CD and DVD recordings. Among other things he has recorded all Carl Nielsen’s symphonies on CD and headed the Royal Danish Orchestra on the DVD release of Kasper Bech Holten’s staging of Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung. From 2010 to 2013 Michael Schønwandt was chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic in Amsterdam, and has been principal guest conductor of the Staatsoper in Stuttgart. In 2011 Michael Schønwandt was appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog’.
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Paul von Klenau
Symphony No. 9
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Carl Nielsen
Saul & David
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Carl Nielsen
Carl Nielsen sung by the Danish National Choirs
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade
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Peter Heise
Songs for Male Voices
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Poul Schierbeck
Fête galante
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Bent Sørensen
La Notte
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Carl Nielsen
The Masterworks Vol. 1 – Orchestral Music
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Poul Ruders
Selma Jezková (Dancer in the Dark)
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C.E.F. Weyse
The Key Masterpieces
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J.P.E. Hartmann
The Key Masterpieces
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade (DVD)
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Richard Wagner, Carl Nielsen, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, George Bizet, Alexander Borodin
Famous Opera Choruses
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Vagn Holmboe
Requiem for Nietzsche
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Poul Ruders
The Handmaid's Tale
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
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Friedrich Kuhlau, Niels W. Gade, J.P.E. Hartmann, P.E. Lange-Müller, H.E. Krøyer, Jacob Gade, J. Mikel
Der er et yndigt land
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P.E. Lange-Müller
Renaissance
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
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Carl Nielsen
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
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Poul Ruders
Symphony No. 2
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J.P.E. Hartmann
Liden Kirsten
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P.E. Lange-Müller
Der var engang (Once upon a time)
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C.E.F. Weyse
Cantatas
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Edouard Dupuy
Ungdom og Galskab (Youth and Folly)
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Orchestral Works
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Poul Ruders
Solar Trilogy
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Niels W. Gade
Elverskud (The Elf King's Daughter)
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 6-7
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 4-5
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C.E.F. Weyse
Symphonies Nos. 1-3
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Poul Ruders
Concertos
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8
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Svend Erik Tarp
Orchestral Works
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Niels W. Gade
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5