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Signe Asmussen

    soprano
    1970
    Signe Asmussen © Camilla Schiøler

    Soprano Signe Asmussen has established herself as one of the most sought-after, charismatic and versatile Danish singers of her generation. She has long been lauded as one of Denmark’s finest lied singers, and in 2009 she was awarded the Aksel Schiøtz Prize for her exceptional efforts. She performs regularly as a soloist with the major Danish orchestras. Committed to the contemporary repertoire, she has recorded numerous CDs in continuous, close collaboration with Danish ensembles and composers. Her work was recognised in 2014 when she was awarded the Danish Composers’ Society’s Award for Musicians.

    • 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'

    • Rued Langgaard

      Music of the Abyss

      Rued Langgaard’s music written between 1913 and 1924 are undercut by a dark musical understream with Music of the Abyss as climax.

    • Per Nørgård

      Singing Secrets

      Singing Secrets is a thoughtful and profoundly lyrical album illustrating some of the distinctive steps of Per Nørgård’s musical journey.

    • Lars Hegaard

      Octagonal Room – Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar

      A fascinating picture of the guitar’s possibilities as a solo instrument, as accompanist and as the first amongst equals in chamber music.

    • Peter Heise

      Peter Heise: The Song Edition

      Nearly every song by Heise, almost 300 songs in all, for the first time. 'Album of the year', DR P2 Prize 2022

    • Jakob Davidsen

      THE WORLD IS BABEL AND IVORY

      Discovering a fascinating world with Jacob Davidsen and company - away from the safe, conventional paths into a striking genre-hopping adventure.

    • Poul Rovsing Olsen

      The Planets — music for voice and instruments

      Musical gems that embrace Rovsing Olsen's ambition to bring the music closer to the listener and his meeting with Oriental music

    • Nicolai Worsaae

      Wesenheit ab Wesenheit

      Music to poems by the German prisoner Jörg Meyer, who during the late 70s was in solitary confinement in a Danish prison, imprisoned for espionage for the GDR

    • Axel Borup-Jørgensen

      Viola Works

      Intriguing viola works depicting Axel Borup-Jørgensen's fascination with the dark, rich instrument

    • Bent Sørensen

      Sounds Like You

      Bent Sørensen and Peter Asmussen’s intriguing work that brings together orchestral music and drama

    • Gunnar Berg

      Chamber Music Works with Piano

      Uncompromising music from the 1950s and 1960s by one of Denmark’s most acute, international modernists.

    • Otto Mortensen

      Songs

      Simple, beautiful music by a classic Danish composer of the twentieth century

    • Carl Nielsen, A.P. Berggreen, Oluf Ring, Otto Mortensen, C.E.F. Weyse, P.E. Lange-Müller, Thomas Laub, Poul Schierbeck, Thorvald Aagaard

      Fra Højskolesangbogen

      Popular strophic songs from the songbook that lies at the core of Danish musical culture