The Nightingales bring light and shade to this marvelous music
Guy Rickards, Gramophone
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Album of the Week
DR P2 Ugens Album
Eminently illuminated by the Nightingale String Quartet
Peter Johannes Erichsen, Weekendavisen
Soft, well-crafted and superbly on all joints and edges
Thomas Michelsen, Politiken
The Danish National Opera Chorus are a bonus here, singing with commendable power
Clive Paget, Limelight Magazine
The virtuosity demonstrated by the Nightingale String Quartet is astonishing. Recommended
Colin Clarke, Classical Explorer
The Nightingale String Quartet will apparently be Holmboe's new ambassadors
Valdemar Lønsted, Information
If her combination of delicacy and love can not persuade you to love these pieces, then nothing can
Andrew Mellor, Magasinet Klassisk
These are really nice songs, which are the ones I most often want to hear again
Charlotte Nørby, Magasinet Klassisk
In short, this is an important publication, which helps to show the diversity of Danish musical drama around the year 1900
Esben Tange, Magasinet Klassisk
This release feels magnificently southern Jutland - and to that extent also flamboyant Danish-minded à la South Schleswig. And it's beautiful
Kristian Ditlev Jensen, Grænsen
Einem Hörerlebnis mit großer Tiefe
Stefan Pillhofer, Orchestergraben
The quality of the music is generally very high, and this is of course also due to Christina Åstrand's excellent interpretations, where the violin really 'sings'
Lars Geerdes, Flensborg Avis
"The Nightingales" play both lively and with a clear sense of the strict structure of Holmboe's music
Peter Dürrfeld, Kristeligt Dagblad
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New release
Two mammoth releases present Peter Heise
04 February 2021The Danish composer Peter Heise is known for his lyrical and melodical talent. Now his great opera success Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal) is being released in a new recording from The Royal Danish Theatre as well as his collected songs – almost 300 all told – sung by 18 different singers, accompanied by the promoter of the project, the pianist Christian Westergaard.
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People
August Enna's 'Kleopatra' nominated for the 'German Record Critics’ Award'
02 February 2021In October 2020 the world premiere recording of August Enna's opera Kleopatra from 1894 was released. The album has just been nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award in the opera category.
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Three Dacapo releases shortlisted for the P2 Music Award 2021
30 January 2021P2 Prisen (P2 Music Award) has just announced the nominated albums for this year's album prizes. I the category 'Album of the Year, New classical' Louise Alenius, Bent Sørensen and Karl Aage Rasmussen are shortlisted for three Dacapo releases from 2020.
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New release
New release by James Black combines trashy aesthetics and rigorous compositional structures
25 January 2021Electronic drum machines in impossible tempi, a bloody lullaby, drones and analogue lyricism – on Friday 29 January, James Black's new album Music Is Not Always Participatory, realised from a working grant and the corona lockdown, is released.
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New release
Jakob Buchanan's album 'On Rosenhill' now available on vinyl
20 January 2021Composer and jazz trumpeter Jakob Buchanan's tribute to the neighbourhood Rosenhøj, the work On Rosenhill, is now also available on vinyl.
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New release
Watch interview with Christian Westergaard as an intro to the release of Heise’s collected songs
18 January 2021On 12 February, the recording of all of Peter Heise’s songs will appear on the Peter Heise: The Song Edition album. The pianist Christian Westergaard accompanies 18 of the leading singers in northern Europe on the album, and as an intro to the release of the album you can see an interview with Christian Westergaard about his work on the almost 300 songs.
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People
Bára Gísladóttir's album HĪBER is named 'Best of the Year'
08 January 2021Icelandic composer and doubble bass player Bára Gísladóttir's HĪBER is honoured in both Icelandic Morgunblaðið and on the English blog 5:4.
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Bent Sørensen to be P2 Artist 2021
06 January 2021On 26 February, the annual P2 Music Award will be awarded in Odense Concert Hall, where Bent Sørensen will receive the award of P2 Artist 2021. At the concert, Bent Sørensen’s trumpet concerto from the release Concertos will be performed, with Tine Thing Helseth as soloist.
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New release
Nightingale String Quartet presents its first Holmboe album
04 January 2021The prize-winning Nightingale String Quartet is now ready with the first album in its series of Vagn Holmboe’s string quartets.
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People
Listen to soprano Elsebeth Dreisig's favourites on new playlist
16 December 2020The Danish soprano Elsebeth Dreisig is in the news with the first release of August Enna’s opera Cleopatra, which was released in October. On a new playlist she presents ten songs that have a special significance for her.