The madrigal singing of Musica Ficta is excellent and idiomatic, as is the playing of Concerto Copenhagen.
Roy Westbrook, Music Web International
News
November 2018
For those who want to know Langgaard´s orchestral works, this album is the perfect introduction
Sten Wistrand, Kulturdelen (Svensk tidskrift)
Das Sängerensemble macht seine Sache gut, das Ganze lebt aber vor allem vom intensiven Spiel der Beteiligten.
Christoph Prasser, SWR 2
A mandatory purchase for its interpretative insights, committed playing and tangibly realistic sound
Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone
October 2018
Eva Sommested Holten´s scenography is sparse, but beautiful and just what you want in the balance between music and image.
Camilla Marie Dahlgren, Information
Soprano Komsi gives an effortlessly-spun account of the finale’s text, her intonation and tone impeccable throughout
Jonathan Blumhofer, The Arts Fuse
Sakari Oramo has the ability to make complex music transparent and clear. An appealing warm-sounding recording is an extra plus.
Jörgen Lundmark, OPUS
In a fascinating way Holten incorporates the prince´s madrigals in his own work.
Mikael Krarup, Fyens Stiftstidende
Vienna Philharmonic performs in all their mightiness Rued Langgaard's symphony number two and six.
Peter Dürrfeld, Kristeligt Dagblad
Bo Holten writes, in both orchestral and vocal movements, with the clear and picturesque voice leading known from his other operas.
Gregers Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Gregers DH
Superb performances: flautist Lena Kildahl and violinist Stanislav Pronin are impressive in the solo works, backed by sharp, witty playing from Tobias Ringborg’s Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk
Tobias Ringborg directs with crispness or breadth as the occasion demands and his accomplished Aarhus forces prove as adept in this repertoire as they have elsewhere on disc
Jonathan Woolf , Music Web International
We hear a composer trying to break free of the constraints of Nordic Romanticism and glancing in some fascinating Impressionistic directions as a result
Andrew Mellor, Gramophone
Vienna Philharmonic plays the alternately work with magnificent certainty
Thomas Michelsen, Politiken
September 2018
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Live
Lars Møller nominated for DMA Jazz
02 November 2018Saxofonist og komponist Lars Møller er med albummet Glow of Banares nomineret i kategorien 'Årets Danske Jazzkomponist' ved Danish Music Awards Jazz den 12. november 2018.
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New album by Rovsing Olsen is celebrated at a concert at the National Gallery of Denmark
10 October 2018On Wednesday, 24 October, the album The Planets with chamber music by Poul Rovsing Olsen is being released. On the same day, the works on the album will be performed at a concert at The National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), where a visual origin of the work The Planets can be experienced.
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BENT LORENTZEN – OBITUARY
09 October 2018by Lars Ole Bonde
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New release
Rued Langgaard’s most bizarre and unpredictable work recorded for the first time
04 October 2018The celebration of the 125th anniversary of Rued Langgaard’s birth continues with a new album featuring violin sonatas, recorded by the Langgaard experts Gunvor Sihm and Berit Johansen Tange.
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New release
German GDR spy's isolation poems turned into music on new album
24 September 2018Composer Nicolai Worsaae has written two ensemble works about isolation inspired by the East German Spy Jörg Meyer's nine months of solitary confinement in Vestre Fængsel in Copenhagen at the end of the 1970'ies. The works are now released on a new album and will be performed live at a concert tonight.
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New release
A sonic journey into the human body’s different cells
19 September 2018Fat, protein and connective tissue form the basis of Danish composer Signe Lykke's new work Body Textures, which is released as a digital EP today. Japanese video artist Yoshi Sodeoka has made visuals for the work.
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New release
World premiere on the opera film Gesualdo · Shadows by Bo Holten
09 August 2018Bo Holten's fascination with the Italian prince and composer Carlo Gesuldo has been manifested in a modern Baroque opera, that is now released on DVD.
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Svend Erik Tarp's orchestral works are 'album of the week' on Danish radio P2
02 August 2018From August 4-10 Aarhus Symphony Orchestra's new recording of Svend Erik Tarp's early orchestral works are chosen as 'album of the week' on P2.
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New release
Brorson's collection of hymns released on new CD
22 June 2018The Baroque ensemble PHEMIUS CONSORT has recorded Pietist songs based on Brorson's collection of hymns The Rare Treasure of Faith.
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New release
Vienna Philharmonic perform Tango Jalousie
07 June 2018Since the first performance in 1925, Tango Jalousie has become perhaps the absolutely most frequently played piece of Danish music for almost a century. Now the turn has come to one of the world’s absolutely leading orchestras, the tradition-conscious Vienna Philharmonic, to record the world famous piece, and Tango Jalousie is now released as a digital single.