Birgitte Alsted
Agnete's Laughter
Prizewinning electro-acoustic sound collages based on the folk tale of Agnete and the Merman
Bo Holten
Venus' Wheel - Works for Choir
New works by Bo Holten, one of the ablest choral composers and directors of our time, here fronting the Flemish Radio Choir
Knudåge Riisager
Violin Works
The violin was Riisager’s own instrument, and in the violin works we hear his inimitable, roguish personality as directly as we could wish
Per Nørgård
Songs from Evening Land - Helene Gjerris sings Per Nørgård
Intense, innovative songs and vocal works from half a century, recorded in close collaboration with the composer
Vagn Holmboe
Chamber Music (II)
Five works for different chamber ensembles, where the meeting of the instruments creates strong, natural forms
Carl Nielsen
Symphonies 2 and 3
An explosive beginning to the New York Philharmonic’s sensational new series of all Carl Nielsen’s symphonies and solo concertos!
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 9
Mozart’s famous Paris Symphony (no. 31) in two versions, as well as Symphonies 33-34
Erik Norby
The Rainbow Snake - Orchestral Songs and Symphonic Works
Orchestral magic in one of the most impressive orchestra pieces of the 1970s with sophisticated, almost Late Romantic sounds.
Vagn Holmboe
Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar
Transparent, poetic music by Holmboe, who was captivated at a late age by the unique possibilities of the guitar.
Poul Rovsing Olsen
Piano Concerto and Orchestral Works
Brilliant music from the 1950s by a composer with an unusually international outlook. A real discovery!
Per Nørgård
Sceneries for percussion and ensemble
Four magical, virtuosic percussion works inspired by the forms of nature and eastern mysticism.
Per Nørgård
Libra
Enchanting vocal music with a vision of a world in ecstatic balance. A vocal tour de force in spectacular sound quality.
Bent Lorentzen
Erotic Hymns
Intense music for baritone and organ, where the religious and the erotic meet to texts from three centuries.
Electronic Music Produced at DIEM 1987-2012
A cavalcade of electronic works created over 25 years by a wide selection of Danish composers at the Danish Institute for Electronic Music.
Vagn Holmboe
Chamber Symphonies
A master composer in concentrated format. Holmboe’s razor-sharp chamber symphonies encapsulate the essence of his art.
Katrine Ring, Vagn Holmboe
A Hand for Holmboe
The well known Danish DJ Katrine Ring deconstructs and remixes Vagn Holmboe’s Chamber Concertos from the 1940s.
Peter Bruun, Jexper Holmen, Torben Snekkestad, Morten Olsen, Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
Spaces and Places
Brand new solo works, played by a single flute in the unique medieval abbey church at Løgumkloster.
Carl Nielsen
The Masterworks Vol. 2 — Chamber and Instrumental Works
All Dacapo’s latest recordings of Carl Nielsen’s chamber and piano works, played by Danish musicians with Nielsen’s absolutely distinctive tone in their blood.
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!
Rued Langgaard
String Quartets Vol. 1
A dramatic breakthrough for both Langgaard’s unrestrained quartet art from the beginning of the 1900s and the young female Nightingale Quartet.
Per Nørgård, Ole Schmidt, Anders Koppel, Martin Lohse
Accordion Concertos
The internationally famous virtuoso Bjarke Mogensen makes the accordion an irresistible solo instrument in four energetic concertos from the past 50 years.
Kasper Rofelt
The song I'll never sing - Works for Accordion
Magical new music written specifically for the young accordion virtuoso Bjarke Mogensen. Minimalistic and virtuosic all at the same time.
Finn Høffding
Orchestral Works
Original, subtle music from Finn Høffding, who was a pupil of Carl Nielsen and became one of the inter-war period’s most important composers.
Bent Sørensen, Johannes Ockeghem
Requiem
Paul Hillier conducts Ockeghem’s famous Requiem from the 1400s, completed in our own time by Bent Sørensen. A uniquely beautiful encounter.
Ib Nørholm
Tavole per Orfeo
Exquisite, poetic songs for soprano and guitar, written in the 1960s by a classic master of Danish music.
Gunnar Berg
Chamber Music Works with Piano
Uncompromising music from the 1950s and 1960s by one of Denmark’s most acute, international modernists.
Wayne Siegel
Terra
Pioneering works by the American-born composer Wayne Siegel, where the computer interacts with acoustic instruments and the human voice.
Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen
Dance and Detours
Rhythmic, precise chamber works from the 21st century where princes and mermaids take dangerous detours.
C.F.E. Horneman
Orchestral Works
Horneman’s most important orchestral works, whose rich colours, moods and infectious temperament are a culmination of the Danish Golden Age.
Jack Body, Anne Boyd, Liu Sola, Lou Harrison, Ross Edwards
A Bridge of Dreams
Unusua music from the Pacific Rim featuring composers and poets from China, Japan, California, New Zealand and Australia recorded by Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier
Heinrich Schütz
The Complete Narrative Works
Box collection of Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen’s highly acclaimed recordings of all of Schütz’s passions and narrative oratorios from the late Renaissance.
Knudåge Riisager
The Symphonic Edition Vol. 1
Blændende orkesterværker af Knudåge Riisager, der forenede et fuldtidsarbejde som embedsmand med en omfattende virksomhed som komponist