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Per Nørgård
CD/8.204002 – 8 Symphonies
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, Vienna Philharmonic, Sakari Oramo, Oslo Philharmonic, John Storgårds
'I feel each of my symphonies is a whole continent in itself,' the Danish composer Per Nørgård (b. 1932) has said. One of the greatest symphonists of our time, his music stems from an insatiable urge to explore the phenomena of the world and the possibilities of music. His eight symphonies stand as milestones over the course of six decades, and this 4 CD box set contains spellbinding performances which harvested a bumper crop of critical superlatives on their initial release. These recordings provide a fascinating insight into the symphonic thinking of Nørgård, the composer of the ‘infinity principle’.