Works for saxophone and percussion written at the turn of the millennium by among others Simon Steen-Andersen and Niels Marthinsen. Hard-hitting!
Fuzzy
Chimes of Memory
Danish music’s all-round handyman and whizz-kid finds imaginative tones on the organ, grand piano and electronic instruments
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Mixed Company
A large-scale work cycle for chamber orchestra and singing voices, based on John Dowland’s Renaissance melody Flow my tears
Carl Nielsen, Friedrich Kuhlau, C.E.F. Weyse, J.P.E. Hartmann, Niels W. Gade, Thomas Laub, Peter Heise, Svend S. Schultz, Ib Nørholm
The Golden Age of Danish Partsongs
Paul Hillier’s interpretations of choral classics by among others Gade, Carl Nielsen and Weyse sung to perfection by Ars Nova Copenhagen
Rune Glerup
Dust encapsulated
Portrait album with acoustic and electronic works by Rune Glerup (b. 1981), who trained in Berlin and Paris
Knudåge Riisager
The Symphonic Edition Vol. 3
Riisager’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony and other orchestral works from the 1940s. Witty, provocative and scintillating neoclassicism
Per Nørgård, Poul Ruders, Hans Abrahamsen, Bent Sørensen
Through the Looking Glass
Superior deployment of artistic freedom from the trio Alpha, who reinterpret modern works by among others Per Nørgård and Bent Sørensen
Rued Langgaard
String Quartets Vol. 2
A world of hypersensitive romanticism. The Nightingale Quartet play Langgaard’s works for string quartet with raw nerve.
Rune Glerup, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Sunleif Rasmussen
Early & Late
Nordic folk music and contemporary avant-garde meet in a unique combination of violin, recorder and accordion
W.A. Mozart
45 Symphonies
The most incisive and vital recording in our time of all of Mozart’s symphonies. A treasury of discoveries and rediscoveries.
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 11
The “Linz” Symphony no. 36 and the bright Symphony no. 39 are high points of Mozart’s immortal production
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 12
Dramatic readings of the famous G minor Symphony no. 40 and the “Jupiter” Symphony no. 41 conclude a unique series
Jørgen Jersild
Chamber Music
A sophisticated stylist from the middle of the 20th century. Jørgen Jersild brought a French tone to Danish music
Sunleif Rasmussen
Motion/Emotion - Chamber Music
Melodierne fra færøske sange bliver til musikalsk dna i voldsomme, klanglige naturbeskrivelser af stor sanselighed
Peter Heise
Sange for mandsstemmer
Charming choral songs and quartets from the Danish Golden age. Long live woman, art and the fatherland!
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 1
Symphony no. 1 and four other early symphonies by the child prodigy. Follow his amazing life right from the beginning
Christoph Graupner, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Christian Schickhardt
Royal Recorder Concertos
Virtuoso music for recorder and orchestra as it sounded at the music-loving Danish court in the 1700s
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 10
Two of Mozart’s mature masterpieces: Symphonies 35 and 38, better known as the Haffner and Prague symphonies
Morten Olsen
Be My Quiet Friend
Morten Olsen, composer, bassist and guitarist in many genres, combining jazz fusion and performance with scored music
Poul Schierbeck
Fête galante
A true operatic feast: Schierbeck’s Fete galante from 1931 is lyrical and warm, glitteringly orchestrated and has Denmark’s best singers in the main roles
Magnus Lindberg
EXPO - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Al largo
The New York Philharmonic with chief conductor Alan Gilbert in three new works by Magnus Lindberg, one of the Nordic composers with the most infectious delight in music
Herman D. Koppel, Anders Koppel, Benjamin Koppel
Carion plays Koppel - Wind Quintets
Vital and playful chamber music from three generations of a unique Danish musician family: Herman, Anders and Benjamin Koppel
Knudåge Riisager
The Symphonic Edition Vol. 2
Riisager’s orchestral music from the 1920s and 1930s is a virtuosic jumble of moods. Festive, cheeky and enthusiastic about the future