Three of Koppel’s most charming concertos are heard here in new recordings from the musicians who inspired them and the Danish Sinfonietta, that commissioned and first performed them.
Joachim Andersen
Works for Flute and Piano
Joachim Andersen's career followed an exceptionally varied course. As a composer, he emerges deeply rooted in his era, conveying sensitivity and enchantment on this dazzling double album of Joachim Andersen's works for flute and piano.
Rued Langgaard
Songs
Langgaard is a composer who continues to surprise. Each encounter with his arch-Romantic oeuvre promises a departure into uncharted territory, a testament to his ever-evolving creative spirit.
Ying-Hsueh Chen
Dark Radiance
A journey through subtle musical movements that meticulously weave the past into the present in a remarkable manner. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ »Her album should resonate across multiple continents« Politiken
H.C. Lumbye, Joseph Lanner, Johann Strauss I
Champagne! The Sound of Lumbye and His Idols
The sound of Danish popular music as it resonated in 1840s Copenhagen – a sound that no one has experienced for over 150 years. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ »This album is a revelation« Politiken. Winner of the P2 Award: Album of the Year 2023.
August Enna
Violin Concerto · Symphony No. 2
Two of Enna's most charming orchestral works: the Violin Concerto, which combines Enna's background as a violinist with his connection to opera and Nordic national Romanticism, and Symphony No. 2, which offers a constant melodic flow.
Daníel Bjarnason
From Earth to Ether
This album, conducted by Bjarnason himself, presents new renditions of three pieces, featuring mesmerising transformations, ephemeral trembling sounds, and poignant reflections on the transient nature of companionship and love. »Power, precision and personality« Gramophone Magazine
Peter Heise
The String Quartets Vol. 1
In the first instalment of their two-part series, Nordic String Quartet revives Heise's elegantly fluid string quartets with a spacious and lyrical approach, infusing a sensibility attuned to his distinctive poetic touch.
Mette Nielsen
Frozen Moments
An introspective collection of compositions by Mette Nielsen that challenges the listener to ponder the nature of time and sound.
Line Tjørnhøj
enTmenschT
In enTmenschT, Danish composer Line Tjørnhøj weaves together the interwoven words of four ill-fated lovers amidst the devastation of the two world wars. An exceptional exploration of the human voice as a window to the soul.
Paul von Klenau
Koncerter · Symfoni nr. 8
World premiere recordings of Klenau’s Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 8, showcasing his mastery of both tonal and atonal sonorities, his distinctive introspective style, and his exceptional talent for venturing into uncharted musical realms.
Hugi Guðmundsson
The Gospel of Mary
Mary Magdalene as an apostle of equal significance to her male counterparts, inviting us to hear a voice that history has silenced.
Britta Byström
Letter in April
Byström's ear for colour and her willingness to be led by instinct are both apparent in the four works included on this album, all from the clearest and most evocative of ingredients.
Lo Kristenson, Randi Pontoppidan, Kirstine Lindemann, Greta Eacott
Demiurge
Demiurge showcases Damkapellet's unique approach to music-making through a carefully curated program that combines lyricism with bold artistic expression.
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Piano Works
Four of Bentzon's early piano works in the hands of a true virtuoso – lush, spirited and among the most challenging and imaginative creations for piano of the last century.
Nicolaus Gottschovius, Lupus Hellinck, Orlande de Lassus, Matthaeus le Maistre, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Mogens Pedersøn, Erasmus Rotenbucher, Arnolt Schlick, Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter
Reforming Hymns
An exploration of the Danish Reformation hymnody from an international perspective.
Else Marie Pade
The Orchestral Album
No less than a small sensation: Else Marie Pade in her hitherto unknown role as an orchestral composer.
Bára Gísladóttir
VÍDDIR
VÍDDIR is not a light-hearted leap into a new life. It is a black night of a piece. An abyss, into which Gísladóttir has dived and reached deeply.
Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson is on home turf in five Icelandic works for accordion with biting originality and intense dramas.
Matias Vestergård
Idylls, elegies
Vestergård is a rarity on Denmark’s new music scene — this album features 'his younger self trying to deal with the serious classical music heritage that he love'
Bent Sørensen
The Island in the City
Gripping and immediate and orchestral works born out of Bent Sørensen’s quietly spoken universe
Josefine Opsahl
Atrium
A strikingly original statement exploring the duality of Opsahl's music through a precisely defined box of digital loops, bodies and buildings, human and machine.
Per Nørgård
8 Symphonies
A fascinating, comprehensive insight into the symphonic thinking of Nørgård, one of the greatest symphonists of our time.
Traditional
Langt ud' i skoven
Dreamers’ Circus and DR Børnekoret's new album with old Danish children's songs in new arrangements
Niels Viggo Bentzon
Wind Quintets
Bentzon's his five known wind quintets – captivating in their own way, stoked by his distinctive, virtuosic language and great ingenuity.
Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð, Allan Gravgaard Madsen
BEINTA
Egilstrøð and Madsen's alluring symphonic song cycle about the Faroese 18th century femme fatale, Beinta. From light to dark or benevolent to threatening
Friedrich Kuhlau
Works for Solo Piano Vol. 2
The sequel to Bodendorff's highly acclaimed first album featuring Kuhlau's piano music
Niels Rosing-Schow
A Talk of Our Time
Rosing-Schow with new material that shows his special characteristics: a calligraphic, aerated clarity and sense of functionalism in which no note, timbre or colour is wasted.
Niels Rønsholdt
Country
In his award-winning concerto for singing solo cellist and chamber orchestra, Rønsholdt finds expressive connections among farflung sources, creating music which reflects and refracts its inspirations in the rich American country tradition
Niels Rønsholdt
Archive of Emotions and Experiences, Book 1
A gripping contribution to the solo piano repertoire, that offers great insight into Niels Rønsholdt's unique musical thinking.
Bo Holten, Eva Sommestad Holten
Schlagt sie tot!
Schlagt sie tot! is an opera about radical change, religious fanaticism and human emotion in a society set ablaze by the fire of change.
Rued Langgaard
Music of the Abyss
Rued Langgaard’s music written between 1913 and 1924 are undercut by a dark musical understream with Music of the Abyss as climax.