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
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. 12
Dramatic readings of the famous G minor Symphony no. 40 and the “Jupiter” Symphony no. 41 conclude a unique series
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
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
Morten Olsen
Be My Quiet Friend
Morten Olsen, composer, bassist and guitarist in many genres, combining jazz fusion and performance with scored music
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 10
Two of Mozart’s mature masterpieces: Symphonies 35 and 38, better known as the Haffner and Prague symphonies
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
W.A. Mozart
Symphonies Vol. 2
Mozart’s Symphonies 6-8 as well as two unnumbered works from the same period. Adam Fischer gives new format to the early symphonies
Andy Pape
An Amerikaner in Danmark
A self-ironic tribute to Gershwin from the Californian Andy Pape, who after 40 years in Denmark stands with a foot in each of two continents
Per Nørgård, Hans Abrahamsen, Bent Sørensen
Phantasmagoria - Danish Piano Trios
Three masterworks by Per Nørgård, Hans Abrahamsen and Bent Sørensen. Profound, sensual music with Nordic cool
C.F.E. Horneman, Asger Hamerik
String Quartets
Vital youthful works by the two cousins Horneman and Hamerik, who gave Danish Romanticism new colours and a new mood
Søren Nils Eichberg
Before Heaven, Before Earth - Symphonies 1 and 2
Søren Nils Eichberg grabs the audience with his dynamic and effective mastery of the grand orchestra
Bent Sørensen
La Notte
Bent Sørensen’s captivating piano concerto La Notte from 1998 is a marvel of beauty: the night as dream and reality
Vagn Holmboe
Concertos
“One of the best viola concertos ever penned” (Gramophone) and an equally masterly violin concerto from Holmboe’s last years
Ejnar Kanding, Frank Bretschneider
Auxiliary Blue
An experimental encounter between the electronics cult figure Frank Bret¬schneider from Berlin and the classically schooled Ejnar Kanding from Denmark
Niels Rosing-Schow
Peinture du temps - Works for sinfonietta
Sound magic from the world of spectral music in five exquisite chamber works by the Francophile composer Niels Rosing-Schow
Mogens Christensen
Pipes and Reeds
Dreaming, slow music for Japanese shakuhachi flute, organ and electronics. Three works that take you on a spiritual journey
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