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Jean Thorel

    conductor
    CCOHK

    A passionate pioneer of new and rare music, Jean Thorel has led over 750 world premieres. From 2008 to 2016, he served as chief conductor of the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, and his guest appearances include ensembles like the Danish Chamber Players, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras in London, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in Dublin, The Royal Danish Ballet, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and Singapore Symphony Orchestra. His acclaimed discography, spanning over 35 DVDs and CDs, features a 2002 Orphée d’Or-winning recording of Louis Saguer’s works with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble.

    • Niels Rosing-Schow, Claude Debussy

      Signs in the Air

      A compelling exploration of Niels Rosing-Schow's evocative chamber music, culminating in his exquisite rendition of Debussy’s 'Six Épigraphes antiques'.

    • Erik Højsgaard

      Please accept a Sunset

      This album brings together three of Højsgaard’s key works, each moving in the space between reality and our memory of it.

    • 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.

    • Friedrich Kuhlau, Christian Frederik Barth, Niels W. Gade

      Concertos from 19th Century Denmark

      Here, principal players from the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra perform fine concertante works from two composers who are experiencing a renaissance and one who still languishes in obscurity.

    • Niels Rosing-Schow

      Granito y arco iris

      New works for chamber and symphony orchestra by the colour magician of Danish music

    • Tage Nielsen

      Orchestral Works

      Sophisticated music 1967-2001 by a master with a small but exquisite output

    • Klaus Ib Jørgensen

      ... and the lotus rose, quietly, quietly ...

      Five virtuoso accordion works with leading representatives of Copenhagen’s fine accordion tradition