“What a Performance!” Awards 2022
Lynn René Bayley, The Art Music Lounge
News
December 2022
November 2022
Recordings Of The Year 2022
MusicWeb International
Bent Sørensen creates a rhythmically fluttering, unreal, swaying, quiet and soft soundscape
Jukka Isopuro, Helsingin Sanomat
Dirigenten byder på en ny version af Klippepastoraler, en rejse til toppen af et bjerg fuld af forhindringer, med en opsigtsvækkende optræden af de store musikere fra Berlin-orkestret.
Josep Bosch, Sonograma Magazine
The climax of the concert is the sombre, rarefied, threatening movement 'Legend', whose compositional refinements are magnified by the harmonic breadth given by the orchestra
Jean-Charles Hoffelé, ARTAMAG
Just glorious!
Record Review, BBC 3
The Best Classical Music Albums of 2022 (So Far)
Gramophone
Pade's trump card is the ability to distort reality without leaving it
Sune Anderberg, SEISMOGRAF
Nominated for Track of the Year 2022 ("En pige gik i enge")
DMA Roots
Nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2023 in the category 'Contemporary Music'
ICMA
Nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2023 in the category 'Contemporary Music'
ICMA
Langgaard is challenging the orchestra with a combination of brawn and beauty
Valdemar Lønsted, Dagbladet Information
Seriously, if the five or so minutes near the end don't capture your full attention, maybe you should check your pulse. [...] Sakari Oramo and the members of the Berlin Philharmonic certainly seem to be having the time of their lives
Jean-Yves Duperron, Classical Music Sentinel
Josefine Opsahl receives Kronprinsparrets Kulturelle Stjernedryspris for her curious and boundary-seeking approach to the music. By showing us new ways to unexplored musical universes, she introduces us to the classical music in new and inspiring ways
Kronprinsparrets Priser
Evocative, hip solo cello music, that transports the listener to brisk Nordic climes
Liam Cagney, Gramophone
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People
Line Tjørnhøj and Bára Gísladóttir are releasing Nordic Council Music Prize nominated works on Dacapo Records
26 October 2022On 1 November the winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2022 is announced. Among the nominees are the composers Line Tjørnhøj and Bára Gísladóttir, whose works will both be released on Dacapo Records in the near future.
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New release
The new Rued Langgaard recording by Berliner Philharmoniker is releasing soon
17 October 2022The legendary Berliner Philharmoniker and Finnish star conductor Sakari Oramo have recorded Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 1, Cliffside Pastorals. The album is to be released on 4 November.
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People
Fuzzy 1939-2022
17 October 2022Fuzzy – Jens Vilhelm Pedersen (1939-2022) har gennem et langt liv beriget hele Danmark med sin finurlige og nysgerrige tilgang til musikkens verden med kompositioner inden for filmmusik, korværker, elektroniske nybrud, kammermusik og opera.
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New release
Bára Gísladóttir is releasing the award nominated work VÍDDIR
06 October 2022On 28 October, a digital album is released with Bára Gísladóttir's work VÍDDIR in a live recording from Dark Musik Days in Reykjavik. VÍDDIR is nomintaed for the Nordic Council Music Prize.
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New release
Contemporary Icelandic music recorded by accordion virtuoso
03 October 2022On 21 October, the first Dacapo Records release with a purely Icelandic repertoire will be released, that is the album Fikta recorded by accordionist Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson.
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New release
New music video by Josefine Opsahl
21 September 2022Liquid Entity is created in beautiful theatre scenograpy with music from Josefine Opsahl's praised solo album Atrium.
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People
Hans Abrahamsen's 'Schnee' is nominated for a Gramophone Award 2022
01 September 2022The new recording of Hans Abrahamsen's Schnee with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra and conductor John Storgårds has just been announced as a nominee for the Gramophone Awards 2022.
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Live
Fyraftensarrangement: Orkesterkomponisten Else Marie Pade
29 August 2022Dacapo Records og Edition·S inviterer til et gratis arrangement i Lille VEGA onsdag den 7. september om orkesterkomponisten Else Marie Pade i anledning af den første indspilning af Pades nyopdagede orkesterværker.
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Interview
Interview with harpist Zachary Hatcher about Martin Stauning's Harp Concerto
24 August 2022Martin Stauning's newly released Harp Concerto was written for and recorded by the solo harpist of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Zachary Hatcher. We asked Zachary Hatcher a couple of questions about the highly original work and the close collaboration with the composer.
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New release
Rued Langgaard' piano works are aberrations from a sensitive soul
22 August 2022On 2 September, the album Piano Works Vol. 4 will be released, continuing the acclaimed series by Langgaard expert Berit Johansen Tange.