Album of the Year (classical and contemporary music)
Icelandic Music Awards
News
March 2023
The piece is approaching something like cult status
Andrew Mellor, Gramophone
Britta Byström is a well-established and internationally active composer
Tobias Lund, Sydsvenskan
Britta Byström moves between poetry and art (...) the sonorous inspiration in art and literature shines through
Johanna Paulsson, Dagens Nyheter
This is the flora and fauna of Alice’s Wonderland come to life in an aural way, and I for one loved it
Lynn René Bayley, The Art Music Lounge
Two fabulous discs, both stunningly recorded and played. Together, they make a great introduction to the music of Rued Langgaard
Classical Explorer
The Concerto for Baroque Violin (...) is a swirling, dynamic and contrast-filled work, which in its entirety is a beautiful story and beautifully performed by Fredrik From
Maartje Valk, 9 ud af 10, Luister
Nominated as Album of the Year
Icelandic Music Awards
Nominated as Album of the Year
Icelandic Music Awards
Nominated in the categories Composition of the Year & Classical Release of the Year
Faroese Music Awards
I'm new to Holmboe's quartets and am completely taken with them, with the Nightingale's performances, and with DaCapo's fine SACD recordings
James H. North, Fanfare
It's a remarkably well-constructed programme
Fabrice Fitch, Gramophone
The coordination and presentation here is quite something
Todd Gorman, American Record Review
February 2023
The direction of Bo Holten, at the head of the exquisite voices of the Musica Ficta ensemble, embodies the combination of luminous monophony and luscious polyphony in a perfect balance of passion and rationality
Marçal Borotau , Sonograma Magazine
Record of the Week: "This is one of the most "authentic" liturgical and musical reconstructions I have heard in recent years [...] and performance-wise it is perfect"
Robert Majewski, W Kulturalny Sposób
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People
BEINTA nominated for the Faroese Music Awards
06 March 2023Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð and Allan Gravgaard Madsen's symphonic song cycle BEINTA is nominated for Faroese Music Awards 2023 in the category Release/Concert of the Year.
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Live
Releasekoncert: Ramez Mhaanna spiller Niels Viggo Bentzon
01 March 2023Kom til gratis releasekoncert fredag d. 10. marts i Musikhuset København, hvor Ramez Mhaanna spiller klaverværker af Niels Viggo Bentzon.
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New release
Britta Byström's elegant works draw inspiration from literature and art
27 February 2023On 17 March, a new album will be released presenting luminous, elegant, and uncompromising works by Swedish composer Britta Byström, recorded by Athelas Sinfonietta. The album will be celebrated at a release event with a mini concert and an artist talk.
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New release
Louise Alenius is releasing choral work about isolation and imprisonment
08 February 2023On 24 February, a digital album is released with the work Stille Slag, a choral piece based on former prisoners' accounts of life behind bars.
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New release
Damkapellet works for diversity and representation in Danish classical music
23 January 2023Damkapellet is a music collective formed to bring diversity to the Danish muisc life and challenge the traditions of classical music. On 10 February, Damkapellet's debut album is to be released by Dacapo Records.
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New release
Wild virtuosity in the piano works of Niels Viggo Bentzon
20 January 2023Niels Viggo Bentzon was both a virtuoso pianist and an extremely productive composer. On 3 February a new album will be released, containing Bentzon's four, big piano works recorded by Ramez Mhaanna.
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People
Langgaard breaks into the British classical charts
09 January 2023The new recording of Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 1 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sakari Oramo has received 6-star reviews, an Editor's Choice title in Gramophone Magazine and a 10th place on the Specialist Classical Chart.
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People
Dacapo releases on 2022 top lists
04 January 2023At the end of the year, many music magazines and blogs have published lists with the best classical albums of 2022. Several Dacapo Records releases have found its way to both Danish and international top lists.
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New release
The hymns of the Reformation in an international perspective
03 January 2023The album Reforming Hymns is the result of a collaboration between the vocal ensemble Musica Ficta, conductor Bo Holten and music scholar Bjarke Moe, exploring the development of Danish Reformation hymns in an international perspective. Album release 13 January 2023.
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New release
Steingrímur Rohloff's Concerto Grosso is tailored for distinguished solists
15 December 2022Steingrímur Rohloff's music is full of beauty, colourful harmonies and finesse. On 6 January 2023, a digital album with his Concerto Grosso will be released, in a recording with brass solists from the Berliner Philharmoniker.