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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 11

      Pioneering electronic soundscapes for fairy tales and radio dramas from the period 1955–1960.

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      Else Marie Pade, Jacob Kirkegaard

      EMP 10

      Else Marie Pade's experiments with the beat frequency phenomenon – the foundation of her final electronic composition and a unique encounter between generations.

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      Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg, Tekla Griebel Wandall

      Chamber Works

      Ensemble MidtVest breathes new life into three of the most significant voices from the modern breakthrough of women

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      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'.

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      Simon Steen-Andersen

      Chambered Music

      Simon Steen-Andersen explores the roots of his bold style on 'Chambered Music', featuring four early works that fuse sound, gesture, and energy.

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      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.

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      Niels Rønsholdt

      Aftermath

      Niels Rønsholdt’s solo project 'Aftermath' journeys the American highway, observing cities and landscapes in decay, and reflecting on a fractured modern society.

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      Jesper Koch

      A Twilight Song

      From the raw, dramatic battle cries of dawn to the quiet, almost whispered echoes of memory, blending intensity and stillness in equal measure.

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      Sunleif Rasmussen

      Songs of Solitude

      On this recording, Sunleif Rasmussen blends myths and emotion with a poignant reflection on grief.

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      Simon Christensen

      EKSTASIS – Polyphõnos discordiae

      Simon Christensen’s ’EKSTASIS – Polyphōnos discordiae’, a 45-minute work performed by the Polish NeoQuartet, expands the string quartet’s boundaries with a captivating soundscape that is both meditative and ferocious.

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      Ole Buck

      Le prestige de mer

      Ole Buck's atmospheric portrayal of the Normandy coast – a tribute to the sea, one of nature's greatest forces.

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      Lars Møller

      Echoes

      A timeless big band universe where spiritual openness meets rhythmic drive, brought to life by Lars Møller, Palle Mikkelborg and the NDR Bigband.

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      Rune Glerup

      Perhaps Thus the End

      This album features Glerup's String Quartet No. 2 and Clarinet Quintet, where Beckettian absurdism and musical references from Boulez to Brahms merge into Glerup's distinctive sonic universe.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 9

      Between 1968-71, Else Marie Pade created 'Aquarellen über das Meer I-XXI' and 'Klangfarver fra EMS', two works exploring visual-musical transformations and electronic manipulation of acoustic recordings respectively.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 8

      With a profound poetic sensibility, Pade transforms Goethe's classic myth of the scholar Faust into a dramatic electronic universe, where God resonates as an electronic bell and the devil hisses like a snake.

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      Rued Langgaard

      Christmas Moods

      Once overlooked, Rued Langgaard’s songs – now rediscovered – blends Romantic grandeur, impressionistic delicacy, and poetic depictions of nature, showcased in this digital EP featuring soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen.

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      Axel Borup-Jørgensen

      Unicorns

      Axel Borup-Jørgensen's unique ability to create complex and poetic soundscapes for multiple guitars unfolds on this EP, recorded by the guitar ensemble CRAS and captured on reel-to-reel tape.

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      Else Marie Pade

      Syv cirkler

      Danish duo Dybfølt breathes new life into Pade's classic, creating an acoustic reimagining that honours the original while forging its own path

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      Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen

      Piano Works

      These works, spanning several years, showcase Olesen playing with form, wrestling with artistic crises, and grappling with seemingly irreconcilable contrasts.

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      Tan Tuan Hao

      Hidden Letters

      Secrets and suppressed emotions are explored here in Tan Tuan Hao's chamber works, which resonate with intimacy and love.

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      Haukur Tómasson

      Reaction

      Haukur Tómasson’s piece for accordion and cello blends traditional and contemporary styles, creating a rich dialogue of moods and textures.

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      Tage Nielsen

      Piano and Chamber Works

      This album presents music from all five decades of Tage Nielsen’s career – altogether highly varied music that curiously breaks with the currents of its time yet remains condensed, precise and clear in thought and expression.

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      Vagn Holmboe

      String Quartets Vol. 3

      This third volume of the acclaimed Nightingale String Quartet series captures Holmboe at the peak of his creativity, with his musical metamorphosis practice fully flourishing.

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      The Firebirds – Banke, Filipsen & Pasborg, Inga Margrete Aas, Mauro Patricelli, Veli Kujala, Nick Martin, Xavier Bonfill, Niklas Ottander

      Adaptations

      Adaptations shatters norms, unveiling improvisations where genres blend and rigid adherence to style gives way to fluidity.

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      Herman D. Koppel

      Herman D. Koppel Edition, Vol. 6: Songs

      Koppel's songs hold a special place among the genres he composed in. Vol. 6 explores his fascinating interpretations of poems in English, German and Swedish – a journey through the poetic landscapes of three languages.

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      Herman D. Koppel

      Herman D. Koppel Edition, Vol. 5: Danish Songs

      Koppel's songs hold a special place among the genres he composed in. Vol. 5 delves into Koppel's secular Danish songs – a tribute to the poetry and spirit of everyday life.

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      Herman D. Koppel

      Herman D. Koppel Edition: Vol. 4: Biblical Songs

      Koppel's songs hold a special place among the genres he composed in. Vol. 4 explores Koppel's powerful biblical songs, where ancient words are given new life through his music.

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      Victor Bendix

      Symphonies 1 & 3

      Two of Bendix's key works are his Symphonies 1 & 3: they stand as high points in his life, as well as constituting a poignant narrative of his artistic fate.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 7

      Three groundbreaking works from Else Marie Pade's early career, demonstrating her talent for sonic stagecraft.

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      Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2

      The Nordic String Quartet arrive at the string quartet works that reveal the composer’s musical imagination in all its unbridled joy, brilliance and eccentricity.

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      Aske Zidore

      Lark Animations

      An exploration of the songbird's existence through a commemorative study for solo violin, drawing inspiration from its movement patterns and heralding calls of spring.

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      Herman D. Koppel

      Herman D. Koppel Edition, Vol. 3: Piano Suites

      In Vol. 3, we find Koppel immersed in the realm of his childhood, inspired by Carl Nielsen's call in 1929 for modern composers to craft approachable music for educational use.

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