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      Ludwig van Beethoven, Hakon Børresen, Niels W. Gade, Edvard Grieg, Friedrich Kuhlau, H.C. Lumbye, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Carl Maria von Weber

      King Frederik IX Conducts

      The King on the podium – a celebration of the close monarch/orchestra relationships between King Frederik IX and the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

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      J.P.E. Hartmann, Carl Nielsen, Thomas Laub, Thorvald Aagaard, Poul Schierbeck, Peter Heise, Bo Holten, Oluf Ring, Harald Balslev, Bo Gunge, Marianne Søgaard, Ernst A. Kiørboe, N.K. Madsen-Stensgaard, Haakon Elmer, Henrik Rung, Emil Hornemann

      Songs from the Borderland

      The history of the Danish-German borderland can be told through songs, here sung by Danish elite vocal ensemble Musica Ficta and conducted by Bo Holten.

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      Carl Nielsen

      The Mother, Op. 41 – A Play in a Prologue and Seven Scenes

      World premiere recording of Carl Nielsen's complete incidental music for The Mother

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      Ylva Lund Bergner, Jeppe Just Christensen, John Frandsen, Rune Glerup, Lars Hegaard, Jexper Holmen, Mette Nielsen, Finn Savery, Li-Ying Wu, Rachel Yatzkan

      EDUCATE·S – Pieces for Guitar

      Made to accompaniment the Educate·S educational sheet music series of newly written composition music for children and young people

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      Bent Sørensen

      Concertos

      From atmospheres and feelings to memories and dreams. This recording unites three recent concertos from the Grawemeyer Award-winning composer performed by three distinguished Nordic soloists

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      Birgitte Alsted, Simon Christensen, Fuzzy, Eva Noer Kondrup, Ib Nørholm, Morten Olsen, Kasper Rofelt, Martin Stauning, Line Tjørnhøj, Nicolai Worsaae

      EDUCATE·S – Pieces for Violin

      This recording was made to accompaniment the Educate·S educational sheet music series of newly written composition music for children and young people, published by the Danish music publisher Edition·S.

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      Sunleif Rasmussen

      Andalag – Solo and Ensemble Works

      World premiere recordings that highlight Rasmussen’s deft harbouring of momentum and energy, his gift for transformative textures, and his closeness to the unique musical traditions and landscapes of the Islands themselves

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      Louise Alenius

      ILT (Oxygen)

      Like organs screaming for oxygen. With ILT (Oxygen) for choir, Louise Alenius gives a taste of her upcoming opera

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      Jakob Davidsen

      THE WORLD IS BABEL AND IVORY

      Discovering a fascinating world with Jacob Davidsen and company - away from the safe, conventional paths into a striking genre-hopping adventure.

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      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.

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      Allan Gravgaard Madsen, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Nachtmusik · For Violin and Orchestra

      Concertante works from one of Denmark’s most iconic composers and one of its freshest new voices.

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      Rued Langgaard

      The String Quartets

      Heralded the arrival of a major new ensemble and won the maverick Danish composer thousands of new fans

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      Emil Hartmann

      Chamber Music

      The perfect showcase for the romantic flair of Emil Hartmann

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      Jesper Koch

      Dreamscapes

      In a constant and fruitful dialogue with the past – three concertos with a dreamlike quality

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      Birgitte Alsted, Simon Christensen, Fuzzy, Eva Noer Kondrup, Ib Nørholm, Morten Olsen, Kasper Rofelt, Martin Stauning, Line Tjørnhøj, Nicolai Worsaae

      Educate·S – Pieces for Piano

      Introducing pupils to music that embraces the musical horizons and tonal worlds offered by contemporary composers

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      Nancy Dalberg

      De tre strygekvartetter

      The acclaimed Nordic String Quartet here presents the first complete recording of Dalberg's quartets – as a conversation with great statements and good arguments.

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      Karl Aage Rasmussen

      The Four Seasons After Vivaldi

      A conversation between past and present, between classical composition and new discoveries, between composers over time spans.

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      Niels Viggo Bentzon

      The Tempered Piano

      Per Salo here turns to Bentzon’s huge-scale piano cycle The Tempered Piano. Everywhere Bentzon broke new ground – ground far from the golden mean.

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      Søren Nils Eichberg

      Scherben – Works for Piano and Ensemble

      From the rhapsodic to the cryptic and from the joyous to the cautionary, they present a picture of one of Europe’s brightest young composers in the full flow of inspiration

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      Per Nørgård

      Whirl's World

      Per Nørgård seems to act as a live satellite dish for the world’s signals: one suddenly hears the trees sing like aeolian harps and the waves strike the shore like strains of music – here in four chamber works by Nørgård played by Ensemble MidtVest

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      Fini Henriques

      Works for Violin and Piano

      Henriques at his best: short pieces with a sharp characterisation – works with charm, warm-heartedness and gravity

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      Fini Henriques

      Piano Pieces

      Fini Henriques had a special gift for beautiful, well-shaped melodies – with a generous output of single pieces, usually strung together in collections such as those presented here by Christina Bjørkøe

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      Friedrich Kuhlau, Otto Malling

      Piano Quartet No. 3 · Piano Quartet in C minor

      Two string quartets by composers cosmopolitan and conservative - Kuhlau with large, dramatic wingspan and Malling with clear, tempting sensuality

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      Friedrich Kuhlau

      Violin Sonatas Vol. 2

      Duo Åstrand/Salo follow-up their first installment of sonatas by Friedrich Kuhlau with a selection of some of the composer’s most convincing works for violin and piano

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      Nanna, Gunnar Nyborg-Jensen, Henning Hansen, Benny E. Andersen, Sebastian, Jan Rørdam, Poul Schierbeck, Thorbjørn Egner, Carl Nielsen, Knud Vad Thomsen, Mogens Jermiin Nissen, Vagn Skovlund

      The Children’s Treasury of Song

      15 of the most beloved Danish children's songs sung by the children's choirs of DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)

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      Siobhan Lamb

      The Red Shoes

      "She danced and couldn’t stop dancing, danced into the dark night." The Red Shoes – Hans Christian Andersen's cruel fairy tale here given a modern musical reworking by Danish resident Siobhan Lamb and the Suoni Ensemble

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      Niels W. Gade

      Erlkönigs Tochter & Fünf Gesänge

      Erlkönigs Tochter, one of Gade’s greatest successes, is here put together with his breakthrough as an a cappella composer, Fünf Gesänge

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      Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Samlede strygekvartetter vol. 1

      Nordic String Quartet here presents Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's first six quartets – never fusty, often entertaining, always adamant

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      Poul Ruders, Niels Rosing-Schow, Anders Koppel, Bent Sørensen, Karsten Fundal, Søren Nils Eichberg

      Værker for solobratsch

      Six leading Danish composers' exploration of the viola – the results are as touching and warm as they are fearsome and defiant

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      Knudåge Riisager

      Violin Concerto – Etudes

      "Like the fizz in a mineral water". Knudåge Riisager's world-famous Etudes put together with his innovative Violin Concerto

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      Anders Monrad, SUPERFLEX, Nikolaj Heltoft

      The Mærsk Opera (LP)

      An opera about the relationship between the privileged individual, his business and the surrounding community. Cool double vinyl, designed by artist group SUPERFLEX.

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      Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen

      Ophelia Dances

      Smooth, exquisite tones with a completely modern expression. Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen's fine sound effects spread over three works.

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