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      August Enna

      Violin Concerto · Symphony No. 2

      Two of Enna's most charming orchestral works: the Violin Concerto, which combines Enna's background as a violinist with his connection to opera and Nordic national Romanticism, and Symphony No. 2, which, although conservative for its time, offers a constant melodic flow.

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      Britta Byström

      Letter in April

      Byström's ear for colour and her willingness to be led by instinct are both apparent in the four works included on this album, all from the clearest and most evocative of ingredients.

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      Nicolaus Gottschovius, Lupus Hellinck, Orlande de Lassus, Matthaeus le Maistre, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Mogens Pedersøn, Erasmus Rotenbucher, Arnolt Schlick, Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter

      Reforming Hymns

      An exploration of the Danish Reformation hymnody from an international perspective.

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      Martin Stauning

      Harp Concerto

      A harp trapped by an orchestra — the new Harp Concerto by Danish sound magician Martin Stauning is an entrancing yet dramatic piece of music.

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      Bent Sørensen

      The Island in the City

      Gripping and immediate and orchestral works born out of Bent Sørensen’s quietly spoken universe

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      Josefine Opsahl

      Atrium

      A strikingly original statement exploring the duality of Opsahl's music through a precisely defined box of digital loops, bodies and buildings, human and machine.

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      C.F.E. Horneman

      Aladdin

      Horneman adds new lustre to the old fairy tale about Aladdin, taken from the Arabian One Thousand and One Nights

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      Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð, Allan Gravgaard Madsen

      BEINTA

      Egilstrøð and Madsen's alluring symphonic song cycle about the Faroese 18th century femme fatale, Beinta. From light to dark or benevolent to threatening

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      Ole Schmidt

      Brass Concertos

      Three momentous concertos by one of the great polymaths of the Nordic musical world, Ole Schmidt.

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      Hans Abrahamsen

      Schnee

      Hans Abrahamsen's Schnee is a gorgeous marvel which encapsulates winter and already a classic of the twenty-first century,

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      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.

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      SVIN

      ELEGI (LP)

      Presented in collaboration with the Århus Sinfonietta, SVIN's music features an adventurous acoustic and textural palette, encompassing a thoughtful and melancholic fervour.

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      Niels Rønsholdt

      Country

      In his award-winning concerto for singing solo cellist and chamber orchestra, Rønsholdt finds expressive connections among farflung sources, creating music which reflects and refracts its inspirations in the rich American country tradition

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      Ib Glindemann

      Concertos

      Two brilliant instrumental concertos and an impressive medley of his film music celebrating his distinctive flair for writing happy, undemanding, festive and effective music.

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      Bent Sørensen

      12 Nocturnes

      12 Nocturnes is wonderfully atmospheric music with a vibrating magical sound.

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      Rued Langgaard

      Music of the Abyss

      Rued Langgaard’s music written between 1913 and 1924 are undercut by a dark musical understream with Music of the Abyss as climax.

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      Anders Koppel, Anders Nordentoft, John Frandsen, Peter Bruun, Eva Noer Kondrup, Anders Brødsgaard, Birgitte Alsted, Andy Pape, Karsten Fundal, Amir Mayhar Tafreshipour, Mogens Christensen, Erik Ørum von Spreckelsen

      Animal Universe

      A charming, evocative and very useful musical menagerie of etudes

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      Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen

      Der Wind bläset wo er will

      Two of Olesen's major orchestral works of the 2010s – stunning music about life and about being alive: each piece is a world unto itself.

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      Otto Malling, Ludolf Nielsen, P.E. Lange-Müller, August Enna, Carl Nielsen, Louis Glass, Niels W. Gade, Johan Svendsen

      Romance

      A personal selection of rarely heard items from the classical Danish repertoire for violin from the decades around the turn of the 20th century

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      Bo Holten

      The Emperor's New Clothes

      Et portrætalbum af Bo Holten med nyindspilninger af tre af hans mest populære koncertværker

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      August Enna

      Kleopatra

      Treason, desire and murder - served on a silver platter of glorious Romantic music from 1894 in this world premiere recording

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      Anders Koppel, Henrik Dam Thomsen

      Still Life

      Still Life is a meeting of kindred spirits – yielding 15 impressions of life as captured in a dimly lit night.

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      Bára Gísladóttir

      HĪBER

      A distinct dark atmosphere, emphasizing a menacing and distorted bass scenery as presented by Bára Gísladóttir herself in an intimate solo setting

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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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      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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      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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      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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      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

      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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      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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