Danish Archive
Jasper Hoiby, doublebass – Fellow Creatures – Edition
Jasper Hoiby, doublebass – Fellow Creatures – Edition EDN1075, 55:11 (7/15/16) *****: (Jasper Hoiby – bass, composer/ Mark Lockheart – saxophones/ Laura Jurd – trumpet/ Will Barry – piano/ Corrie Dick – drums) Vital new music from a Danish bassist and composer that features group interaction at the highest level. As I look out the […]
“Double Triple Koppel” = Michala Petri on recorder & others – Decapo / BEAMISH: The Singing – Works of that composer cond. by Martyn Brabbins – BIS
“Double Triple Koppel” = ANDERS KOPPEL: Concerto for Recorder, Saxophone, and Orchestra; Triple Concerto for Mezzo Saxophone, Cello, Harp, and Orchestra ‒ Michala Petri, recorder / Benjamin Koppel, saxophones / Tine Rehling, harp / Eugene Hye-Knudsen, cello / Odense Sym. Orch. / Henrik Vagn Christensen ‒ Dacapo multichannel SACD 6220633 [Distr. by Naxos]; 67:25 (8/14/15) […]
Phronesis – Parallax – Edition EDN
Jazz which covers food to fish, astronomy to harmonization. Phronesis – Parallax [TrackList follows] Edition EDN 1070 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] 56:47 [4/8/16] ****: (Jasper Høiby – doublebass; Ivo Neame – piano; Anton Eger – drums) Pan-European trio Phronesis escalates an atmosphere of adventure, veered jazz and interplayed imagination on sixth album overall—and fourth for […]
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MENDELLSOHN & GADE: Violin Concertos – Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) – Jerusalem Sym. Orch./ Doron Salomon – Gramola
Two fine concertos – one familiar, one lesser known.
Song of the Sea, Blu-ray (2014-2015)
A lovely family animation feature with beautiful artistic fantasy graphics.
AUGUST ENNA: Overture “Cleopatra”; Violin Con. in D major; Symphonic Fantasy – Kathrin Rabus, violin/NDR Radiophilharmonie/Hermann Bäumer – CPO
Some nice works that have a ring of familiarity.
JOHN FRANDSEN: Requiem – Teitur, vocal/ Sine Bundgaard, sop./ Andrea Pellegrini, mezzo-sop./ Peter Lodahl, tenor/ Halvor Fr. Melien, bass/ Danish Nat. Concert Choir/ Danish Nat. Sym. Orch./ Henrik Vagn Christensen – DaCapo
An enormous undertaking with terrific music, unfortunately flawed by the choice of soloist.
NIELSEN: Sym. No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”; Sym. No. 1 – New York Philharmonic/ Alan Gilbert – DaCapo
Fine reading of these important, somewhat rare masterpieces.
“Nightshade Trilogy” = POUL RUDERS: Nightshade; The Second Nightshade; Final Nightshade—Capricorn/Knussen—Odense Sym. Orch./ Mann/ Yoo—Bridge
Dark and Cool Narratives Intrigue the Ear and Shiver the Senses.
RIISAGER: The Symphonic Edition, Vol. 3 = Summer Rhapsody; Sinfonia Concertante; Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5 – Aarhus Sym. Orch./ Bo Holten – DaCapo
An excellent volume offering a needed tribute to Riisager’s talents.
“David Starobin: New Music With Guitar, Vol. 8”: DAVID STAROBIN: Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen (2010); PAUL LANSKY: Partita (2010); POUL RUDERS: Six Pages; GEORGE CRUMB: The Ghosts of Alhambra – David Starobin, guitar/ Mari Yoshinaga & Daniel Druckman, perc./ Patrick Mason, bar. – Bridge
in addition to the musical pleasures, this disc is also useful for checking out how many strands of nuance and layers of subtlety your system is capable of.
CARL NIELSEN: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 – Lucy Hall, sop./ Marcus Farnsworth, bari./ London Symphony Orch./ Sir Colin Davis – LSO Live
Two of the top Nielsen symphonies, completing the Davis Nielsen symphony cycle on SACD.
Bernt Rosengren Big Band – with Horace Parlan, piano & Doug Raney, guitar – Caprice Records
A big band that plays with power and potency.
BARBER: Cello Concerto in A Minor; SALOMON: Cello Concerto; BENTZON: Cello Concerto – Erling Bloendal Bengtsson, cello/ Danish State Radio Sym. Orch./ Nikolai Malko (Barber)/ Thomas Jensen – Danacord
Scandinavian cello virtuoso Erling Bloendal Bengtsson has three modernist concertos to display his immense prowess that has gained him international renown.
![Jacob Fischer Trio with Francesco Calli – Django – [TrackList follows] – Gateway Music: Mayo Hubert, guitar – Caravan de Santino – (TrackList follows] – Fremaux & Associes](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FischerDjangoMayoHubert2.jpg)
Jacob Fischer Trio with Francesco Calli – Django – [TrackList follows] – Gateway Music: Mayo Hubert, guitar – Caravan de Santino – (TrackList follows] – Fremaux & Associes
A pair of delightful new gypsy jazz CDs.
Louis Cahuzac (clarinet): The Complete Danish Studio Recordings = Danacord (2 CDs)
The Danish inscriptions by French clarinet virtuoso include ravishing performances of the concertos by Mozart and Nielsen, as well as rare chamber music pieces.
NIELS OTTO RAASTED: Solo Violin Sonatas = Op. 18: 1-3; Op. 30: 1-2 – Johannes Soe Hansen, violin – Dacapo
Who would have guessed that a modern composer could create solo violin works that breathe the same air as Bach?
Randy Brecker with the DR Big Band – The Jazz Ballad Song Book – Red Dot Music/ Half Note Records
A trumpeter for all seasons and genres…
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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