SACD, Dacapo (label)
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Oramo and the Vienna Philharmonic [take] on two contrasted works by Rued Langgaard that illuminate this composer in all his stylistic diversity and recklessness...Such an idiom should be in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Orchestral
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The sounds Abrahamsen craves, white and translucent across a large range of actual expression, hugely complex on the page but delectably simple to the ear, are exceptionally realised and recorded... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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It’s a fervently committed reading, ablaze with radiant conviction and surging passions. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
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The premiere recording of Nørgård’s latest symphony is a rewarding listen, the Vienna Philharmonic bringing their perfection to his fascinating and attractive sound world. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Contemporary
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The grandeur Holmboe elicits from his small ensemble and basic thematic material is a lesson in compositional craft, the creation of a whole (considerably) greater than the sum of its parts...Excellent... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Sorensen achieves a convincing transition between the two styles, using the plainchant as a kind of mediation...Sorensen specifies the positioning of the choir and individual voices: the outstanding... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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In Dulci Jubilo
Music for the Christmas season by Buxtehude and Friends
Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier
Taking Bach’s predecessor Buxtehude as its focal point, Hillier’s programme steers a chronological passage through the events of Christ’s nativity, illustrating them with music by Buxtehude... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Choice
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Nielsen: The Mother
RecommendedPalle Knudsen (baritone), Lovisa Wennesz (harp), Rune Most, Christine Nonbo Andersen (voice), Rasmus Gravers Nielsen (voice), Steffen Bruun (voice), Rikke Lender (voice), Malene Nordtorp (voice), Rafaell Altino (viola), Adam Riis, Ole Bartholin Kiilerich (piano), Eugen Tichindeleanu (violin), Jovana...
tenor Adam Riis has the most tuneful numbers, but baritone Palle Knudsen steals the show as the Fool, with his cynical songs. The Odense Symphony Orchestra, “one of Denmark’s five regional orchestras”... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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There’s something almost miraculous about the way Finnish conductor John Storgards has brought this music so finely and compellingly into focus…[in the Second] all is ghostly detached sounds,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Bo Holton: The Emperor's New Clothes
Gert Henning-Jensen (tenor), Palle Knudsen (baritone), Max Artved (oboe), Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano), Morten Ostergaard (bassoon), Musica Ficta, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Bo Holten
[Songs of Dusk] The singing of Christine Nonbo Andersen is very enjoyable, given her pure vocal quality and dead-on accuracy in intonation. Bassoonist Morten Østergaard also plays beautifully... — More…
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