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Erk Norby: The Rainbow Snake - Orchestral Songs and Symphonic Works / Bo Holten, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Aarhus University Choir

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-11-13

Works: Erik Norby: Regnbueslangen (The Rainbow Snake), symphonic poem after an Indian tale; Rilke Lieder, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Edvard Munch Trilogy, for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Fischer, Hanne
Conductors: Holten, Bo
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Aarhus University Choir

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... all of this music is colored by a post-romantic sound, with influences of Schoenberg, Berg and...continue...
Recording information: Aalborg Hallen (05/14/2011-05/17/2011)....continue...

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Pyotr Il'...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capuçon, Gautier; Capu&ccedi...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Davis, Andrew; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; ...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

Kayser: Symphonies Vol 2 / Aeschbacher, Aalborg SO

1 CD / Dacapo / 2009-01-27

Works: Leif Kayser: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Aeschbacher, Matthias
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

Leif Kayser (1919-2001) was an indisputably gifted composer and quickly established himself as one of the coming young men of the Danish musical scene, until...continue...

Emil Reesen: Orchestral Works / Bo Holten, Aalborg SO

1 CD / Dacapo / 2007-02-27

Works: Emil Reesen: Gronlandsk folketone, for orchestra; Gudindernes strid (The Contest of the Goddesses), ballet; Trianon, suite for orchestra; Variations on a theme of Schubert, for orchestra; Agenthe og ...
Conductors: Holten, Bo
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

The composer and conductor Emil Reesen (1887-1964) was a unique jack-of-all-trades in Danish music. He composed everything from film melodies to operettas and ballets for...continue...

Best Piano 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Barto, Tzimon; Beroff, Michel; Brunhoff, Thierry de; Bunin, Stanislav; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Jean-P...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Marshall, Wayne; Bernstein, Leonard; Thompson, Bryden; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Szell, George; Matacic, Lovro von; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Members of the Borodin ...

This superb collection features the top piano music of all time. 'Best Piano 100' caters to every mood and includes music from Grieg to Gershwin,...continue...
No musical instrument is quite as versatile as the piano, and this set presents 100 examples of its impressive range in classical music. Beethoven's Fur Elise, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Satie's Gym...continue...

Danish Piano Concertos Vol 4 / Oleg Marshev, et al

1 CD / Danacord / 2006-01-01

Works: Victor Bendix: Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 17; Rudolph Hermann Simonsen: Concerto for Piano in F minor
Performers: Marshev, Oleg
Conductors: Aeschbacher, Matthias
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

We are happy to present the fourth volume in the highly popular Danish Piano Concerto series. Victor Bendix was beholden to the past, as his...continue...

Danish Romantic Concertos / Christensen, Svanberg, et al

1 CD / Rondo Grammofon / 2005-04-15

Works: Hilde Sehested: Suite for cornet (or trumpet) & piano in B flat major; Axel Borup-Jorgensen: Suite for trombone & orchestra, Op. 22; Thorvald Hansen: Sonata; Leif Thybo: Concerto for trumpet, trombon...
Performers: Christensen, Ketil; Svanberg, Carsten
Conductors: Christensen, Henrik Vagn
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

Holmboe: Chamber Concertos, Beatus Parvo / Arwel Hughes

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-02-01

Works: Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 1 for Piano, Op. 17; Chamber Concerto no 3 for Clarinet, Op. 21; Chamber Concerto no 7 for Oboe, Op. 37; Beatus parvo, Op. 117
Performers: Frost, Martin; Hunt, Gordon [oboe]; Ogawa, Noriko
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Danish National Opera Choir

"A word about nomenclature. Holmboe composed 13 chamber concertos between 1939 and 1956 as a series with small-orchestral accompaniment, similar but not so homogeneous a...continue...

Holmboe: Concertos no 8 & 10, etc / Hughes, Aalborg SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-09-30

Works: Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 8 for Orchestra, Op. 38 "Sinfonia Concertante"; Chamber Concerto no 10 for Winds, Brass and Strings, Op. 40; Concerto giocondo e severo, Op. 132; The Ill-Tempered Tu...
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

This disc includes a suite, which Holmboe produced from the music that he wrote for a ballet entitled The Ill-Tempered Turk. For some reason the...continue...

Trombone Concertos from the North / Christian Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-02-04

Works: Christian Lindberg: Arabenne; Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 12 for Trombone, Op. 52; Lars-Erik Larsson: Concerto for Trombone and Winds; Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 9
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Hughes, Owain Arwel; van Beek, Arie; Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Östgöta Wind Orchestra ; Tapiola Sinfonietta

Holmboe: Concertos for Recorder & Flute / Hughes, Wiesler

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-08-21

Works: Vagn Holmboe: Concerto for recorder, string orchestra, celeste & vibraphone, Op 122; Concerto for Flute no 1, Op. 126 (M 279); Concerto for Flute no 2, Op. 147 (M 307)
Performers: Laurin, Dan; Wiesler, Manuela
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

"I am making my way pretty deliberately through the vast output of Vagn Holmboe, but I've been delighted by just about everything I've encountered so...continue...

Holmboe: Brass Concertos / Hardenberger, Lindberg, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-01-06

Works: Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 11, for trumpet & orchestra, Op. 44 (M. 157); Chamber Concerto no 12, for trombone & orchestra, Op.5 2 (M. 169); Tuba Concerto, Op. 127 (M. 280); Intermezzo concerta...
Performers: Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

"This release of brass concertos by Danish composer Vagn Holmboe (1909-96) follows on the heels of the 6-CD set (BIS 843) of his complete symphonies...Each...continue...