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Mezzo Moon: Lieder & Songs by Brahms, Zemlinsky, Weyse, Schubert, Schumann, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart / Pia Heise, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Danacord / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Nachtwandler, Op. 86/3; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Süáe, süáe, Sommernacht, for voice & piano; Christoph Ernst Friedrich We...
Performers: Heise, Pia; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Danish mezzo-soprano Pia Heise studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. She offers a program of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (11/21/2011-11/23/2011)....continue...

A Tribute to Erling Blondal Bengtsson - Elgar: Cello Concerto; works by Schubert, Corelli, Weber, Prokofiev et al/ Erling Blondal Bengtsson, cello

1 CD / Danacord / 2012-09-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata, Op. 5/5; Carl Maria von Weber: Adagio & Rondo, for cello & piano; Frédé...
Performers: Bengtsson, Erling Blondal; Kristjansson, Arni
Conductors: Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre
Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

This release celebrates the 80th birthday of the distinguished Danish cellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson. The recording provides a varied musical portrait of this renowned performer....continue...

The Great Clarinettist Louis Cahuzac. Works by Mozart Nielssen and Brahms / Louis Cahuzac, clarinet; Folmer Jensen, piano

2 CD / Danacord / 2012-08-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Clarinet, FS 129/Op. 57; Robert Schumann: Phantasiest&...
Performers: Cahuzac, Louis; Jensen, Folmer

Few musicians have commanded both the attention and the respect of their colleagues as did the French clarinetist Louis Cahuzac. This 2-Cd set offers the...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-11-08

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for keyboard in E minor (Kenner V/1), H. 281, Wq. 59/1; Stephen Heller: Op. 127; Zoltán Kocsis: Transcription for piano of Wagner's Flower Maiden Scene and Fina...
Performers: Bellucci, Giovanni; Fountain, Ian; Froundjian, Peter; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Lifits, Michail; Lin, Jenny [Piano]; Neuburger, Jean-Frédéric; Nibolsin, Eldar; Takenouchi, Hir...

Recording information: Husum Festival (08/21/2010-08/28/2010)....continue...

Music Inspired by Shakespeare and Hamlet - Joachim, Kuhlau, Liszt, MacDowell, et al.

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-08-09

Works: Friedrich Kuhlau: William Shakespeare, Op. 74; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Overture, Op. 67; Franz Liszt: Hamlet, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 104 (LW G22); Joseph Joachim: Hamlet Overture ...
Conductors: Ziva, Vladimir
Ensemble: South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

The plays of Shakespeare and their leading characters have been a rich vein of inspiration to composers over more than two centuries. With the exception...continue...
Recording information: ALSION, Sonderborg, Denmark (05/17/2010-05/22/2010)....continue...

Sa Tag Mit Hjerte: Songs by Nielsen, Strauss, Schubert / Kiberg, soprano, Lonskov, piano

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-07-12

Works: Enriqué Granados: El majo timido, song for soprano & piano (Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, no 5), H. 136/5; Colección de tonadillas; La Maja Dolorosa (Coleccion de Tonadillas); Colecci&#...
Performers: Kiberg, Tina; Lonskov, Tove

Notes are in Danish only. English translation not provided....continue...
Recording information: Bagsværd kirke (06/19/2010-06/21/2010)....continue...

Ingen Blomst i Verdens Lande (Be There None of Beauty's Daughters)

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-05-10

Works: Peter Heise: Digte fra det Engelske (Poems from the English), song cycle; Friedrich Kuhlau: Rastlose Liebe ("Dem Schnee, dem Regen"), song for voice & piano; Poems by Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg...
Performers: Hansen, Erik Bekker [Tenor]; Refstrup, Ellen

This is a recording comprised of Danish romances with an international perspective. The musical style is fundamentally Danish, although 19th century Danish composers sought inspiration...continue...
Recording information: Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark (06/2010)....continue...

After a Dream

1 CD / Danacord / 2011-02-08

Works: Gordon Young: Prelude in Classic Style for organ; Carl Nielsen: Maskarade; Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Macbeth; Waldemar Ahlen: Hymn of Summer; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Les Amants Magnifiques, for o...
Performers: Mangor, Viggo; Marcussen, Birgit [Organ]; Svanberg, Carsten

The Danish trombone player Carsten Svanberg performed with the Royal Guards Band, the Royal Opera Orchestra in Sweden, the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Danish...continue...
Recording information: Egebjerg Church (11/2009)....continue...

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassadó, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hann...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Scandinavian Classics Vol. 2

2 CD / Danacord / 2010-05-11

Works: Friedrich Kuhlau: The Elf's Hill, Op. 100; Niels Gade: Echoes of Ossian Overture, Op. 1; Novellette for string orchestra no 1 in F major, Op.53; Napoli, ballet; J. P. E. Hartmann: Liden Kirsten (Litt...
Performers: Alsfeldt, Palle
Conductors: Tuxen, Erik; Grondahl, Launy
Ensemble: ; Danish State Radio Ensemble

Recorded between 1942 and 1952, the Danish conductors Launy Grondahl and Erik Tuxen saw to it that Denmark's native music was established on disc in...continue...

Hvorledes skal jeg mode og favne dig, min skat?

1 CD / Danacord / 2010-02-09

Works: Johann Friedrich Fibiger: Hvorledes skal jeg mode og favne dig, min skat?, hymn setting for voice & guitar (Melody; Hvor er der sådan én!, hymn setting for voice & guitar (Melody; Friedr...
Performers: Olsen, Ingolf

Notes and texts are in Danish. No English translation is included....continue...
Recording information: Torpet Kapel (10/1994)....continue...

Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3, etc / Malko, Danish Radio SO

1 CD / Danacord / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Malko, Nicolai

The Russian born Nicolai Malko was instrumental in the development of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, arriving in Copenhagen in 1930. With the exception of...continue...
Recording information: 01/30/1955....continue...

Julesang & Messingklang

1 CD / Danacord / 2009-11-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Carl Nielsen: Hymns and Sacred Songs, FS 83; James R. Murray: Away in a Manger; Christmas Traditional:...
Performers: Hansen, Anne Mette; Hansen, Henning; Houmoller, Hanne Hohwü; Laursen, Barbara Vestfalen; Michailova, Ekaterina; Pedersen, Birgitte Mosegaard; Schmidt, Lars Ole
Conductors: Bellincampi, Giordano; Hansen, Soren K.

The chorus of the Danish National Opera and the Prince of Denmark's Brass Ensemble offer a beautifully performed program of Christmas carols - both Danish...continue...

Bagatelles for Cello and Guitar / Bengtsson, Olsen

1 CD / Danacord / 2009-09-08

Works: Charles Gounod: Work(s); Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Sergey Prokofiev: Love for three oranges; Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano ...
Performers: Bengtsson, Erling Blondal; Olsen, Ingolf

Originally recorded in 1986, this recording of short works for cello and guitar has been remastered for reissue....continue...

Mikael Beier plays Flute Quartets - Mozart, Fauré, Crussel, etc / Beier, Oland, et al

2 CD / Danacord / 2009-05-12

Works: Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D major, Op. 8; François Devienne: Quartets (6) for Flute and Strings, Op. 66; Franz Krommer: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D major...
Performers: Beier, Mikael; Oland, Anne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Copenhagen Trio

Mikael Beier studied at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory as well as with Jean-Pierre Rampal in Niece. He has performed with all the Copenhagen orchestras...continue...

Tagen Letter - Music with Flute - Nielsen, Telemann, Gluck, Bach, Ives, Debussy, etc / Mikael Beier, et al

2 CD / Danacord / 2009-03-10

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (12) for Flute solo; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Traditional: Greens...
Performers: Beier, Mikael; Dreisig, Flemming; Osterlind, Vibeke Franck; Von Bulow, Gert

Aksel Schiotz - Danish Tenor 1933-1946, Vol 1-10

11 CD / Danacord / 2008-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49; Dietrich Buxtehude: Was mich auf dieser Welt betrübt, BuxWV 105; Aperite mihi portas justitiae, BuxWV 7; Johann Sebastian Bach...
Performers: Bentzon, Johan; Boesen, Axel; Bruun, Elsa Marie; Bruun, Else Marje; Colber, Else; Grauengaard, Jorn; Hansen, Blicher; Jensen, Folmer; Koppel, Hermann D.; Koppel, Julius; Kordt, Grete; Krebs, Harald; ...
Conductors: Wöldike, Mogens; Tango, Egisto; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Thomsen, Aage Juhl;
Ensemble: Chorus; Copenhagen Boys Choir; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Danish Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra Copenhagen

Ten years ago Danacord released the complete recordings of the famed Danish tenor Aksel Schoitz. This production was a labor of love made possible through...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2006

1 CD / Danacord / 2007-11-01

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Impromptus (2) for Piano, Op. 12; Sergei Bortkiewicz: Sonata for Piano, Op. 60; Anatole Liadov: Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 57; Nikolai Medtner: Fairy Tales (6) for Piano, Op. 51; P...
Performers: Groethuysen, Andreas; Hamelin, Marc-André; Licad, Cecile; Meinders, Frédéric; Milne, Hamish; Montero, Gabriela; Nebolsin, Eldar; Plowright, Jonathan; Tal, Yaara; Vlaeva, Nadejda
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tal & Groethuysen Duo

"Rarities of Piano Music" continues to draw pianophiles from all over the world to experience its uniquely intimate atomosphere in Schloss vor Husum. The aim...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music 2005 - Medtner, Schubert, et al

1 CD / Danacord / 2006-11-01

Works: Nikolai Medtner: Morceaux (3) for Piano, Op. 31; Pancho Vladigerov: Prelude, autumn elegy and humoresque, Op. 15 no 1; Sergei Prokofiev: Pieces (6) from Cinderella, Op. 102; Florent Schmitt: Ombres, ...
Performers: Angelov, Ludmil; Bacchetti, Andrea; Derzhavina, Ekaterina; Endres, Michael; Licad, Cecile; Lifschitz, Konstantin; Pöntinen, Roland

Since 1989 this series of Danacord recordings has been making the highlights of each 'Rarities of Piano Music' festival available to a wider audience. What...continue...

Liselotte Selbiger plays Purcell, Bach, et al

2 CD / Danacord / 2006-06-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Suite for Harpsichord no 2 in G minor, Z 661; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 3; Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboar...
Performers: Selbiger, Liselotte

The second volume of historic recordings devoted to Denmarks' renowned harpsichordist, Liselotte Selbiger. This reissue includes many of her famed recordings both for commercial companies...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum, 2004

1 CD / Danacord / 2006-04-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Capriccio for Harpsichord in G major, H 17 no 1; Franz Liszt: Polish Songs (6) for Piano (Chopin), S 480; Tarantelle (Dargomizhsky) for Piano, S 483; Salvatore Sciarrino: Anamorfo...
Performers: Bloch, Boris; Hamelin, Marc-Andre; Kamenz, Igor; Kuschnerova, Elena; Plowright, Jonathan; Powell, Jonathan [Piano]; Stern, Edna; Ugorski, Anatol

The most original, offbeat piano recital returns with live performances from the 2004 Husum Festival, the only place where you'll hear Chopin followed by music...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano

2 CD / Danacord / 2006-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a Theme by Hand...
Performers: Anker Blyme; Bengtsson, Erling Blondal

Thomas Jensen conducts the Aarhus Civic Orchestra

1 CD / Danacord / 2001-03-01

Works: Friedrich Kuhlau: William Shakespeare, Op. 74; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Salut d'amour, Op. 12; C. C. Moller: Aarhus Tattoo; Claude Debussy: Pr&ea...
Conductors: Jensen, Thomas
Ensemble: Aarhus Civic Orchestra

Three Great Danish Women Pianists Vol 2

2 CD / Danacord / 1997-11-01

Works: François Couperin: Troisième livre des pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 9/L 413; Sonata for Harpsichord in C major, K 159/L...
Performers: Ellegaard, France; Galina Werschenska; Johanne Stockmarr

The Complete Aksel Schiotz Recordings Vol 5

1 CD / Danacord / 1997-02-01

Works: Carl Michael Bellman: Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga (The Winged Butterfly is seen at Haga), song for voice; Ulla, min Ulla; Gubben är gammal (Old age is with me), song for voice; Kä...
Performers: Grauengaard, Jorn; Schmidt, Jytte Gorki

The Complete Aksel Schiotz Recordings Vol 4

1 CD / Danacord / 1997-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Per pietà, non ricercate, K 420; Christoph Ernst F. Weyse: Angel of Light; Yonder in Distant Church Towers; ...
Performers: Boesen, Axel; Colber, Else; Koppel, Hermann D.; Kordt, Grete; Langberg, Sigurd; Lowert, Karen Marie; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reichardt, Poul; Schiotz, Aksel; Sonne, Petrine; Stender, Inger
Conductors: Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Thomsen, Aage Juhl
Ensemble: Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra Copenhagen

Historical Danish Female Pianists play Liszt, Chopin, etc

2 CD / Danacord / 1996-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, K 282 (189g); Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3;...
Performers: Ellegaard, France; Galina Werschenska; Johanne Stockmarr

The Complete Aksel Schiotz Recordings Vol 3

1 CD / Danacord / 1996-11-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 47; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 49...
Performers: Bruun, Elsa Marie; Koppel, Julius; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Neumann, Ulrik; Norgaard, Holger; Schiotz, Aksel; Sigfuss, Elsa; Svendsen, Torben Anton; Woldike, Mogens

Danish Piano Miniatures / Erik Fessel

2 CD / Danacord / 1996-03-01

Works: John Hartmann: Novellette in 6 Small Movements; Niels Gade: From a Sketchbook; Christian Frederik Emil Horneman: Fantasia; Serenade for piano; Ogier the Dane (Song Without Words) for piano; Louis Gla...
Performers: Erik Fessel

Boccherini: Cello Concerto; Haydn: Cello Concertos

1 CD / Danacord / 1993-10-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2; Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for Cello no 9 in B flat major, G 482
Performers: Bengtsson, Erling Blondal
Conductors: Stupel, Ilya