Dacapo
Bendix: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Dacapo)
Insights that reveal qualities in the music unimagined in earlier recordings [NB]
Riisager: Ballet Music (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) Brilliantly orchestrated and balanced – moving forward in a blizzard of detail; the very antithesis of drab [RB]
Bendix: Symphonies nos 1 & 3 (Dacapo)
Performances that challenge the only other available recording [EJW]
Holmboe: String Quartets Nos 4, 5 & 16 (Dacapo)
A third Dacapo cycle of Holmboe’s string quartets repay close listening [JW]
Langgaard: Symphonies Nos 9-11 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) A rapturous masterpiece flanked by a pugnaciously enigmatic brevity and a euphoric example of Schumann-dominated nostalgia [RB]
H Koppel: Piano Works Vols 1-3 (Dacapo)
A great achievement, recommended for those who want something off the beaten track [GF]
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works Vol. 2 (Da Capo)
(Déjà Review) Phenomenally relaxed and efficient technique on the most challenging of organs [CB]
Holmboe: Preludes for Sinfonietta Vol 2 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) Anyone who loves the symphonies will find these works as satisfying as the larger pieces. They are easy to listen to, once the Holmboe idiom has been assimilated, and will repay the listener ten times over [JP]
Bentzon: Symphonies 5 & 7 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) These symphonies are examples of Bentzon’s metamorphic style in which the voices of Bartok, Simpson and Shostakovich nudge and jostle [RB]
Weyse: Sovedrikken [The Sleeping Draught] (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) The score is bright, carries warm harmonies and is fast moving with enjoyable themes, and catchy motifs [RW]
Langgaard: Symphonies No.6, 7 & 8 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) Langgaard was the true heir of Wagner and Strauss [TB]
Enna: Violin Concerto, Symphony No.2 (Dacapo)
Fine performances of mildly enjoyable works may win the composer new admirers [EJW]
Enna: Violin Concerto, Symphony No.2 (Dacapo)
There is, unfortunately, little if anything that is distinctive in much of his music [JW]
Champagne! The Sound of Lumbye and His Idols (Dacapo)
An entertaining, historically interesting tribute to Lumbye and his contemporaries, played with precision and admirable elan [GF]
Guðmundsson: The Gospel of Mary
A slow-moving meditative work based on an unorthodox gospel
Buxtehude: Harpsichord Music Vol. 1 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) Excellently performed, perfectly recorded, and played on a delightful instrument [KM]
Byström: Letter in April (Dacapo)
A most welcome, well played release, not to be missed [HC]
von Klenau: Orchestral works (Dacapo)
A strange triptych of previously unrecorded works by Paul von Klenau [JW]
Reforming Hymns (Dacapo)
Interesting and important disc from a musical, historical and social angle [JV]
Holmboe: String Quartets Vol. 2 (Dacapo)
These glowing performances testify that Holmboe is a leading figure in twentieth-century music [GH]
Holmboe: Quartets Vol 2 (Dacapo)
The Nightingale Quartet continues its admirable Holmboe cycle [JW]
Langgaard: Symphony 1 (Dacapo)
Very good, but not outstanding; Dausgaard’s 2007 recording remains the benchmark here [DM]
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