SACD, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (composer)
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Singing one-to-a-part, they produce splendidly full tone...These fine cantatas show that Buxtehude was much more than just a predecessor of Bach. The performances are both spirited and spiritual,... —
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Early and Late
Music from Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands
Gárman: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Bolette Roed (recorder) & Andreas Borregard (accordion)
the disc offers a highly distinctive concept and timbral palette, and it is beautifully recorded. —
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The performances are absolutely faultless: Gundmundsen-Holmgreen must have been beside himself with pleasure at the result. Paul Hillier and his singers are in complete command of every element:... —
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Kronos plays Holmgreen
Paul Hillier (baritone)
Kronos Quartet & Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR, Thomas Dausgaard
A dramatic, thought-provoking programme, performed with Kronos's customary brio and intensity. —
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Danish & Faroese Recorder Concertos
Michala Petri (recorder)
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Henrik Vagn Christensen
Performed with aplomb by Petri…Chacun Son Son offers a welcome astringence…the concerto snarls, sings and whispers, making for a powerful addition to the repertoire. Sunleif Rasmussen's Territorial... —
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Nordic Sound: Tribute to Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Michala Petri (recorder)
Lapin Kamariorkesteri, Clemens Schuldt
Standout pieces include Sunleif Rasmussen's Winter Echoes, which unleashes ferocious trills and flutters from the recorder in a pleasing subversion of the instrument's dulcet reputation, and... —
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Gudmundsen-Holmgreen - Plateaux
Juho Pohjonen (piano)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Ed Spanjaard
