Dacapo
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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. —
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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 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... —
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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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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
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,... —
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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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There are few more fluent and adept composers at work these days than the Dane Poul Ruders... Four Dances in One Movement is a perfect example of his bright, biting and impulsive art, a play... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Chamber Finalist
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Special offer. Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes - Piano Concerto No. 3
Katrine Gislinge (piano), Copenhagen Philharmonic, John Storgårds
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Special offer. Magnus Lindberg: EXPO, Piano Concerto No. 2 & Al largo
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert
Gilbert secures an opulent and impressively unanimous response from the New York Philharmonic —
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Special offer. Nørgård: Der göttliche Tivoli (The Divine Circus)
Bernd Gebhardt (bass-baritone), Fabienne Jost (soprano), Steffen Kubach (baritone), Jianeng Lu (tenor), Tadahiro Masujima (tenor), Sandra Rohrbach (mezzo-soprano), Simone Tschöke (contralto), Andrea Stadel (soprano), Daniel Szeili (tenor) & Hubert Wild (baritone)
Dorian Keilhack
...a powerfully effective piece, with a text compiled by the composer from a range of sources, and the largely declamatory vocal writing underpinned mostly by a formidable battery of percussion.... —
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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... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. A Bridge of Dreams
with Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Paul Hillier (recitation)
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Anne Boyd's As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975) gives its title to the CD and, with its rapt sostenuto, steals the show. Almost endlessly sustained, immaculately imagined, and - like everything... —
