EMIL REESEN (1887-1964): The Story of a Mother, FINN HØFFDING (1899-1997): The Emperor’s New Clothes, HENNING WELLEJUS (1919-2002): H.C. Andersen’s Picture Book, KNUDÅGE RIISAGER (1897-1974): Twelve by the Mail, On the Occasion of - , Suite from Fool’s Paradise, 2 Beggar-Pupil Songs, FINI HENRIQUES (1867-1940): The Little Mermaid, EBBE HAMERIK (1898-1951): Quasi Passacaglia e Fuga, Suite from Marie Grubbe, HERMAN SANDBY (1881-1965): The Vikings at Helgeland, From Forest Impressions, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, J.P.E. HARTMANN (1805-1900): Triumphal March of the Nordic Gods, NIELS W. GADE (1817-1890): Overture to Mariotta, TRAD.: 3 Danish Folksongs (arr. strings Launy Grøndahl [1886-1960]).
Catalogue Number: 05X047
Label: Danacord
Reference: DACOCD 919
Format: CD
Price: $16.98
Description: A sumptuous feast of popular but now little-known Danish repertoire, mostly given in live broadcast concerts by Thomas Jensen and the DRSO, newly remastered and issued here for the first time. A Hans Christian Andersen memorial concert casts orchestral enchantment on album 1, while extracts from two portrait concerts on album 2 revive the distinctively Danish idioms of Hamerik and Sandby. 2 CDs. Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra; Thomas Jensen. Live and Studio Recordings 1938-1961.
