Schmidt; Ole

Colorful Rasmussen Orchestral Works–Modernity With A Smile

David Hurwitz

Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen’s music often has a bright, humorous character that many listeners will find quite engaging. Movements on a Moving Line is

Schmidt’s Still Estimable Nielsen Cycle

David Hurwitz

It seems like ages ago, but it was actually 1974-ish

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MUSIC INSPIRED BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRYTALES

David Hurwitz

The title “Music Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairytales” isn’t quite correct. Schierbeck’s Prelude for Strings is a song paraphrase on the Andersen poem “In

Jeanne d’Arc Soundtrack

ClassicsToday

This is new music written expressly for the famous 1927 Carl Dreyer silent movie. Ole Schmidt is best known as the conductor who recorded an

Bentzon Symphonies/Dacapo

ClassicsToday

Danish composer Niels Viggo Bentzon is a phenomenon. At 80 years old, his catalogue has reached the amazing figure of 650 compositions, among them several

Borresen Symphony

David Hurwitz

Hakon Borresen (1876-1954) was an essentially conservative Danish composer who wrote music in traditional forms, employing a typically late-Romantic musical idiom that later took a