
Anders Koppel’s concertos show off not only his impressive versatility with solo instruments, but also offer stimulating musical variety as well. The neoclassical Sinfonia Concertante
Emil Reesen (1887-1964) was one of those multi-talented “light music” composers whose works will never get much attention from musical scholars and historians, but who
This second volume of Kayser symphonies makes a more favorable impression than did its companion. The First Symphony, composed in 1937/38, is the precocious work
Leif Kayser spent much of his long career in the dual role of composer and Catholic priest. It doesn’t pay to speculate on the effect
This is the most interesting and rewarding volume to date in Dacapo’s ongoing Herman Koppel orchestral music edition. The Fifth Symphony is a splendid work.
Volume 3 of Dacapo’s Herman Koppel orchestral series is the strongest so far, presenting one of the 20th century’s great works–the Symphony No. 3. Cast
Vagn Holmboe’s superb series of chamber concertos has been excellently documented on disc by Denmark’s Dacapo label, but this disc is unusually interesting nonetheless, not
Herman D. Koppel’s output evidently varies in quality. Dacapo’s previous selection of symphonies, Nos. 6 and 7 (late works both), received an enthusiastic recommendation from
Danish composer Herman Koppel (1908-98) had a long and distinguished career as composer, pianist, and teacher, as well as patriarch of a musical dynasty that
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