Danish National Chamber Orchestra
The Danish National Chamber Orchestra was associated with Denmark's national radio network, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, until 2014, when it was discontinued due to funding cuts. Relaunched with the help of social media fundraising techniques, the orchestra has experimented with new forms of music-making, including collaborations with artists outside the classical sphere.
The Danish National Chamber Orchestra traces its roots back to 1927, as Louis Preil's Dance Orchestra. The orchestra was often featured on Danish Radio, which in 1939 brought the group under its wing as the DR Underholdningsorkester (Danish Radio Entertainment Orchestra). Since then, the group has performed musicals and pops concerts as well as core classical repertory. The orchestra performed major outdoor concerts with both Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo in the 1990s. Conductor Adam Fischer made his first appearance with the orchestra in 1997 and was elevated to chief conductor two years later. He focused on classical works including a prize-winning cycle of Mozart's symphonies on recordings, released in individual volumes on the Dacapo label in 2012 and 2013.
The orchestra was disbanded in 2014 when the Danish Broadcasting Corporation cut funding, but the group launched a Kickstarter campaign while also seeking support from Danish corporations. The effort has been initially successful: in 2015, the orchestra became Denmark's first to exist with solely private funding, and it was renamed Danmarks Underholdningsorkester (Denmark's Entertainment Orchestra); in English, the names Danish National Chamber Orchestra and Danish Chamber Orchestra have continued to be used.
Fischer has remained as conductor and has overseen a vigorous recording program including, on the Naxos label in 2019, a new cycle of Beethoven's symphonies. Meanwhile, the orchestra states on its website that "we want to push the limits of what a classical orchestra can do!" The year 2019 saw the group collaborate in concert with Danish pop singers Lis Sørensen and Pernille Rosendahl.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Brahms: Complete Symphonies
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 26 aug. 2022
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 17 mei 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: 45 Symphonies
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 1 nov. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 2
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 13 okt. 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 1
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 11 aug. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies (Volume 11)
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 5 nov. 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies v. 6
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Symfonische muziek - Released by Dacapo on 20 nov. 2007
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 9
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 29 okt. 2012
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies (Volume 12)
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Divers - Released by Dacapo on 5 nov. 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Ádám Fischer, Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 12 aug. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies (Volume 10)
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 8 jul. 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 2 sep. 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Accordion Concertos (Schmidt, Koppel, Lohse, Norgard)
Bjarke Mogensen, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Rolf Gupta
Concertmuziek - Released by Dacapo on 26 mrt. 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "The Surprise": II. Andante
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Ádám Fischer
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 14 jul. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nikolaj Hess: Melody
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Cæcilie Balling
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 26 jan. 2024
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
A Hand for Holmboe
Katrine Ring, Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 3 jul. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo