Royal Danish Orchestra
The Royal Danish Orchestra is one of the world's oldest musical ensembles, tracing its lineage back to the middle of the 15th century. More recently, the orchestra has recorded both Danish music and works from other countries. By the 21st century, the orchestra had about 100 musicians; it is especially notable for its string section, which plays instruments from a large collection of instruments from the Italian golden age.
The modern Royal Danish Orchestra dates back in an unbroken sequence of ensembles to a corps of trumpeters that was established at the court of Denmark's King Christian I in 1448. Composer Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was one early conductor; Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was another. The orchestra's Danish name, Det Kongelige Kapel, means the Royal Kapelle or the Royal Chapel, and the group served as the Danish monarch's court orchestra for centuries. As opera spread across Europe, the orchestra became associated with the Royal Danish Theatre, and it remains the orchestra of the Royal Danish Opera today. The orchestra remained associated with the Danish royal family even after the abolition of monarchical rule in 1849, and even in the 20th century, King Frederik IX sometimes conducted the group. In the late 19th century, under conductor Johan Svendsen (from 1883 to 1908), the orchestra grew and took on an independent concert life apart from the opera, focusing on the European symphonic tradition. The group continues to perform symphonic concerts at the Royal Danish Opera, playing contemporary music on a smaller stage called Takkelloftet. The group has also toured internationally.
Among the modern conductors of the Royal Danish Orchestra was Paavo Berglund, who served from 1993 to 1998 and had already begun to record a cycle of Carl Nielsen's symphonies with the group in 1988 for the RCA Red Seal label. More recent conductors have included Michael Schønwandt (2000-2011), Michael Boder (2012-2016), and Alexander Vedernikov (2018-2020); the group's first female conductor, Marie Jacquot, is slated to take up the baton in 2024. The orchestra has recorded for Genuin, Naxos, and Dacapo, among other labels; Dacapo issued a collection of performances conducted by Frederik IX in 2020. In 2022, the orchestra released a live recording of Sibelius' The Tempest, Op. 109, led by conductor Okko Kamu.
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Diskografie
18 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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The Tempest, Op. 109, Act 1: No. 2, Miranda Is Lulled into Slumber
Royal Danish Orchestra, Okko Kamu
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 04.11.2022
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Heise: Drot og marsk (Live)
Oper - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 05.02.2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sibelius: The Tempest, Op. 109 (Live)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 18.11.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Op. 17
Jerzy Semkow, Royal Danish Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Vox am 03.03.2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Royal Danish Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen
Klassik - Erschienen bei Genuin am 01.06.2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Knudåge Riisager: Suite from Ballet "Études"
Jerzy Semkow, Royal Danish Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Vox am 02.12.2022
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Smetana - Ma Vlast
George Richter, Royal Danish Orchestra, Bedrich Smetana
Klassik - Erschienen bei Denon am 01.01.2007
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 24.08.1994
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 20.09.1995
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 20.09.1995
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Frederik IX Conducts the Royal Danish Orchestra & Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Royal Danish Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Frederik IX (King of Denmark)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 19.06.2020
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Edwin Fischer plays Mozart (1954) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Edwin Fischer, Royal Danish Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.11.2011
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 24.01.1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
WEYSE: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.09.1994
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The Great Classical Music #78 : Jean Sibelius // Edvard Grieg // Carl Nielsen
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Danish Orchestra, Erik Tuxen
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ermitage Records am 10.11.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Nutcracker
Klassik - Erschienen bei Gateway Music am 19.12.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
King Frederik IX Conducts the Royal Danish Orchestra
Oper - Erschienen bei Dacapo am 03.03.1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor - "Unfinished Symphony", Rosamunde - Incidental Music
Klassik - Erschienen bei Discover Classical Music am 02.05.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo