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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The Tempest, Op. 109, Act 1: No. 2, Miranda Is Lulled into Slumber
Royal Danish Orchestra, Okko Kamu
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 04/11/2022
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Heise: Drot og marsk (Live)
Opera - Lançado por Dacapo em 05/02/2021
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Sibelius: The Tempest, Op. 109 (Live)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 18/11/2022
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Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Op. 17
Jerzy Semkow, Royal Danish Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Vox em 03/03/2023
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Royal Danish Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen
Classical - Lançado por Genuin em 01/06/2018
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Knudåge Riisager: Suite from Ballet "Études"
Jerzy Semkow, Royal Danish Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Vox em 02/12/2022
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Smetana - Ma Vlast
George Richter, Royal Danish Orchestra, Bedrich Smetana
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 01/01/2007
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Classical - Lançado por Dacapo em 24/08/1994
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Classical - Lançado por Dacapo em 20/09/1995
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 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)
Classical - Lançado por Dacapo em 19/06/2020
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Edwin Fischer plays Mozart (1954) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Edwin Fischer, Royal Danish Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Music and Arts Programs of America em 01/11/2011
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Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Classical - Lançado por Dacapo em 24/01/1995
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WEYSE: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Naxos em 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
Classical - Lançado por Ermitage Records em 10/11/2020
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The Nutcracker
Classical - Lançado por Gateway Music em 19/12/2011
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King Frederik IX Conducts the Royal Danish Orchestra
Opera - Lançado por Dacapo em 03/03/1999
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor - "Unfinished Symphony", Rosamunde - Incidental Music
Classical - Lançado por Discover Classical Music em 02/05/2010
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