Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (or DNSO) has gained prominence befitting its name, and has spawned the international careers of several important Danish and non-Danish conductors. For many years the group was known as the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra or Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and its origins were in the 1920s, but its history is only partly intertwined with that of radio broadcasting in Denmark.
The DNSO was originally founded in 1925 by a group of musicians led by singer Emil Holm. There were only 11 players in the group, although that soon rose to 30 and to more than 90 by the late '40s. The new orchestra's conductor was Launy Grøndahl. Unusually, he took no formal title, and the orchestra had no principal conductor until Herbert Blomstedt assumed the title in 1967. By 1928, the DNSO was giving weekly concerts, and in 1931, those moved to the Royal Danish Theatre. An impetus to the orchestra's artistic growth was the work of Fritz Busch, who worked with local conductor Nikolai Malko during the late '30s and the World War II years after his exile from Germany. Danish Radio conductor Mögens Wöldike often conducted performances by the symphony and led the group in a number of recordings.
Blomstedt, an American of Swedish background, was just one of the conductors in whose careers the DNSO has played a part. He served as principal conductor from 1967 to 1977, and he gained acclaim for the orchestra with performances of the symphonies of Carl Nielsen. (The orchestra has naturally specialized in Danish music but has by no means restricted itself to that repertory.) Blomstedt has retained the title of honorary conductor and continues to perform with the group. Other major conductor names in the orchestra's history include Leif Segerstam (1988-1995), Thomas Dausgaard (2004-2011), and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (2012-2014). Fabio Luisi became the DNSO's chief conductor in 2017 and continued to hold that position as of the early 2020s. The orchestra has also had a composer-in-residence, Søren Nils Eichberg.
Dausgaard and Luisi raised the orchestra's profile on recordings with a series of releases on the Dacapo and EuroArts labels, many of them devoted to lesser-known Danish composers. These recordings have often been led by guest conductors; in 2018, the orchestra and the Danish National Concert Choir released a recording of the large-scale but little-known cantata Comala by Niels Gade (1846), and this was conducted by Laurence Equilbey. The following year, the orchestra ventured into the growing field of video game music with the album Gaming in Symphony. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra remained active through the COVID-19 pandemic, releasing a pair of albums in 2022: Luisi led a performance of Carl Nielsen's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, while Bent Sørensen: The Island in the City was conducted by star Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
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intégrale des concertos
Kim Sjogren, Toke Lund Christiansen, Niels Thomsen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Concertos - Released by Chandos on Nov 1, 1990
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Symphonies n° 4 & 5
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Apr 1, 1997
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Symphonie n° 3 - Concerto in due tempi (Concerto pour piano)
Danish National Radio Choir, Per Salo, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Apr 1, 1997
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Symphonies n° 1 & 5
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Brautigam, Christopher Hogwood
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Jan 13, 2003
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Symphonie n° 1 - Fra Dybet
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Radio Choir, Leif Segerstam
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Feb 1, 1994
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Ruders: Symphony No. 2 / Piano Concerto
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rolf Hind, Michael Schønwandt, Markus Stenz
Classical - Released by Dacapo on Mar 25, 1999
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Ouvertures & Préludes
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Aug 1, 2000
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Rachmaninov: The Bells Choral Symphony, Op. 35 & Spring Cantata, Op. 20
Jorma Hynninen, Elena Ustinova, Danish National Radio Choir, Kurt Westi, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Chandos on Sep 1, 1991
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GLASS, L.: Symphony No. 5 / SIMONSEN, R.: Symphony No. 2 (Danish National Radio Symphony, Grondahl) (1954, 1956, 1957) (Louis Glass - Rudolph Simonsen - Hakon Borresen)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Danacord on Jan 1, 1996
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 - Arensky: Silhouettes
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Chandos on Jul 1, 1991
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Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Klingende Buchstaben / 4 Hymns
Torleif Thedéen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Dec 1, 1990
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Koppel: Cello Concerto / Norholm: Violin Concerto
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, Ole Schmidt
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 31, 1992
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Hartmann : Overtures
Bodil Udsen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Classical - Released by Dacapo on Sep 15, 1998
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Œuvres pour orchestre
Adolph Herseth, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Neeme Järvi
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on Feb 1, 1991
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Segerstam: Symphony No. 17, Streamings in the Soul
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Nov 30, 1994
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GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN: For Cello and Orchestra / Concerto Grosso / Frere Jacques
Morten Zeuthen, Kontra Quartet, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Classical - Released by Dacapo on Jul 3, 1997
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BORUP-JOSGENSEN: Sommasvit / Nordisk Sommerpastorale
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Knud-Erik Kengen, Frode Stengaard, Leif Segerstam
Concertos - Released by Dacapo on Nov 21, 1995
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Segerstam: Symphony No. 16 / Nocturne
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 31, 1994
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Norgard: I Ching / Xenakis: Psappha / Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Triptykon
Gert Mortensen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1981
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Segerstam: Thoughts
Kontra Quartet, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Dec 31, 1992
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GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN: Symphony-Antiphony / RASMUSSEN: Symphony in Time (Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen - Karl Aage Rasmussen)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Dacapo on Dec 14, 1992
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