CD, Holmboe (composer)
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In form the symphonic metamorphosis is an offshoot of the symphonic fantasia (but of a kind radically different from Sibelius's Pohjola's Daughter), each of these four very different from its... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vagn Holmboe - Concertos
Noriko Ogawa (piano), Martin Fröst (clarinet), Gordon Hunt (oboe)
Danish National Opera Choir, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
A word about nomenclature. Holmboe composed 13 chamber concertos between 1939 and 1956 as a series with small-orchestral accompaniment, similar but not so homogeneous a set as Hindemith's Kammermusiken.... — More…
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[Vox Reportage] can seem uncomfortably close to a virtuoso demonstration of the manifold noises top chamber choirs are capable of creating nowadays…It left me a little unsettled and enervated,... — More…
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Vagn Holmboe: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, with Jysk Operakor, Owain Arwel Hughes
Committed advocacy by Owain Arwel Hughes, whose grasp of the emotional span and cumulative tension of Holmboe’s vision is impressive. Spectacular recording. — More…
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The Nightingales are always full-blooded, and they don’t disappoint here, throwing themselves into works of creeping tension and high drama. — More…
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All of this difficult music is extraordinarily well played by the Nightingale String Quartet. Their fresh and vibrant approach surpasses the Kontra Quartet and the recorded sound for the Nightingale’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Vagn Holmboe
Camerata Chamber Choir, Swedish Brass Quintet, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, János Ferencsik, Per Enevold
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