Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Antonín Dvořák, Edward William Elgar, Franz Joseph Haydn, Aram Khachaturian, Friedrich Kuhlau, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Carl Christian Møller, Carl August Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, Bedrich Smetana, Johann Strauss, Svend Erik Tarp, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: John Damgaard
Orchestra: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Jensen
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Danacord
Catalogue: DACOCD918
Release: 2022
Size: 730 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Kuhlau: William Shakespeare, Op. 74
01. Overture
02. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
03. I. Allegro piacevole
04. II. Larghetto
05. III. Allegretto
Massenet: “Le Cid” Ballet Suite
06. I. Castilliane
07. IV. Aubade
08. VI. Madrilène
09. VII. Navarraise
10. Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
11. Dance of the Comedians
Khachaturian: Gayane
12. Sabre Dance
13. Strauss II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
14. Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
15. Strauss: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228
16. Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op. 12 (Version for Orchestra)
Tarp: Suite on Old Danish Folk Songs (Excerpts)
17. I. The Raven He Flies in the Evening
18. III. Little Kirsten’s Dance
19. Møller: Bataille March
20. Møller: Aarhus Tappenstreg
CD 02
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
01. I. Adagio – Allegro molto
02. II. Largo
03. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
04. IV. Allegro con fuoco
Haydn: Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11
05. I. Vivace
06. II. Un poco adagio
07. III. Rondo all’Ungherese. Allegro assai
08. Sibelius: Andante festivo, JS 34b
Kuhlau: Elverhøj, Op. 100
09. Overture
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7 (FS16)
10. I. Allegro orgoglioso
“The result of the turbulent 1950s in Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus, was the foundation of a symphony orchestra, spearheaded and forcefully directed by conductor Thomas Jensen. His pioneering early Danish TONO recordings, comprising popular orchestral music, were a triumph and were re-released even in the US by the Mercury label. They are all here, collected together for the first time. In frustration, Jensen left Aarhus for a new job as head of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, however he returned to conduct two concerts which are here presented for the first time.”