Composer: Niels Wilhelm Gade, Ebbe Hamerik, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Fini Valdemar Henriques, Finn Høffding, Emil Reesen, Knudage Riisager, Herman Sandby, Henning Wellejus
Performer: Leo Hansen, Alberto Medici
Orchestra: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Jensen
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Danacord
Catalogue: DACOCD919
Release: 2022
Size: 680 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Reesen: Historien om en moder
01. Intermezzo
Høffding: Kejserens nye klæder
02. Procession
Wellejus: From H.C. Andersen’s Picture Book, Op. 20
03. I. Andante sostenuto. Ole Lukøje arrives – Ole’s dance
04. II. Allegro. The Top and the Ball – The Butterfly – The Butterfly’s Dance – The Spring Guys – The Little Mermaid
05. III. Allegro. The Nightingale – They Talk in Each Other’s Mouths – They Dance a Gallop – The Figures Gradually Disappear – The Boy’s Lullaby – Ole’s Dance
Riisager: Tolv med posten, Op. 37
06. January
07. May
08. August
09. October
Henriques: Suite from “Den lille havfrue”
10. I. Polonaise
11. II. Menuet
12. III. Valse lente
13. IV. The Dance of the Joy of Life
Riisager: I anledning af
14. I. In the Black Pot
15. II. Paul and His Chickens
16. III. Tinkle-Tankle, Tin Soldiers
17. Høffding: Symphonic Fantasy, No. 2, Op. 37 “Det er ganske vist”
Riisager: Slaraffenland, Op. 33, Suite I
18. I. Prelude
19. II. Departure
20. V. The Royal Guardsmen
21. IV. Lazy-Bones Polka
22. III. Princess Sweets
23. VII. Procession of Gluttons
24. VIII. Point Finale
Riisager: 3 Danske peblingeviser
25. No. 1, Now Let Us Sing
26. No. 2, The Song About the Birds
CD 02
01. Hamerik: Quasi passacaglia e fuga
Hamerik: Suite from “Marie Grubbe”
02. I. Masked Ball at Rosenborg
03. II. Winter Day at Tjele
04. III. On Akershus
05. IV. The Song of Tjele
06. V. Ribe Market
07. VI. Outside the Cathedral
08. Sandby: The Vikings at Helgeland
Sandby: Forest Impressions
09. I. Summer
10. II. Autumn
Hartmann: Thrymskviden, Op. 67
11. Triumphal March of the Nordic God
Gade: Mariotta
12. Overture
Sandby: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello
13. I. Allegro moderato
14. II. Andante
15. III. Allegro
trad.: 3 Danish Folk Songs (Arr. L. Grøndahl for String Orchestra)
16. No. 1, The Song About Marsh Stig’s Daughters
17. No. 2, An Adorable and Joyful Summertime
18. No. 3, Folk Song From Langeland
The present release is the ninth volume in the Thomas Jensen Legacy series from Danacord, and it is a sumptuous feast of popular but now little-known Danish repertoire, mostly given in live broadcast concerts by Thomas Jensen and the DRSO, newly remastered and issued here for the first time. A Hans Christian Andersen memorial concert casts orchestral enchantment on album 1, while extracts from two portrait concerts on album 2 revive the distinctively Danish idioms of Hamerik and Sandby.