ENNIO MORRICONE / BERNARD HERRMANN / SONY BONO / NINO ROTO
Agents Are Forever - Recorded Live in Concert Hans Ulrik (saxophone) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo) Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano) / Danish National Symphony, Sarah Hicks [ Euroarts CD / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] Agents are Forever is performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of film music expert Hans Ek, with spectacular spy and detective film soundtracks and the very best of James Bond film music. |
HANDEL / RAMEAU / BACH / COUPERIN / SCARLATTI / POULENC / etc
Handsome Harpsichord: Best loved classical harpsichord music Alan Cuckston, Laurence Cummings, Luc Beauséjour, Glen Wilson, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichords), Wolfgang Rubsam (lute-harpsichord), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
C.P.E. BACH / JOSEPH HAYDN
Times of Transition - Cello concertos by C.P.E. Bach and Haydn Andreas Brantelid (cello) / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] The three cello concertos on this disc illustrate that fertile period in the second half of the 18th century when features of the Baroque were gradually replaced by the so-called galant style. Foremost amongst the composers inaugurating this change... |
ENNIO MORRICONE / BERNARD HERRMANN / SONNY BONO / NINO ROTO
The Morricone Duel - The most dangerous concert ever [Recorded live in Copenhagen, 2018] BLU-RAY Hans Ulrik (saxophone) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo) Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano) / Danish National Symphony, Sarah Hicks [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Nov/2018 ] The Wild West meets the soulful sound of Italy. Fearless New York gangsters meet cowboys from the dusty prairie. Godfather meets Taxi Driver. And the magic of cinema meets the rich sound of a first-class symphony orchestra. This exclusive live... |
ENNIO MORRICONE / BERNARD HERRMANN / SONY BONO / NINO ROTO
The Morricone Duel - The most dangerous concert ever Hans Ulrik (saxophone) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo) Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano) / Danish National Symphony, Sarah Hicks [ Euroarts CD / CD - released 28/Apr/2006 ] The Wild West meets the soulful sound of Italy. Fearless New York gangsters meet cowboys from the dusty prairie. Godfather meets Taxi Driver. And the magic of cinema meets the rich sound of a first-class symphony orchestra. |
LEOS JANACEK / ZOLTA KODALY
Janacek - Glagolitic Mass / Kodaly - Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 Tina Kiberg (sop) Randi Stene (mez) Peter Svensson (ten) Ulrik Cold (bass) Per Salo (organ) / Danish National Radio Choir, Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Mackerras's new version is of particular interest as it embodies another of the reconstructions that have been painstakingly made of Janacek's original intentions in different... |
J.S. BACH
Arias Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano) with guests / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 27/Apr/2009 ] Born to sing J.S.Bach, Anne Sofie von Otter brings elegant style, richness of voice, and career-long commitment to Baroque music to this glorious recording of alto and soprano arias she herself selected. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Overtures BWV 1066-1069 (Original versions) Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] "The performances are undeniably virtuoso. The one-to-a-part playing creates a startling clarity to the 'orchestral' texture, a transparency that calls for individual praise." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2021 |
HANDEL
Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "Mortensen's fluent playing of the tricky quick organ solos in the concluding Allegro are articulated flawlessly. Such classy moments make this one of the most endearing artistic interpretations of Op. 3 in recent years." Gramophone Awards 2012... |
TORELLI / LOCATELLI / TORELLI / MANFREDINI / VIVALDI
Per la notte di Natale - Italian Christmas Concertos Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] We do not know if the Vikings celebrated yuletide with music, but music at Christmas has been a popular tradition since the Middle Ages. |
CATALDO AMODEI / GIOVANNI ZAMBONI / BERNARDO STORAGE
Amodei Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "BIS have uncovered a notable composer and brought him back to sometimes startling life" (MusicWeb) |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / John Holloway (violin) / Manfredo Kraemer (violin) / Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Delightful and moving, theatrical and spiritual too, some of Buxtehude's vocal works get very persuasive performances by Kirkby, Holloway and co. on this reissue" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
HANDEL / BACH / DOWLAND / BLOW / SCARLATTI / etc
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009 |
CARISSIMI / ROSSI / CESTI / etc
The Queen's Music: Italian vocal duets and trios Emma Kirkby / Susanne Ryden (sopranos) / Peter Harvey (baritone) / Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] The programme on this disc consists of a selection of Italian 17th-centruy vocal duets and trios from the Whitelocke manuscript, with Carissimi's large-scale cantata I Naviganti at its heart. These duets and trios form a kind of refined entertainment... |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Rosemarie Lang, Manfred Jung, Wolf Appel, Ulrik Cold, Gert Westphal / Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] Gurrelieder is a gigantic, post‐Wagnerian cantata that, in retrospect, seems like the terminus ante quem for Romanticism in music, beyond which further elaboration or intensity was surely impossible, and led surely if not inevitably to the... |
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Cello Sonatas Op 5 Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik mortensen (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] When thinking of important cello repertoire from the Baroque period of course J.S. Bach's suites spring to mind immediately. But there is so much more out there to be discovered from this period. And not just from Germany. Italian composer and... |
W.A. MOZART
The Magic Flute - The Criterion Collection Haken Hagegard / Josef Kostlinger / Ulrik Cold / Ingmar Bergman (director) [ Janus Films / The Criterion Collection / DVD - released 27/Apr/2006 ] Ingmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart's exquisite opera in this sublime rendering of one of the composer's best-loved works: a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the brotherhood of man. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef... |
ENNIO MORRICONE / BERNARD HERRMANN / SONNY BONO / NINO ROTO
The Morricone Duel - The most dangerous concert ever [Recorded live in Copenhagen, 2018] DVD Hans Ulrik (saxophone) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo) Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano) / Danish National Symphony, Sarah Hicks [ EuroArts / DVD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] The Wild West meets the soulful sound of Italy. Fearless New York gangsters meet cowboys from the dusty prairie. Godfather meets Taxi Driver. And the magic of cinema meets the rich sound of a first-class symphony orchestra. . |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Faust Cantata / Passacaglia for large orchestra / etc Inger Blom (mezzo) Mikael Bellini (counter tenor) Louis Devos (tenor) Ulrik Cold (bass) Malma Symfonikar / Malma SymfoniOrkester / Leif Segerstam [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1989 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
VIVALDI
Cello Sonatas (complete) Jaap ter Linden (cello) lars Ulrik mortensen (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] A major new release by one of the leading cellists in the field of "Early Music", Jaap ter Linden, seconded by a no lesser celebrity in this scene, Lars Ulrik Mortensen. |
John Holloway : baroque violin / Aloysia Assenbaum : organ / Lars Ulrik Mortensen : harpsichord
Schmeizer, Johann Heinrich - Unarum Fidium / Bertali, Antonio - Chiacone [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded December 1997, Released 1999 |
BIBER
Unam Ceylum: Sonatas for violin and continuo John Holloway (violin) Aloysia Assenbaum (organ) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harp) [ ECM Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Nov 2002) |
BIBER / MUFFAT
Violin Works (Includes Sonata Victori der Christen) John Holloway (violin) Aloysia Assenbaum (organ) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Holloway's ECM recordings have received the highest critical praise. |
LECLAIR
Trio Sonatas John Holloway (violin) Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cembalo) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Revelatory performances of these Italian violin sonatas with a strong French accent." Editor's Choice - Gramophone April 2009 |
VERACINI
Violin Sonatas John Holloway (violin) Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (cembalo) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 18/Mar/2006 ] "In not trying to charm, Holloway and friends render Veracini an utter delight. On their terms, of course." Editor’s Choice – Gramophone Magazine (April 2006) |
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: 7 Sonatas, BuxWV 259-265 John Holloway (violin) / Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jan/2006 ] "Wonderful music, very well performed. I have listened to the disc repeatedly since it came into my hands. It gets better every time." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
CASTELLO / FONATANA
Sonatas concertante in stil moderno John Holloway (violin) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Jane Gower (dulcian) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "just hearing the music itself, regardless of this infectious, quick-witted performance, is a revelation." (Gramophone) |
TELEMANN
Quatuors Parisiens Vol. 2 & 3 John Holloway (violin) / Linde Brunmayr (flute) / Lorenz Duftschmid (viola da gamba) Ulrike Becker (cello) / Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 18/May/2011 ] With this edition cpo presents a complete recording of the twelve »Paris Quartets« featuring high points in Telemann's chamber music as well as enthralling and imaginative interpretations by top-quality instrumentalists performing with elegance and... |
BUXTEHUDE
Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 3: 6 Sonatas John Holloway (violin) Ursula Weiss (violin) Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] "Of the many Buxtehude recordings which have come my way recently from the Naxos/Dacapo stable and elsewhere, this is perhaps the one likely to be played most often." (MusicWeb March 2008) |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Wozzeck (Complete Opera recorded in 2013) Katarina Dalayman / Carl Johan Falkman / Ulrik Qvale / Sten Wahlund / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera Stockholm / Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] Based on real events and playwright Georg Bu¨chner's starkly vehement text, Alban Berg's tragic opera Wozzeck is an epoch-making work, in stark contrast to the previous high romantic ideals of the genre, that led Schoenberg to exclaim "now that's... |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Wozzeck (Complete Opera) Katarina Dalayman / Carl Johan Falkman / Ulrik Qvale / Sten Wahlund / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera Stockholm / Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2002) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Harpsichord Concertos ( 3 CD set) Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Nicholas Kraemer / The English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv Trio / 3 CD - released 11/Oct/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Trevor Pinnock plays with real panache, his scholarship tempered by excellent musicianship." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, 1994 |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Harpsichord Music, Vol. 1 Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2008 ] This first volume of the series covers the full range of Buxtehude's compositional styles for the keyboard, from the brilliant and virtuosic opening Toccata in G major, to the more subtle and melodic Suites in C major and D minor in the French style. |
BUXTEHUDE
Harpsichord Music, Vol. 2 Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Having been born half a century after Heinrich Schütz, the 'father of German musicians', and a little less than half a century before J. S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude was a living link between the founder of Protestant Baroque music and its greatest... |
BUXTEHUDE
Harpsichord Music, Vol. 3 Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Born fifty years after Heinrich Schütz, the 'father of German music', and little less than half a century before J. S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude provided a link between the founder of Protestant Baroque music and its greatest master. While Buxtehude's... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 Maria Keohane, Joanne Lunn, Alex Potter, Jan Kobow, Peter Harvey / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "which is full to the brim with insightful musicianship and has a refreshing avoidance of contrived formulas, comfortably joins Parrott, Junghänel & John Butt as the finest examples of this kind of perspective on performing Bach's monumental oratorio |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Volume 2 Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Harpsichord and musical direction) [ CPO / CD - released 12/Jul/2016 ] |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 & Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060R Peter Spissky (violin), Bjarte Eike (violin) Antoine Torunczyk (oboe), Manfredo Kraemer (violin) / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Concerto Copenhagen played its first concert in 1991 and has since developed into Scandinavia's leading early music ensemble, joining the league of the world's most exciting and innovative Baroque orchestras. Original interpretations and a strong... |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera recorded in 1975} René Kollo, Ulrik Cold, Gisela Schröter, Theo Adam, Reid Bunger / Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Aug/2015 ] This reissue of the 1975 live recording of Wagner's Parsifal features a stellar cast: the great René Kollo in the title role, further Theo Adam, Gisela Schröter and Ulrik Cold, and the splendid Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐ Orchester Leipzig, conducted by... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Keyboard Concertos Hob.XVIII (Nos 2, 3, 4, 11) Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Brautigam plays a Paul McNulty 1992 instrument built after Anton Gabriel Walter. It is a lovely instrument, out of which Brautigam is able to coax a great variety of shades of expression." - MusicWeb March 2005 |