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. |