Dalberg, Nancy: Capriccio (Da Capo Audio CD)

NANCY DALBERG
Capriccio
Lars Thodberg Bertelsen, barytone
Peder Elbæk, violin
Jørgen Larsen, violin
Morten Mogensen, piano
Bjarne Boie Rasmussen, viola
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
Frode Stengaard, piano
Svend Winsløv, cello

Nancy Dalberg, composer

Carl Nielsen Quartet
Frans Rasmussen, conductor

About
Nancy Dalberg was one of Denmark's first female composers. Besides a symphony and two samller orchestral pieces she composed chamber music and songs. Her fine feeling for orchestration, which she developed as a pupil of Carl Nielsen, was something she was also able to help Carl Nielsen with when he himself was short of time.

Reviews
"A welcome release from a gifted and neglected composer" (Muse Press)

"A big discovery. The string quartet is a masterpiece. This CD should be in the possession of not only all enthusiasts of Scandinavian music but of everyone who likes well written music that moves the spirit and entertains the mind" (Classic Music Web)

Credits
Recorded in March 1999, Musikhuset Sønderborg (Capriccio and Scherzo), in March 1999, Ravnsbjergkirken, Viby J. (String Quartet), in February 1999, Mantzius Gården, Birkerød (Fantasy Piece) and in February 1999, Royal Academy of Music, Århus

Recording producers: Erik Kaltoft (1,2), Claus Byrith (3-14), Morten Mogensen (15)
Sound engineer: Claus Byrith
Editing engineer: Claus Byrith

Cover painting: Anna Syberg, "Vilde Roser" (1898)